Colton Book Named Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Baseball Performer of the Year

Saint Joseph's pitcher Colton Book has been selected as the 2025 Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Baseball Performer of the Year and is one of 12 student-athletes honored for their performance on the field and in the classroom with a spot on the 2025 Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Baseball Team.
 
The All-Area Team is selected through voting conducted by the sports information offices of 30 institutions in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area.
 
A native of Manheim, Pennsylvania, Book was voted the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year and earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors after turning in one of the finest seasons by a hurler in Hawk history. A four-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week and named the College Baseball Foundation's National Pitcher of the Week on February 25, Book spent the season ranked among the top three in Division I in strikeouts before finishing the regular season fifth in the nation.
 
The lefthander is the first pitcher in Saint Joseph's history to strike out 100 batters in a season, setting a new program record with 122 punchouts for the year, and fanned 13 or more on four different occasions. Ranking in the top 12 in the country in both WHIP and strikeouts-per-nine-innings at the end of the regular season, he also showed his durability by throwing at least six innings in 10 of his starts, with five starts of seven frames or more.
 
Book was joined on the team by two-time honorees Anthony Bruno of Arcadia and Casey Murphy of Holy Family; also earning All-Area accolades were Kevin Bukowski of Widener, Penn's Marty Coyne and Jarrett Pokrovsky, Shane Fillman of Penn State Abington, Justin Geiger and Colby Seelig of Chestnut Hill, Immaculata's Alex LePage, Avery Spencer of West Chester, and Nick Struble of Rowan.

This news article originally appeared on sjuhawks.com.