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Honors Continue to Pile Up for Troy’s Danny Collins
8/23/2012 11:04:00 AM | Baseball
TROY, Ala. – Troy rising junior third baseman Danny Collins received another accolade for his play this summer in the New England Collegiate Baseball League as Perfect Game named the Trojan slugger to its 2012 Summer Collegiate All-America Team.
Collins was named the NECBL Most Valuable Player on Aug. 15 after he finished his 41-game schedule in the wood bat league with 19 home runs, an .818 slugging percentage, 29 extra-base hits and 130 total bases. The Niceville, Fla., native finished the summer second in the league in batting average (.390), second in runs scored (37), second in hits (62) and fifth in RBIs (37).
Collins earned a pair of NECBL Player of the Week Awards, represented Laconia in the NECBL All-Star Game and won the NECBL Home Run Derby.
The NECBL records for extra-base hits and total bases were held by Mark Malaska who played professionally for the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays.
Collins led the Trojans with 12 home runs during the 2012 season while he hit at a .318 clip with 17 doubles, two triples and 52 RBIs.
Collins was named the NECBL Most Valuable Player on Aug. 15 after he finished his 41-game schedule in the wood bat league with 19 home runs, an .818 slugging percentage, 29 extra-base hits and 130 total bases. The Niceville, Fla., native finished the summer second in the league in batting average (.390), second in runs scored (37), second in hits (62) and fifth in RBIs (37).
Collins earned a pair of NECBL Player of the Week Awards, represented Laconia in the NECBL All-Star Game and won the NECBL Home Run Derby.
The NECBL records for extra-base hits and total bases were held by Mark Malaska who played professionally for the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays.
Collins led the Trojans with 12 home runs during the 2012 season while he hit at a .318 clip with 17 doubles, two triples and 52 RBIs.
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