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JAKUBOWSKI NAMED FREEDOM CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Bobb, Isgro (Twice) Also Honored

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - Delaware Valley College senior third baseman Zach Jakubowski (Audubon, NJ/Audubon) has been named the 2008 Freedom Conference Player of the Year while teammates Kyle Bobb (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) and Mike Isgro (Galloway, NJ/Absegami) also earned spots on the all-conference team.

Bobb, a senior, was selected by the Freedom coaches as a first team, first baseman. Isgro took home first team, utility honors while the sophomore's performance on the mound also garnered him second team accolades at that position.

It marks the sixth time since 1998 that an Aggie baseball player has received the conference's Player of the Year Award. Jakubowski joins Matt Altieri (1998), Jason Stackhouse (1999) and current assistant coaches Tony DeLude (2001 and 2002) and Mark Roth (2003) on the coveted list.

Jakubowski, who had never before been named to the all-conference team, has notched eye-popping numbers this season. He has started all 41 games for Delaware Valley and leads the Freedom in batting (.465), hits (67), total bases (106), RBIs (47) and triples (9). He is also second in the conference in both slugging (.736) and on-base percentage (.529) and also has 39 runs scored, nine doubles, four home runs and six stolen bases to his credit.

Jakubowski's nine triples has not only set an Aggie single-season record, but has him currently ranked second in Division III in the category. His hit total has him tied for second on the school's single-season list and he is also in the top 10 in RBIs (third), batting (10th) and runs scored (10th). For his career, Jakubowski owns the Delaware Valley record for triples with 15 while his 106 RBIs and 102 hits have him ranked fourth and sixth respectively.

Bobb's all-conference accolade is the first in his four-year career. He has started 36 games on the field and owns a .346 batting average, 45 hits, four doubles, 22 runs scored and 22 RBIs. Bobb is also 3-1 on the mound and has a .989 fielding percentage. He is currently ninth on the all-time Aggie list with 131 hits.

Isgro, who was named a second team, all-conference quarterback in football this season, was honored for his performance both on the field and on the mound. As an outfielder/designated hitter, he is currently batting .367 with nine doubles, four triples, two home runs, 27 runs scored and 27 RBIs. Isgro has also been the ace of the Delaware Valley pitching staff and has compiled a 6-2 record, 49 strikeouts and a 4.50 ERA in 54 innings of work.

Delaware Valley is 24-17 overall and still hoping for a bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Championships. Bids are announced on May 12 with the eight-team tournament scheduled to begin two days later. The Aggies went 8-10, tied for fourth and qualified for the Freedom Conference playoffs where they dropped games in the double-elimination tournament to top-seeded Manhattanville College and No. 3 Arcadia University.