Presenting 2025 Daily Local News All-Area Baseball Teams

First team

Pitchers

Jayden Giuseppe, Soph., Coatesville — The Red Raiders ace was 4-1 with a 1.75 ERA. and only allowed four earned runs and nine walks in 52 innings pitched.

Jack Herbein. Jr., Malvern Prep — The Friars junior compiled a 6-0 record with a 1.72 ERA. Herbein struck out 40 batters in 36 innings for the Inter-Ac League champions.

Ryan Fuller, Jr., Avon Grove — Fuller was the Red Devils’ ace. He had a 5-2 record with a 1.25 ERA with 74 strikeouts in 38 innings.

Catchers

Brody Scullin, Jr., Bishop Shanahan — Scullin had a big year at the plate, with a 408 batting average and 20 hits, 12 RBIs and a .540 on-base percentage. Scullin also ripped six doubles.

David McClain, Sr., West Chester Rustin — Besides being one of the best defensive catchers in District 1, McClain hit .413 with 11 RBIs and six doubles for the Golden Knights.

Infielders

Dylan Harris, Jr., Oxford — Harris hit a lusty .438 with 21 hits and 12 RBIs with a 491.on-base percentage for the Hornets.

Jackson Melconian, Sr., Malvern Prep — Melconian hit .326 with a .438 on base percentage, 32 hits and 22 RBIs. Melconian also stole 20 bases and scored 35 runs.

Chase Ecker, Sr., Malvern Prep — The Friars slugger hit .394 with 37 hits, 29 RBIs, 35 runs scored and a .487 on-base percentage.

Jackson Roche, Jr., West Chester Rustin — The Golden Knights junior is a great fielder and he hit .419 with a .445 on-base percentage and a slugging percentage of .565.

Shane Monaghan, Jr., Coatesville — The Red Raiders shortstop is arguably the best fielder in the area and he hit .327 with 17 runs scored, 10 RBIs and 19 walks.

Landon Rozich, Sr., Oxford — One of the top fielders in District 1, Rozich hit .302 with four doubles and 10 RBIs.

Outfielders

Brady Abate, Jr., Malvern Prep — Abate hit .381 with a .438 on-base percentage with 32 hits, 28 RBIs and 28 runs scored.

Nuge Willard, Jr., Coatesville — The Red Raiders leadoff man hit .375 with 21 stolen bases to go along with four doubles and 11 runs scored.

Brett Connolly, Sr., Downingtown West — The Whippets senior hit .481 with 26 hits, five home runs and 27 RBIs, along with a .521 on-base percentage.

Logan Nelson, Sr., Avon Grove — The Red Devils slugger hit .514 with 37 hits, 11 RBIs, 24 runs scored and an on-base percentage of .568.

Designated Hitter

Cole Callahan, Jr., Great Valley — The Patriots junior hit .502, knocked in 11 runs and scored 19 runs.

Second Team

Pitchers

Will Roth, Downingtown East

Sean Kinzler, Coatesville

AJ Calio, West Chester Rustin

Catchers

Gavin Griffith, Unionville

Adam Clark, Coatesville

Infielders

Andrew Pellicciotta, Malvern Prep

Joey Newell, Great Valley

Ethan Bojko, Downingtown East

Liam Schwinn, West Chester Henderson

Luke Hunter, Conestoga

Outfielders

Owen Rozzi, West Chester East

Cole Doherty, Kennett

Ty Callahan, Great Valley

Cole Flannery, Devon Prep

Designated Hitter

Indy Riggs, Unionville

Honorable Mention

Avon Grove – Kenny Askin, Miles Raymond.

Bishop Shanahan – Brett Barber, Griff Cerebelli, Mike Cleary.

Downingtown East – Jack Lerch.

Downingtown West – James Posner, Alex Breitfeller.

Great Valley – Alex Bartlett.

Kennett – Tyler Homick.

Oxford – Sam Sarin, Cole Jennings.

Unionville – Chase Parisi, Braden Pomponi, Jake Wilson.

West Chester Henderson – Zach Ward, Anthony Barthol.

West Chester Rustin – Brody Bump, Mace Britton, JP Hoffmeyer.

Coach of the Year – Luke McNichol, West Chester Henderson

Not much was expected of the West Chester Henderson baseball team this season. The Warriors were largely a young and inexperienced team with not a lot of pitching depth. But Warriors coach Luke McNichol ,kept schooling his young squad and making the necessary adjustments to the lineup card.

All Henderson did was to reach the District 1 6A championship game and qualify for the PIAA 6A playoffs. It is for these accomplishments that Luke McNichol is the Daily Local News 2025 Baseball Coach of the Year.

“The kids worked their tails off all season to get better,” McNichol said. “They put in the work every day in practice and they wanted to get better. We, as a team, accomplished more than maybe was expected.”

McNichol has more than 400 career wins and a PIAA championship in 2010 but this season’s work might have been one of his best in his 38 years at the helm of the Warriors.