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Jeff Roy named Atlantic 10 baseball player of the year

Rhode Island sophomore centerfielder Jeff Roy (Cranston, R.I.) has been named Atlantic 10 Baseball Player of the Year, in voting conducted among the league's head coaches. Roy becomes the fourth player under head coach Jim Foster to receive one of the A-10's major awards as Dan Rhault earned Player of the Year honors in 2009 and Tim Boyce and Steve Holmes were Pitchers of the Year in 2010 and 2006, respectively.

Six other Rams earned All-Conference accolades as redshirt junior Pat Fortunato (Stratford, Conn.) joined Roy on the First Team and senior Milan Adams (Exeter, R.I.), redshirt senior Jeff Cammans (Jamestown, R.I.) and sophomore Pat Quinn (Sutton, Mass.) were Second Team selections...

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