NEW YORK | Liam Daly powered his way to being named the Skyline Conference Player of the Year in 2025.

The conference’s 11 head baseball coaches voted on this season's all-conference team, naming the Purchase star the league’s best.

The preseason All-American (below) lived up to the expectations, leading the conference in batting average, hits and OPS, while finishing second in home runs, RBI and slugging.
 
Farmingdale State right-handed ace Johnny Dougherty has been tabbed as the Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season, while U.S. Merchant Marine Academy mentor Michael Notebaert was selected as Skyline Coach of the Year for a second time in his career in voting by his peers.

Notebaert’s sensational newcomer, Luke Kruer (below), is the Rookie of the Year.
 
Kruer is a three-time Rookie of the Week, who also garnered one weekly Honor Roll. He leads the top-seeded team in the postseason, which begins today. The rookie is sixth in the conference with 1.108 OPS and tops on the team and the Skyline with 50 RBI and eight home runs.

Daly, a junior, adds to his collection of honors. Some of the notable achievements of Daly's career include: 2024 All-Skyline Conference First Team; 2024 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. III Region 3 All-Region First Team; 2024 D3baseball.com's All-Region Region 3 First Team; 2023-24 Purchase College Athlete of the Year (Men's Teams); 2023 All-Skyline Conference Second Team; 2023 Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year; 2022-23 Purchase College Rookie of the Year (Men's Teams).

Dougherty (below) pitched the Rams to the third seed in the playoffs. The Skyline leader in ERA and strikeouts ranks nationally in top 25 in WHIP (19th, 0.95) and K/9 (25th, Skyline-best 12.04). He is a two-time Skyline Pitcher of the Week this spring.
 
A graduate of Ithaca College, Notebaert is in his 19th year with the program and his 17th as the head coach. In his 16 years at the helm for the Mariners, Notebaert has become the all-time winningest coach in the history of the program. He guided Merchant Marine to twelve (13) trips to the Landmark and Skyline Conference Tournament. Four of those playoff berths have resulted in trips to the conference finals (2009, 2018, 2021 and 2022). In 2021, Notebaert led the Mariners to their first-ever conference title and trip to the NCAA Regionals, where the team lost in the Semifinals and was just two wins shy of advancing to the Division III College World Series.

He also won Skyline Coach of the Year in 2021. Notebaert (below) was later named the D3Baseball.com New York Region Coach of the Year that season, while also previously being selected the Landmark Conference Coach of the Year twice (2009 and 2013). Notebaert completed his MBA in Leadership and Management at Dowling College in 2010. 
 
In addition to the major awards, the full First Team and Second Team selections are outlined below. The head coaches also announced their respective recipients for the All-Sportsmanship Team. The conference recognizes All-Sportsmanship Team members in all 19 of its championship sports, with each program announcing one recipient for his or her sportsmanlike demeanor – both in and out of competition.
 
First Team

C - Michael Frazzetta, Maritime
1B - Liam Daly, Purchase
1B - Jordan Lambert, Farmingdale State
1B - Tyler Van De Bogart, Mount Saint Mary
2B - Owen Weber, Maritime
SS - Landon Troutt, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
3B - Jack Millen, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
OF - Richie Heyder, Farmingdale State
OF - Anselmo Joya, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
OF - Luke Kruer, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
DH - John Lynch, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
UTL - Tommy Chiappetti, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
SP - Johnny Dougherty, Farmingdale State
SP - Jack Kelly, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
SP - Peter Manger, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
SP - Derek Watts, Farmingdale State
RP - Michael Camardi, Farmingdale State
RP - Jack Kellner, Maritime
RP - Caden Pierce, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Second Team

C - Jake Arnow, Yeshiva
1B - Danny Heck, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
1B - Joe Thatcher, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
2B - Christian Gamez, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
SS - Kaolis Delacruz, Farmingdale State
SS - Mike Difilippo, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
SS - Zach Turko, Mount Saint Vincent
3B - Panos Sinis, Purchase
OF - Anthony Mezzaucella, Manhattanville
OF - Mike Petrucelly, Old Westbury
OF - Dom Porto, Mount Saint Vincent
DH - RJ Azarieh, Old Westbury
UTL - Ryan Osso, Manhattanville
SP - Matt Demme, Maritime
SP - Liam Horan, Mount Saint Mary
RP - Michael Iocco, Mount Saint Vincent
RP - RJ Azarieh, Old Westbury
RP - Dante Morabito, St. Joseph’s-Long Island

Player of the Year: Liam Daly, Purchase
Pitcher of the Year: Johnny Dougherty, Farmingdale State
Rookie of the Year: Luke Kruer, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Coach of the Year: Michael Notebaert, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (17th Season)

All-Sportsmanship Team

Matthew Flood, Farmingdale State
Anthony Caputo, Manhattanville
Yanuel Rojas, Maritime
Landon Troutt, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Michael DiTullio, Mount Saint Mary
Conor Martin, Mount Saint Vincent
Dominic Felicetti, Old Westbury
Matthew Dragotto, Purchase
Kris Vinski, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Chris Perri, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Aharon Weiden, Yeshiva