Three from Golden Bear baseball honored on CSC Academic All-District Teams

Kutztown University baseball student-athletes Mitchell Peers (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown), Dominic Proietto (Norristown, Pa./Norristown) and Jake Skrocki (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford) were recognized on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Division II Academic All-District Team this week.

The trio of Golden Bears received Academic All-District honors for their combined performance on the diamond and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-District and All-America program recognizes honorees in four divisions -NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA. Honorees must be starters or important reserves on their teams, reached sophomore standing or higher and have a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade point average. Graduate students must have a 3.50 GPA as both an undergrad and grad student.

Peers, a graduate student from Gilbertsville, Pa., earned his undergraduate degree in business administration with a focus in accounting. He is currently pursuing his Master of Business Administration. Peers holds a 3.89 in his master's program and had a 3.58 undergrad GPA. After playing in the outfield during his first two seasons with the Bears, Peers moved to first base in 2023. He set new career-highs in batting average (.286), hits (44), RBIs (33) and walks (21), while tying a career-high with eight doubles.

Proietto is a senior pitcher and first baseman for the Golden Bears. He also spent time at designated hitter. The Norristown, Pa., native is majoring in sport management and has a 3.99 GPA. Proietto ranked second on the team in wins (5), third in strikeouts (46) and third in innings pitched (48.0). He was 16th among PSAC pitchers with 8.62 strikeouts per nine innings and fanned five or more batters in 5-of-10 starts. He was productive with the bat, too, hitting a career-best .318 with 21 hits, three home runs, five doubles and 16 RBIs.

Skrocki had a breakout season on the bump for the Maroon and Gold. A graduate student from Royersford, Pa., Skrocki is in the first year of his Master of Business Administration program. He posted a 3.90 undergrad GPA, earning his degree in business administration with a finance concentration. Skrocki earned All-PSAC East Second Team honors in 2023 behind career-best marks in ERA (3.35), wins (8), innings pitched (80.2), strikeouts (48) and opponent batting average (.240). The right-hander was tied for the PSAC and ranked among the top 30 in NCAA Division II. He also topped the league in innings pitched.

Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. First, Second and Third Team Academic All-America honorees will be announced June 7.