COLCHESTER, Vt. - A school-record four Saint Michael's College baseball players earned Northeast 10 Conference All-Conference honors on Wednesday, as chosen by the league's coaches. Senior Sam Cavossa (East Falmouth, Mass./The Winchendon School) headlined the awards haul, becoming the first two-time NE10 All-Conference selection in program history.
 
Cavossa earned a spot on the second team for the second straight year as one of three utility players recognized. Junior Richard Gilboy (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) was the second-team third baseman, and senior Keegan Burke (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan) was among 13 starting pitchers honored, and one of five on the third team. Classmate Jack Weber (Milford, Conn./Notre Dame) was the third-team second baseman. Burke, Gilboy and Weber all claimed their first career all-league accolades. In the Purple Knights' first 23 seasons as league members (1990-98, 2012-now), only three total players had earned NE10 All-Conference laurels.
 
Cavossa, who will graduate with the program's career records for hits (185) and runs (105), set a school mark for hits (64) this spring while tying the runs record (37). While splitting time between catcher and the outfield, the second-year captain hit .364 as the Purple Knights' regular No. 2 hitter, good for 12th in the NE10. He stands 13th in hits and is one of two players in the league to strike out fewer than 20 times in at least 160 at bats, fanning on only 15 occasions and walking 19 times, adding seven hit-by-pitch. Cavossa slugged .483 thanks to a team-high-tying 11 doubles to go along with two triples and two home runs, drove in 27, stole 10 bases in 12 attempts, and reached base at a .439 clip. He committed only five miscues in the field, good for a .981 fielding percentage. Cavossa's .335 career batting average is good for 11th in the 114-year history of baseball at Saint Michael's, but the highest by a player who solely played when the program was a member of the NE10.
 
Gilboy shattered a program record with 46 RBI and set another mark with 31 walks, batting .296 with a .444 slugging percentage and .403 on-base percentage. He scored 28 runs and knocked 11 doubles, two triples and three home runs. Gilboy is tied for ninth in the NE10 in both RBI and walks, driving in at least three runs in eight different games this spring. A regular at both third base and behind the plate during his junior year, Gilboy heads into his senior season with 91 career RBI, one shy of the school record.
 
Burke finished the year with a 4-4 record across 11 starts, fanning 48 batters in 56 innings and walking only 12. He was even better in NE10 play, posting the conference's sixth-lowest earned run average (3.38) while toting a 4-1 mark and tying for ninth in the league in strikeouts (41). Burke is third in program history in career strikeouts (159), with the most since World War II, 12th in innings pitched (172.2), and tied for 16th in wins (7).
 
Weber set career highs across the board, in batting average (.313), slugging (.427), on-base percentage (.465), hits (30), home runs (2), runs (19), RBI (26) and walks (25). After making 31 starts his first three seasons combined, Weber started 34 games this spring alone, becoming the Purple Knights' starting second baseman by late March. His OBP is good for 13th in the conference, as Weber reached base on a hit or walk in 19 of his final 21 contests. He is the only player in the league to walk at least 20 times in fewer than 150 plate appearances (129).
 
The Purple Knight quartet keyed a historic season that saw Saint Michael's break a 27-year-old school record for wins and more than double its NE10 victories mark, finishing 20-26 overall and 18-18 in league play. While nabbing a program-high No. 5 seed in the NE10 Championship, the Purple Knights earned their first postseason qualification while competing in postseason action for the second time ever.