QUEENS, N.Y. – Sophomore
Nater Wachter (Concord, N.H.) and graduate student
Cam Varney (Manchester, N.H.) of the Southern New Hampshire University baseball team were recognized as National College Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) East All-Region First Team selections Friday, while junior
Austin Trumpour (Jensen Beach, Fla.) earned Second Team honors.
Wachter was one of four outfielders to earn First Team honors, adding to his accolades from the 2025 season that include NE10 All-Conference First Team and NE10 All-Defensive Team. The two-time NE10 Player of the Week (March 10, April 21) made all 48 starts and hit .300 (57-190) with 15 home runs, 61 RBI and 50 runs scored, while producing a slash line of .440/.621/1.061. Defensively, Wachter made just one error in 119 chances for a .992 fielding percentage. Wachter led the NE10 in walks (44), while ranking second in home runs and RBI, third in total bases (118), fourth in runs scored and doubles (14), sixth in hits, slugging, OPS and stolen bases (13), and ninth in OBP. Wachter was an NCBWA East All-Region Second Team choice last season.
Varney, who was an NE10 First Team pick, joined Wachter on the NCBWA East All-Region First Team, as one of two relief pitchers. Varney went 3-2 with a conference-best seven saves and a 2.97 ERA, striking out 40 and walking 12, while yielding just 26 hits, over 36-and-a-third innings. Varney, who made a team-high 21 appearances, limited opponents to a .198 average.
Trumpour, who was one of four starting pitchers on the Second Team, was also an NE10 All-Conference First selection. Over 14 appearances, including 11 starts, he went 5-3 with a save and a 3.07 earned-run average, allowing 65 hits, striking out 80 and walking just 17 over 73-and-a-third innings. Opponents batted just .231 against the right-hander, who owned a WHIP of 1.12. Trumpour led the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.71) and walks allowed per nine innings (2.09), while ranking second in ERA and WHIP, fourth in strikeouts and innings pitched, fifth in wins, sixth in opposing batting average and hits allowed per nine (7.98), and seventh in strikeouts per nine (9.82). Trumpour received an NCBWA East All-Region First Team a year ago.
The Penmen finished 32-16, including 18-7 in NE10 play, as they earned the No. 3 seed in the Northeast Division, advancing to the NE10 final.
