CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Navy baseball had three members of the program pick up individual honors as the Patriot League announced its All-League awards. Christian Hodge (Sr., Winder, Ga.) was voted as the Patriot League Player of the Year, Noah Song (Sr., Claremont, Calif.) was named Patriot League Pitcher of the Year and head coach Paul Kostacopoulos was selected as the Patriot League Gene Depew Coach of the Year.
 
Song and Hodge highlighted the All-Patriot League First Team and were joined by teammates Trey Braithwaite (So., Winchester, Va.) and Zach Biggers (Jr., Walhalla, S.C.). On the second team, Zach Stevens (Fr., Lexington, Mass.) and Liam Lowery (Sr., Williamsburg, Va.) represented the Midshipmen. 
 
Hodge becomes the eighth player in program history to be named Patriot League Player of the Year and Song's Pitcher of the Year nod is the 11th all-time in the program. Kostacopoulos garners his second-straight Patriot League Coach of the Year recognition and fifth in his career. In the program's history, Navy has the Patriot League Coach of the Year 10 times.
 
Kostacopoulos led the Midshipmen to their fifth-straight Patriot League Regular Season Championship with a league mark of 18-7. Navy also finished the regular season at 36-15. The 36 wins from the Midshipmen are fifth-most all-time in program history and Kostacopoulos led Navy to its ninth 30-win season since 2006 -- when he took over as head coach -- and 12th 30-win campaign in school history. The Midshipmen are set to take part in the Patriot League Tournament for the ninth-straight season and are the No. 1 seed in the tournament for the fifth-consecutive year.
 
Hodge leads the Patriot League with 12 home runs this spring, which also tied the program record. Hodge finished second in the league in RBIs (51), runs scored (43) and total bases (101). The senior captain also finished fourth in the league with a .534 slugging percentage and 58 hits. He enters the postseason with a .307 average to rank 10th within the Patriot League. In league games, Hodge finished with seven home runs and 26 RBIs for Navy. Hodge also slugged .553 in 25 league appearances and racked up 52 total bases.
 
Song leads the country with 141 strikeouts and 16.06 strikeouts per nine innings. Song's strikeout total this season is the most in program history and most in league history. He also broke the league and program record for career strikeouts with 408. Song ranks third in the NCAA with a 1.14 ERA in 79 innings of work and he is also tied for the national lead with 10 victories. During his senior season, he has allowed 4.78 hits per nine innings (sixth in the nation) and has a WHIP of 0.89 (14th in the country). In the league, Song has gone 7-0 in seven starts with five complete games and two shutouts. He also has a 1.71 ERA in Patriot League games and has 81 strikeouts in those seven games. 
 
Joining Song and Hodge on the First-Team All-Patriot League is Biggers and Braithwaite.
 
Biggers finished second in the Patriot League with 61 hits overall and he is hitting .300 for the season. He also slugged .404 with 11 doubles and five triples, to go along with 40 RBIs for Navy. In league games this season, Biggers is hitting .320 with seven doubles and three triples.
 
Braithwaite leads the Patriot League with nine saves this season and has paced Navy to tie its program record for saves in a season with 15. In 24-2/3 innings of work, Braithwaite has a 2.92 ERA and struck out 29 batters. He holds a record of 1-1 in his 20 relief appearances this spring, to go along with an opponent batting average of .231. Braithwaite's nine saves are also 30th in the country this year.
 
On the second team, the Midshipmen were represented by Stevens and Lowery.
 
Stevens finished the year ranked inside the top five in the Patriot League in batting average (.333), slugging percentage (.553), on-base percentage (.428), triples (3) and runs scored (40). He was also the only freshman to rank inside the top 10 in all five categories. Stevens finished the year 28 RBIs, which was second-most among freshmen, and five home runs to lead all freshmen in the league. During the Patriot League regular-season, Stevens led the entire league with a .613 slugging percentage, was fourth in average (.350) and fifth overall in on-base percentage (.441). The native of Lexington, Mass., was named the Patriot League Freshman of the Week twice. 
 
Lowery finished second on the team and fourth in the Patriot League with a .486 slugging percentage and he posted a career-best 40 RBIs this season. He enters the postseason with a .285 average and a .398 on-base mark after leading the team with 32 walks. Lowery scored 31 times this season to set a new personal best. He also set career highs in hits (51), home runs, walks and triples (2).
 
Rounding out the individual award winners were Army's Jacob Hurtubise as Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and Lafayette's Justin Johnson as Patriot League Rookie of the Year.
 
Navy begins the postseason this weekend as it hosts Lafayette in the Patriot League Semifinals at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium. The best-of-three series begins on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
 
2019 Patriot League Baseball Major Awards
Player of the Year: Christian Hodge, Navy, Sr., C
Pitcher of the Year: Noah Song, Navy, Sr., RHP
Rookie of the Year: Justin Johnson, Lafayette, Fr., SS
Defensive Player of the Year: Jacob Hurtubise, Army West Point, Jr., CF
Gene Depew Coach of the Year: Paul Kostacopoulos, Navy
  
2019 First-Team All-Patriot League Baseball Team*
SP: Noah Song, Navy, Sr.
SP: Liam Dvorak, Holy Cross, So.
SP: Daniel Burggraaf, Army West Point, Sr.
SP: Declan Cronin, Holy Cross, Sr.
RP: Trey Braithwaite, Navy, So.
C: Christian Hodge, Navy, Sr.
1B: Tony Gallo, Lehigh, Jr.
2B: Zach Biggers, Navy, Jr.
SS: Trey Martin, Army West Point, Sr.
SS: Justin Johnson, Lafayette, Fr.
3B: Anthony Giachin, Army West Point, So.
OF: Jacob Hurtubise, Army West Point, Jr.
OF: Trey Durrah, Lafayette, Jr.
OF: Tyler Wincig, Bucknell, Jr.
OF: Ryan Malloy, Lehigh, Sr.
DH: Evan Blum, Holy Cross, So.
 
*Four pitchers, two shortstops and four outfielders on the first team due to ties in the voting
 
2019 Second-Team All-Patriot League Baseball Team^
SP: Tyler Giovinco, Army West Point, Sr.
SP: Levi Stoudt, Lehigh, Jr.
RP: Cam Opp, Army West Point, Sr.
C: Jeff Shanfeldt, Lehigh, Sr.
1B: Zach Stevens, Navy, Fr.
2B: Ethan Stern, Lafayette, So.
3B: Spencer Rouse, Lafayette, Sr.
OF: Austin Masel, Holy Cross, Jr.
OF: Liam Lowery, Navy, Sr.
OF: JohnPaul Bell, Bucknell, Jr.
DH: Jeremiah Adams, Army West Point, Jr.
 
^Two starting pitchers and no shortstop on the second team due to additional players on the first team; three outfielders due to ties in voting on the second team