Three players from two teams represented the Centennial Conference on the 2026 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) / Rawlings All-America Team as McDaniel's
Shane Daly and
Thomas Mezzullo and Franklin & Marshall's
Matt Hollender were honored. Daly and Hollender received third team laurels while Mezzullo picked up fourth team honors.
Daly, a graduate student outfielder, and Mezzullo, a sophomore shorstop, are the first McDaniel players to earn ABCA All-America honors since Jeff Weyer in 1985. It marks the first time in program history the team has had multiple players selected to the All-America team in the same season.
Daly earned a spot on the third team as the Centennial Conference Player of the Year. He was a first-team All-Region selection by both the ABCA and D3baseball.com. Daly was second on the team and eighth in the Centennial Conference with a .394 batting average, while ranking second in the league with 70 runs and fourth with 69 hits, the second-most in a single season in program history. He also broke the program records for career stolen bases and single season home runs this year.
Mezzullo was selected to the fourth team after being named to the All-Region first team by both the ABCA and D3baseball.com. He was an All-Centennial Conference first team selection this season and won the conference's Gold Glove of the Year award. Mezzullo led the team and ranks second in the conference with a .433 batting average. He set a new program record and leads the conference with 71 hits while also rankling third in the league with 120 assists and posting a .954 fielding percentage at shortstop.
Hollender's honor comes after being recognized as a D3Baseball.com Second Team All-American on Thursday. Hollender was tabbed First Team All-Region by both ABCA/Rawlings and D3Baseball.com, while also earning First Team All-Centennial Conference (CC) recognition earlier this month. Hollender registered 62 hits in 137 at-bats, leading the Centennial with a .453 batting average this season. Hollender tallied a .781 slugging percentage this spring to break the program's career record, slugging .630 in four seasons at F&M. The senior also tallied 54 RBI during the year to break F&M's single-season record. Starting 37 of the Diplomats' 38 games, Hollender racked up 16 doubles, one triple, nine home runs, and 42 runs scored. The Short Hills, New Jersey native also drew 20 walks and registered an on-base percentage of .530.