Center Valley, PA (June 7, 2010) – Three DeSales University baseball players including freshman David Drinks (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) were honored early last week by being named to the 2010 ECAC Division III South Region Team as announced by the organization and as voted on by the coaches in the South Region.

Drinks highlighted the list being named the South Region Rookie of the Year, while senior Derek Moyer (Harleysville, PA/Souderton) was named to the First-Team and junior Mike Newland (Frenchtown, NJ/Delaware Valley) was honored on the Second-Team.

Drinks, who earlier this off-season became the first Bulldog since 2005 to earn Freedom Conference Pitcher of the Year honors and the first DSU player to earn Freedom Conference Rookie of the Year honors since 2007, was also named to the ABCA All-Region Second-Team. 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, also an ABCA First-Team All-Region and Gold Glove selection, 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 was second to none with a .962 fielding percentage making just five errors in 132 chances at the hot corner.

Newland, who like Moyer was named to the ABCA First-Team, had a breakout season particularly in the power department where 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. He ranked second on the team with 48 RBIs and belted two grand slams in the opening round win over King's College in the Freedom Conference playoffs.