SNHU baseball; Casey Cumiskey, Jack Davis, Dakota Britt, Jake Pisano, Shane McNamara and Joel Valera, NCBWA East All-Region graphic

Region-Best Six From Baseball Receive NCBWA East All-Region Recognition

5/15/2026 12:00:00 PM

Penmen had three named to the First Team

FLUSHING, N.Y. – Juniors Casey Cumiskey (Milltown, N.J.) and Jack Davis (LaGrangeville, N.Y.), and senior Dakota Britt (Rockwall, Texas), all of the 25th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University baseball team, were selected to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East All-Region First Team, as three of the six Penmen honorees that were announced Friday afternoon.

Graduate students Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) and Shane McNamara (Londonderry, N.H.), and junior Joel Valera (Boston, Mass.) all landed spots on the Second Team, giving the Penmen a region-best six honorees. Bentley University and Molloy University – the top two seeds in the NCAA Division II East Region Championship – each had five players make the team.

Cumiskey, who collected NE10 All-Conference First Team and NE10 All-Defensive Team honors at shortstop earlier this month, is batting .362 (68-188) with 19 home runs, 65 RBI, 63 runs scored and 16 stolen bases, while slashing .448/.745/1.193. Cumiskey has made 12 errors in 231 chances at short for a .948 fielding percentage. The two-time NE10 Player of the Week (March 9, April 6) ranks second in the East Region in home runs, fifth in runs scored and slugging percentage, seventh in RBI, and top 20 in hits and doubles. Cumiskey's 19 long-balls are tied for the most in a single season for the Penmen, while the 65 RBI are fourth and the 63 runs are ninth.

Davis was also an NE10 First Team choice. In 23 appearances – all out of the bullpen – Davis is 9-3 with a 2.20 ERA, striking out 63 and walking 28 over 61-and-a-third innings, while limiting opponents to a .222 batting average. The April 6 NE10 Pitcher of the Week leads the region in wins, while ranking second in ERA, 10th in WHIP and inside the top 20 in strikeouts. In the SNHU single-season record book, Davis is currently third in appearances and fifth in victories.

Britt rounded out the First Team accolades for the Penmen after receiving both NE10 Second Team and NE10 All-Defensive Team nods at the end of the regular season. Britt is batting .381 (77-202) with five home runs, 49 RBI an 63 runs scored. He has crafted a slash line of .486/.564/1.050, while swiping 26 bases and racking up five outfield assists. He hit for the cycle in just five at bats over six innings in a 19-6 win over American International College on March 30. Britt ranks fourth in the region in hits, seventh in runs and triples, eighth in steals and in the top 20 in batting and OBP. In the Penmen single-season record book, he is currently seventh in batting average and hits, and ninth in runs scored and stolen bases.

Pisano, who was an NE10 First Team selection, is hitting .407 (81-199) with five home runs, 75 RBI, 65 runs scored and 13 stolen bases, while getting on base at a .508 clip and slugging .613 for a 1.121 OPS. Pisano leads the region in RBI, while ranking third in hits and doubles, fourth in OBP, sixth in batting, and seventh in runs and triples. Pisano is currently sitting first in RBI in the program's single-season record book, second in batting average, hits and hit by pitches, fifth in doubles and seventh in runs scored.

McNamara, who joined Pisano on the NE10 First Team, is slashing .349/.443/.697/1.140, as he is 53-for-152 on the season with 13 home runs, 58 RBI, 53 runs scored and nine steals. McNamara, who was named the NE10 Player of the Week on April 13 and then chosen as the NCBWA National Hitter of the Week three days later, ranks seventh in the region in home runs, eighth in slugging, and in the top 20 in RBI and runs scored. He is one of seven players in the NE10 with a 1.000 fielding percentage, as he has handled all 72 of his chances in center. McNamara currently sits 10th in the SNHU single-season record book in home runs.

Valera checks in at .303 (50-165) with 10 homers, 45 RBI and 34 runs scored, while producing a slash line of .361/.564/.925. He has made six errors in 114 chances at the hot corner for a .947 fielding mark. The April 20 NE10 Player of the Week is in the top 20 in the region in home runs. He was also an NE10 First Team and NE10 All-Defensive Team recipient.

The third-seeded Penmen (41-12), who are 1-0 in the NCAA East Regional II pod, take on 23rd-ranked, second-seeded and host Molloy on Friday (12 p.m.) at Mitchel Field.

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