POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – The Vassar College Baseball team had five student-athletes recognized for their work both on and off the field on Tuesday afternoon with Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators.
Junior right-handed pitcher
Pat Kerrigan, an Economics and Mathematics major, pitched a career-high 39.1 innings this season and struck out a career-best 37 hitters. He also earned victories on the mound over Utica and nationally-ranked Ithaca in 2024. Kerrigan has been named to the Liberty League All-Academic team each of the last two seasons.
Junior outfielder
Daniel Laderman, a Neuroscience major, started in 27 of the 28 games he appeared in and hit his first career home run in the victory over Whitman in March during the Brewers spring break trip. The junior has earned Liberty League All-Academic team status each of the last two seasons.
Senior outfielder
Reid Lapekas, a Computer Science and Mathematics major, earned his second straight Liberty League All-First Team selection in 2024 and led the offense for the second consecutive season as the senior finished the season hitting a team-best .394 and ranks third in the Liberty League in batting average. He also led the team in hits with 50, including a team-high 11 doubles, while scoring a team-best 26 runs. Lapekas added 19 runs batted in and finished the season 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. The senior also finished the season with a .455 on-base percentage and a .512 slugging percentage, both of which ranks second on the squad. Lapekas closes his career with 164 total hits, which puts him fifth all-time in Vassar history. He also ranks third all-time in doubles with 36, third in batting average at .365, fourth in on-base percentage at .442 fifth in runs scored with 103, seventh in at-bats with 449, second in sacrifice hits with 16 and fifth in slugging percentage at .470.
Junior catcher
Marc Milano, an Economics major, posted career-best marks in batting average (.330), hits (31), extra-base hits (nine), RBI (23) and many other categories. Milano blasted his first career homer against Union and followed it up with another home run against Ithaca in the LL Crossover Divisional Series. He has been named to the Liberty League All-Academic team twice in the past two years.
Senior shortstop
Jack Silvera, a Biochemistry major, garnered his first career All-Liberty League Second Team nod, put together his strongest season in his senior campaign. Silvera finished fourth on the team in batting average at .327 while driving in a team-high 28 runs and was second on the team in hits with 34. The senior led the the team in slugging percentage at .519 with nine doubles, one triple and a team-high three homers. Silvera closes his two-year career (missed two seasons due to injury) with a .306 batting average and has hit five career home runs along with slugging .477. Silvera has been named to the Liberty League All-Academic team three times and was a finalist for the Vassar Athletics Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.
Vassar closed out the year with a 12-21 overall record and a 7-7 mark in Liberty League action and advanced to the Liberty League Crossover Divisional Series.
