Senior starting pitcher Teck Nash, first-year shortstop Jack O'Neil and the Hobart coaching staff took home top honors when the Liberty League announced its postseason baseball awards today. Nash was voted the Pitcher of the Year, O'Neil secured the Rookie of the Year Award and Head Coach Brad Cook and his assistants were chosen the Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
In total, five Statesmen were named to the All-Liberty League teams. Nash and O'Neil garnered first team honors, while senior second baseman Christian Petry, junior first baseman Sean Garvin and sophomore outfielder Jack Farnen were voted to the second team.
 
A three-time all-league selection, Nash is the first Statesman to win the League's Pitcher of the Year Award. He sports a career-low 3.39 ERA with a 7-1 record. Nash leads the conference in innings pitched (77.0), wins and complete games (3). He is seventh in the nation in games started (13), ninth in walks allowed per nine innings (1.06), 30th in strikeout-to-walk (5.33) and 40th in victories. Nash broke the Hobart season record for innings pitched and tied the mark for wins.
 
Nash struck out a season-high eight batters in a March win over St. Lawrence and whiffed seven in a complete game win over RPI in the opening round of the Liberty League Tournament.
 
A first team selection in 2024 and a third team pick last year, Nash has pitched in 43 games over the past four seasons. He has a 13-14 record with a 4.46 ERA and 134 strikeouts in 222.0 innings. Nash holds the Hobart career records for starts (35) and innings pitched. He is third all-time in wins and strikeouts.
 
A five-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week, O'Neil has started 40 games this season, batting .365 with 57 hits, eight doubles, three triples and a home run. He has 30 RBIs and has scored 48 runs, tied for the team lead and the program's season record. O'Neil ended the regular season on a 13-game hitting streak. He produced two four-hit games this year, going 4-for-4 with four RBIs at Rochester on March 29 and 4-for-6 with five RBIs against Keuka. O'Neil leads the Liberty League with 27 stolen bases, four shy of the Hobart season record.
 
In his fourth season as head coach, Cook led Hobart to a 30-13 record, breaking the program record for wins in a season. Cook and his assistant coaches—Vincent Redmond, Ed Redmond and Nick Serce—guided the Statesmen to a runner-up finish in the Liberty League and the program's first NCAA tournament bid since 1992. Hobart leads the Liberty League in many statistical categories, including runs (360), hits (324), triples (22), RBI (319), walks (212), stolen bases (119), and fielding percentage (.977). Hobart went undefeated over spring break and opened Liberty League play with a pair of wins to put together a season-long eight-game winning streak. Cook has directed the rebuilding of the Hobart baseball program which returned to varsity status in 2023 after a 27-year hiatus. He has compiled a 74-70 record over the past four seasons.
 
A two-time all-league honoree, Petry moved up to the second team after receiving honorable mention in 2024. He has started all 42 games he's played this year, batting .310 with a .490 on-base percentage. Petry has 44 hits, including seven doubles, 27 walks, 23 hit by pitch, 15 stolen bases and 47 runs scored. He leads the league in hit by pitch, is fourth in walks, fifth in runs scored, and eighth in on-base percentage. Petry enjoyed a 10-game hitting streak in April and has reached base safely in 29 consecutive games heading into the NCAA tournament.
 
Petry has produced six three-hit games, including a 3-for-4 effort in the Liberty League Championship game on Saturday. He scored a season-high three runs in five games, including Hobart's Game 6 win over RIT to send the Liberty League Tournament to a winner-take-all Game 7.
 
Petry has started all 141 games he's played in his career at Hobart. He's a .291 hitter with a .465 on-base percentage. Petry has 141 hits, 19 doubles, five triples, 65 RBIs, 131 runs, 87 walks and 74 hit by pitch. Among active players in Division III, only three players have been hit by a pitch more than Petry.
 
Garvin is a two-time all-league pick, earning third team honors last season. He has an impressive slash line of .395/.490/.623. Garvin broke the Hobart season records for hits (64), doubles (17), runs (48), and total bases (101). A starter in all 43 games this season, he also leads the Statesmen in RBI (43), triples (4) and home runs (4). He ended the regular season on a 20-game hitting streak. Garvin has 22 multi-hit games, including a season-high four hits in Hobart's 17-6 win over RIT in the Liberty League Tournament. Garvin also has 13 multi-RBI games, including four RBI games at Franklin & Marshall and at St. Lawrence.
 
A starter in 113 of 114 career games, Garvin has a .311 career average with 127 hits, 28 doubles, five triples, six home runs, 87 RBIs and 91 runs.
 
Farnen has started 29 of the 37 games he's played this season. He has a .336 batting average and a .479 on-base percentage. Farnen has produced 37 hits, including six doubles and four triples. He's tied with Petry for the team lead in walks with 27 and has also contributed 28 RBIs and 32 runs. Farnen has two three-hit games this season, including a 3-for-3 effort with five RBIs in a win over Bard. He also recorded five RBIs in Hobart's Liberty League Tournament win over RIT.
 
In 68 career games, Farnen is hitting .303 with 63 hits, 11 doubles, five triples, 44 walks, 45 RBIs, and 53 runs.
 
Hobart will face Mount Union (31-10) in its NCAA tournament opener in Salisbury, Maryland. First pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 15.