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TROY, N.Y. - The NCAA Division III members of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) has selected its year-end award winners and two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes won major awards. Junior catcher Patrick Reardon was named the New York Region Player of the Year and classmate Andrew Mondo was selected as the New York Region Pitcher of the Year.

A native of Troy, N.Y., Reardon played all 50 games, including 49 as a starter, with a .409 batting average on a school record 79 hits in 193 at bats. He had 22 doubles, a triple and 10 home runs for 133 total bases. He boasted a slugging percentage of .689 and an on-base percentage of .491. The LaSalle Institute graduate scored a school record 61 runs with 54 RBI.

Reardon led the Liberty League in nine offensive categories, including average, hits, runs, doubles, home runs, total bases, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and walks (29). He was second in RBI and third in at bats.

Reardon has also garnered Liberty League Player of the Year, All-Liberty League First Team, Liberty League All-Tournament Team, All-Region First Team, ECAC Player of the Year, All-ECAC, and National All-America Second Team by both the ABCA and D3Baseball.com.

Mondo, a righthander from Clifton Park, N.Y., set the school record for wins, going 11-3 with a 3.03 earned run average in 16 appearances (15 starts). He had two complete games, including a shutout. In 92.0 innings of work, he allowed 95 hits and 55 runs (31 earned) with 93 strikeouts and 22 walks. The opposition hit .255 against him.

A graduate of Shenendehowa High School, Mondo led the Liberty League in wins, strikeouts and innings pitched, ranked third in ERA and was fourth in opposition batting average.

He was the Liberty League Pitcher of the Year, a unanimous All-Liberty League First Team selection, All-Region First Team, ECAC Pitcher of the Year, All-ECAC, and ABCA National All-America Second Team. Academically, he was Liberty League All-Academic, All-District I First Team and an ESPN the Magazine National Academic All-America Third Team.

Rensselaer, which is coached by Karl Steffen, finished the 2009 season ranked 17th in the nation after posting a school record 37 wins (37-13) and advancing to the NCAA Regional Championshiop Game for the second straight season.