Annville, PA (May 13, 2010) – Freshman David Drinks (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) was named both the Pitcher of the Year and the Rookie of the Year in the Freedom Conference as he highlighted a list of seven DeSales University baseball players who were named to the All-Freedom Conference Team as voted on by the eight Freedom Conference coaches and as released by the conference office on Thursday afternoon.

Drinks also earned All-Freedom Conference First-Team honors to go along with Pitcher and Rookie of the Year honors. Also earning First-Team honors were senior Derek Moyer (Harleysville, PA/Souderton) at third base, juniors Mike Newland (Frenchtown, NJ/Delaware Valley) and Carson Slonaker (East Greenville, PA/The Perkiomen School) in the outfield and senior Joe Walsh (Green Brook, NJ/Watchung Hills) as a relief pitcher.

Sophomore Jason Hadinger (Northampton, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) and sophomore Jack Kavetski (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh) each earned Second-Team honors at first base and utility.

Drinks becomes the first Bulldog since 2005 to earn Pitcher of the Year honors (Matt Reppert in '05) and earns Rookie of the Year honors following Newland and senior Doc Neiman (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) who earned the honor in 2007 and 2008. He was a dominant force on the mound this season posting an 8-1 overall record with a 2.93 ERA in a team-high 73.2 innings pitched. Drinks struck out 50 and walked just 18 and opponent's batted just .235 off him during the season. He had two complete-games and one shutout on the year.

Moyer had another terrific season at third base batting a team-best .439 and was the team leader in hits (69) and runs scored (53). He also belted eight home runs, knocked in 48 runs, struck out just eight times in 178 plate appearances and stole 9-of-10 bases. Defensively Moyer had a .962 fielding percentage making just five errors in 132 chances at the hot corner. He earns First-Team honors after being named Second-Team last season.

Newland earns First-Team honors for the first time in his career after being named to the Second-Team as a sophomore and the Rookie of the Year as a freshman. He batted .367 with a school-record 15 home runs this season. Newland also had a team-high four triples and posted a team-best .762 slugging percentage as a starter in the outfield.

Slonaker had a breakout season earning All-Conference honors for the first time in his career. He batted .419 with 62 hits and a team-high 55 RBIs. Slonaker also broke the school-record with 22 doubles, one more than the previous record held by Mike Cohan.

Walsh is making his third appearance on the All-Conference First-Team. He had another impressive year as DSU's closer making 22 appearances and totaling 23.2 innings pitched with two saves and a 2.28 ERA. He struck out 19 batters and opponent's batted just .231 off him. He finishes his DeSales career as the all-time leader in saves with 17.

Hadinger and Kavetski each make their first appearance on the All-Conference team this season. Hadinger finished the year batting .405 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs and Kavetski batted just one point higher at .406 with 46 runs scored and a team-best 12-for-12 in stolen base attempts.