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3 - TONY DESHLER (IF-OF) Pepperell, MA (Brandeis University)
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at May 18, 2009 5:00PM PDT
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Brandeis senior-to-be has started 114 consecutive games for the Judges in both the outfield and infield....Holds a .323 career average at Brandeis (149-461) with 25 doubles, five triples, nine home runs and 67 RBI....Has stolen 29 bases in 36 attempts during his college career... Hit.312 this past spring with a dozen doubles and three homers.....In 2009, as a sophomore, was the only player to start in all 41 contests at five different positions: third base (18 games), center field (12), left field (4), shortstop (4) and second base (3) and batted .288 with 18 RBI and 26 runs scored...In his freshman year of 2008, Tony became the second-straight Judge to earn UAA Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Association honors leading the team in hits (60), runs scored (37) and total bases (84), while tied for team lead with 33 RBI with 19 multi-hit games....Ended his 2008 season on a six-game streak to finish at .366...Earned first UAA Player of the Week honors on April 28, 2008, after a week in which he hit .429 with 11 RBI, seven runs scored and seven extra-base hits - three HR, two 2B, two 3B...Was a three-sport standout at Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA.... Three-year starter for the Spartans served as a captain in senior season... Earned first-team All-Independent Scholastic League honors as a junior and senior...
4 - BRENDAN PYBURN (SS) Peabody, MA (Merrimack College)
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at May 18, 2009 5:00PM PDT
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Chiefs third year middle infielder just concluded his brilliant four year career at Merrimack College.... Started 168 games for Joe Sarno's Warriors and recorded 200 hits, third on the all-time Merrimack list behind Chiefs Jeff Bercume (231) and Brian Macrina (221)...Started 38 games at shortstop for the Chiefs last season and hit an overall .248 with a team leading seven doubles....Was named a starter in the 2009 ICL all-star game....Hit .316 for the Chiefs in his rookie year of 2008 while starting 27 games....Son of Thomas and Jennifer Pyburn … has one sibling – Tyler... Brendan was a CCL All-Star as a junior and senior at Bishop Fenwick and helped team to state championship as a sophomore...Was a member of Agganis Games and Salem News All-Stars as a senior..Named third team all Northeast-10 Conference in 2008, 2009 & 2010...
TIM DEMPSEY (OF) Lexington, MA (UMass-Lowell)
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at May 18, 2009 5:00PM PDT
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Expected to miss the first 4-6 weeks of the season with a fracture of the nose.....Hit a combined .390 for the Cassell Club from 2006-2008 with six home runs... Was the ICL playoff MVP in 2006 while leading the former Somerville based club to the championship...Did not play in the ICL last season....Graduated from UMass-Lowell in 2006 where he started 50 games and recorded 12 doubles, three triples, four homers and 40 RBI....Also played at UConn, where in 2004, he hit .301 with 2 homers and 19 RBI....Is the son of former Chief Jack Dempsey and the nephew of legendary Chiefs manager Lenny Dempsey who piloted the team from 1961 to 1967....
8 - BRIAN MACRINA (OF-1B) Winthrop, MA (Merrimack College)
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at May 18, 2009 5:00PM PDT
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Veteran began his career with the Chiefs in 1999...Started 27 games last season at both first base and in the outfield....Missed all of 2008 with injuries....Hit .304 in 2006 and .357 in 2007...Played in 2004 & 2005 for the Braves....Five time Intercity League all-star....Begins the 2010 campaign 8th on the Chiefs career hit list with 222 and 12th among the all time RBI leaders with 79.......Holds a lofty .354 career average with Chiefs....... Named all-conference and all-New England and holds many career batting records at Merrimack, graduating in 1999.......Hails from Winthrop, MA.
9 - PETER COPA (IF) Malden, MA (UMass-Amherst)
Posted by Chiefs Baseball at May 18, 2009 5:00PM PDT
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Was Chiefs leading hitter in 2009 with an overall average of .329... Can play all positions but is primarily an infielder... Just completed his junior year at D-1 UMass-Amherst where he hit .329 with eight homers, ten doubles, four triples and 34 RBI ... Was named Atlantic-10 Conference's Player of the Week on May 10 when he led the Minutemen at the plate, hitting .500 (11-for-22) with eight runs scored and 10 RBI. Five of his 11 hits were for extra bases, contributing to an .864 slugging percentage and registered four multi-hit games on the week... Malden, MA native also had a big 2009 sophomore spring for the Minutemen when he hit .278 (37-133) while appearing in 42 games and chalking up nine doubles, five home runs and 30 RBI's.... Hit a two run homer in the A-10 Tournament to give UMass a 5-4 win over Fordham.... Went 5-for-12 in the team's three-game series vs. Temple scoring five runs and driving in two with a double and a home run....Hit home runs in back-back games at Richmond totaling a combined four hits, five RBI and five runs scored in those contests.. Recorded a double, two RBI and two runs scored in a victory over Arizona...Went 4-for-4 with six RBI, one double and one triple vs. Fairfield...Was a three-year letter winner as an infielder for Malden Catholic under coach Steve Freker.. Captained MC his senior season and lead his team to a 15-7 record while accumulating a .385 BA, 18 RBI, and a .575 OBP ... Son of Pedro and Anna Copa...Has one sister, Leanna ...
