Galarza Named To D3Baseball All-Region 1 Third Team

Posted: May 26, 2026

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Eric Galarza (Bridgeport, Conn.) of the Albertus Magnus College baseball team was named to the 2026 D3baseball.com All-Region 1 Third Team for his performance during the season.

Galarza, who was previously named to the All-Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Second Team had a career year across the board at first base for the Falcons. He batted .389 at the plate with a .611 slugging percentage and a .484 on base percentage. He also had 49 hits, including 10 doubles, three triples and four home runs while driving in 44 runs and scoring 37. He ranked third in the GNAC in RBI, fifth in batting average, sixth in slugging percentage and eighth in on-base percentage in the conference.

Galarza had 16 multi-hit performances on the season. In a 14-8 win over Penn State Brandywine on March 11th, he went 3-for-4 with a double and a triple while driving in five runs and scoring twice. Against Gordon in a 12-11 win on March 8th, he went 3-for-5 with a double and triple while driving in four runs and scoring two.

In the win over Keuka he went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and a double while scoring four runs.

Galarza becomes the seventh player in program history to be named to an all-region team.

Player of the Year: OF Shane Williams, Sr., Salve Regina
Pitcher of the Year: SP Nolan Romanowski, So., Salve Regina
Rookie of the Year: C Henry Ayers, Middlebury
Coach of the Year: Eric Cirella, Salve Regina

First Team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
C	Henry Ayers	Middlebury	Fr.	West Caldwell, N.J.
1B	Elliot Hamilton	Salve Regina	Sr.	Glastonbury, Conn.
2B	Timmy Domizio	Trinity (Conn.)	So.	Ponte Vedra, Fla.
SS	Dalton Chi	MIT	Fr.	Cerritos, Calif.
3B	Tyler Bernstein	Trinity (Conn.)	Sr.	Ponte Vedra, Fla.
OF	Matt Holmes	Husson	Jr.	Bangor, Maine
OF	Jack Kamin	Tufts	So.	Shrewsbury, Mass.
OF	Shane Williams	Salve Regina	Sr.	Georgetown, Mass.
DH	Michael Soares	Clark	Sr.	Concord, Mass.
UTL	Will Logue	Bowdoin	Sr.	Santa Rosa, Calif.
SP	Brandon Cahill	Saint Joseph (Conn.)	Sr.	Meriden, Conn.
SP	Cole Donato	Tufts	Sr.	Walpole, Mass.
SP	Nolan Romanowski	Salve Regina	So.	Wynantskill, N.Y.
RP	Derek Desmarais	Tufts	So.	Washington, D.C.

Second Team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
C	Nic Frink	Saint Joseph's (Maine)	So.	Scarborough, Maine
1B	Michael Ficocelli	Mitchell	Jr.	North Providence, R.I.
2B	Jake Harring	Salve Regina	So.	Portsmouth, N.H.
SS	JJ Fox	Saint Joseph (Conn.)	Sr.	Killingworth, Conn.
3B	Dom Mariani	Clark	Sr.	Walpole, Mass.
OF	Sam Gersch	Middlebury	Fr.	Tiburon, Calif.
OF	Danny Rogers	Salve Regina	So.	New Canaan, Conn.
OF	Tony Woodie	SUNY Cobleskill	So.	West Palm Beach, Fla.
DH	Ryan Grace	Babson	Sr.	Concord, Mass.
UTL	Brycen Diaz	Elms	Sr.	Andrews, Texas
SP	Saahi Jetti	Amherst	Fr.	Des Moines, Iowa
SP	Padraig Mac Seain	Saint Joseph's (Maine)	Sr.	Brookline, N.H.
SP	Luis Ortiz	Salve Regina	Jr.	Boston, Mass.
RP	Marcus Tarfano	Saint Joseph (Conn.)	So.	Southington, Conn.

Third Team

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
C	Nicholas Bracale	Mitchell	Sr.	East Haven, Conn.
1B	Eric Galarza	Albertus Magnus	Sr.	Bridgeport, Conn.
2B	Christopher Piscione	Mitchell	Jr.	Cranston, R.I.
SS	James Henshon	Tufts	So.	Wellesley, Mass.
3B	Jack Kane	Saint Joseph (Conn.)	So.	West Hartford, Conn.
OF	Cole Camara	Clark	So.	Pawtucket, R.I.
OF	Mike McLeer	Colby-Sawyer	Sr.	Saco, Maine
OF	Chas Terni Jr.	Mitchell	Jr.	Montville, Conn.
DH	Brady Philibotte	New England College	Sr.	Weare, N.H.
UTL	Dylan Watson	Colby-Sawyer	Sr.	Byfield, Mass.
SP	Carlos Rodriguez	Vermont State Lyndon	Sr.	La Mirada, Calif.
SP	Thai-ler Sestokas	Mitchell	Sr.	Danbury, Conn.
SP	Christian Zebrowski	Middlebury	So.	Verona, N.J.
RP	Mantas Kempinas	Hamilton	So.	New York, N.Y.