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Augustine Tabbed NJAC Pitcher of the Year; Ioviero Selected NJAC Coach of the Year

Pitman, N.J. (5/7/07) - Senior Joe Augustine (Highland Park, N.J.) has been tabbed the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Pitcher of the Year while head coach Neil Ioviero has been selected by his peers as NJAC Coach of the Year as announced by the conference office Monday morning.

A three-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week selection, Augustine is currently 7-2 overall with a 1.92 earned run average in 75.0 innings pitched. Against NJAC competition, he tied for the league-lead with four victories while ranking fourth in the conference in earned run average (1.37). Against league hitters, Augustine ranked second in opponent batting average (.157), innings pitched (38.1), and strikeouts (37).

 Head coach Neil Ioviero was selected as the NJAC Coach of the Year by his peers after leading the Cougars to the NJAC regular season championship with a 15-3 league mark. In 10 years at the helm of the Kean program, Ioviero has accumulated an overall collegiate coaching record of 271-124-2.