All-state baseball team

Ben Greenberg, Scarborough, senior, pitcher: Greenberg is our Maine Sunday Telegram Player of the Year for the second straight year. He won the Dr. John Winkin Award as the state’s Mr. Baseball. He has won back-to-back Gatorade Player of the Year awards. He had a 5-2 record with a 1.18 ERA. He struck out 52 batters in 41.2 innings. Greenberg batted .381 with four doubles and three triples. He was 10 for 11 in stolen bases. Greenberg will attend Fordham University on a baseball scholarship.

Justin Courtney, Bangor, senior, pitcher: Courtney pitched a one-hitter in a 1-0 win over Windham for the Class A state final. The 6-foot-4 righthander had a 7-1 record and a 1.00 ERA. He struck out 79 batters in 64 innings. He also played leftfield and was the designated hitter. He batted .377 with four doubles and two triples. He will attend Maine on a baseball scholarship.

Andrew Hillier, Bangor, junior, first base: Hillier led the Class A state champions in hits with 28 while playing strong defense at first base. He made only one error. Hillier finished with a .424 batting average with six doubles and one triple while batting third or fourth in the lineup. He scored 17 runs which ranked second on the team. Hillier was also one of the team’s top pitchers with a 5-0 record and a 2.66 ERA.

Jake Dexter, Messalonskee, junior, second base: Dexter played a number of positions, including second. He had another strong season for the Eagles and was named to the All-KVAC team. Dexter batted .380 with three doubles and two home runs. He had a .523 slugging percentage. He had 13 RBI and scored 12 runs. As a pitcher, he was 2-3 with two saves for the Eastern Maine Class A runnerup.

Will D’Agostino, Falmouth, senior, shortstop: D’Agostino was named the Ruppert Johnson Award winner as the Western Maine Conference MVP. He batted .442 with five doubles, two home runs, 13 runs scored and 14 RBI. He had a .571 on base percentage and a .635 slugging average. D’Agostino anchored the infield at shortstop and also was the team’s effective closer as a pitcher. He will play baseball at Holy Cross.

Zack Quintal, Marshwood, junior, third base: Quintal was valuable for the Hawks as a hitter, pitcher and defensively at third base. He carried the team at times. He finished with a .393 batting average with five doubles and two triples. He had a .554 slugging percentage. On the mound, he had a 5-1 record and a 0.92 ERA. Quintal had 44 strikeouts in 38 innings.

Hunter Boyce, Bangor, senior, catcher: Boyce shined behind the plate for the Class A state champion Rams. Very few teams challenged his arm. In the 1-0 regional semifinal playoff over Cony, Boyce picked a runner off second base. He batted .291 and led his team with 16 RBI. He had a slugging percentage of .418. He will attend Endicott College in Beverly, Mass.

Connor Aube, Falmouth, sophomore, outfield: Aube was a catalyst both offensively and defensively in centerfield for the Yachtsmen. He batted .491 with five doubles, two triples and one home run. He had a .684 slugging percentage and a .603 on base percentage.He has the ability to track down fly balls in the gap and take away extra base hits. Aube is a two-time all-Western Maine Conference selection.

Bailey Train, Greely, senior, outfield: Train helped to spark Greely to the Class B state title by batting .424 and going 4-1 on the mound with a 1.12 ERA. He led the team in average and runs scored with 26. Train finished his four-year career with the Rangers ranked second in career hits with 88 and home runs with 11. His 17 career wins is also first in school history since the institution of pitching inning limitation rules. Train will play baseball on scholarship at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Charlie Mull, Cheverus, senior, outfield: Mull, the Stags’ leadoff batter, led Cheverus in several offensive categories. He led the SMAA in hits with 26 and runs scored with 19. He was second in the league with 33 total bases. He was second in the league in batting with a .456 average. Defensively, he was outstanding in centerfield. He was named Cheverus MVP. Mull will play soccer at the University of Southern Maine.

Devin Warren, Messalonskee, senior, outfield: Warren was named KVAC Player of the Year. The centerfielder batted .570 with 24 RBI and 20 runs scored. He had 35 hits to set a single season school record. In his career, Warren sparked the Eagles to three straight regional finals and the Class A state title in 2012. The Eagles lost to Westbrook in 2013 for the states. As a pitcher, he had a 3-0 record with one save. He plans to play baseball at the University of Southern Maine.

Gage Feeney, Washington Academy, junior, utility: Feeney, a pitcher-shortstop, put up some impressive numbers in leading the Raiders to their first state baseball title since 1987. He had a 9-3 record with a 0.43 ERA. The 6-foot-5 righthander struck out 91 in 65 innings. He showed excellent control, walking only nine batters all season. At the plate, he batted .439 with seven doubles and one home run. He had 12 RBI and scored 23 runs.

Will Bryant, Greely, junior, utility: Bryant was part of a powerful pitching staff which helped the Rangers win the Class B state title. He also played first base, outfield and served as the designated hitter. Bryant struck out 20 batters against Freeport to set a school record for strikeouts in a seven inning game. He finished the season with a 5-1 record, 55 strikeouts in 39.1 innings and a 0.71 ERA. Bryant batted .342 with two home runs and 13 RBI.

Coach of the Year

Brody Artes, Windham: Artes coached the Eagles from the 11th seed in Western Maine, all the way to the Class A state championship game where they ran into a powerful Bangor team. The Eagles graduated some key players, but kept improving as the season progressed and clicked at the right time.