MARSHALL, Minn. ­– Another day, another major honor for East Stroudsburg University pitcher Brent Francisco as the redshirt senior was named All-America First Team by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA), as announced by the organization on Thursday.

Francisco becomes the only player in program history to earn All-America First Team status by the D2CCA and NCBWA (May 23) in a single season as Jeremy Gigliotti was the only previous first-team selection by Daktronics back in 2011.

Francisco wrapped up his final season with a stellar 12-1 record, 1.91 ERA and .78 WHIP across 89.1 innings. He registered 84 strikeouts, five complete games, three shutouts, fired 26.0 consecutive scoreless innings from March 29 to April 20 and was a two-time PSAC East Pitcher of the Week during the year.

The Burlington Township, N.J. native departs with school records for innings pitched (292.1), strikeouts (326), wins (30) and games started (53) as well as single-season marks for punchouts (116 – 2022), innings pitched (89.1 – 2022, 2024), games started (16 – 2022) and wins (12 – 2024).

In his final career start, Francisco led the Warriors to a 3-1 win over Frostburg State in the opening round of the NCAA Atlantic Regional after tossing 7.0 innings, allowing one run on nine hits to go along with a season-high 10 strikeouts.

As of May 26, Francisco lead the NCAA Division II in WHIP while ranking second in victories, third in ERA, third in strikeout-to-walk ratio (8.40), fifth in complete games, fifth in walks allowed per nine innings (1.01), seventh in hits allowed per nine innings (6.04), 21st in games started and 44th in strikeouts.

To date, Francisco has been selected to the All-PSAC East First Team, PSAC East Pitcher of the Year, NCBWA All-Atlantic Region First Team, NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year, D2CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team, D2CCA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year, ABCA/Rawling All-Atlantic Region First Team, ABCA/Rawling Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year and NCBWA All-America First Team.

The CCA All-America and All-Region baseball teams, which are selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC) from schools playing Division II baseball, were first established in 2007. This is the ninth year in which the program is solely sponsored by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association.

ESU All-America History

1985 - Jeff Pfeiffer (3B) (3rd team, ABCA)

2009 - Mark Angelo (3B/INF) (3rd team, ABCA)

2011 - Jeremy Gigliotti (SP) (1st team, Daktronics; 2nd team, ABCA; 3rd team, NCBWA)

2014 - Chris Knott (OF) (2nd team, Daktronics; 2nd team, ABCA)

2014 - Nico Delerme (DH) (3rd team, Daktronics; 3rd team, ABCA; 3rd team, NCBWA)

2016 - Matt Festa (SP) (2nd team, ABCA; 3rd team, NCBWA)

2016 - Robert Bennie (OF) (2nd team, ABCA; 3rd team, D2CCA)

2024 - Brent Francisco (SP) (1st Team, D2CCA, 1st Team, NCBWA)

2024 CCA NCAA DIVISION II BASEBALL PITCHER & PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Ron Lenz Pitcher of the Year: Skylar Gonzalez, University of Tampa

Ron Lenz Player of the Year: Jack Hines, Augustana University

FIRST TEAM

C - Tripp Clark, Angelo State (Texas)

1B - David Lewis, North Greenville (S.C.)

2B - Jonathan Logsdon, Albany State (Ga.)

3B - Mikey Kocen, Lewis (Ill.)

SS - Jack Hines, Augustana (S.D.)

OF - Carson Boles, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)

OF - Rob Sharrar, Colorado Mesa

OF - Brennen van Breusegen, Central Missouri

DH - Joey Rezek, UNC Pembroke

UT (non-pitcher) - Mackenzie Wainwright, Salem (W. Va.)

UT (pitcher) - Hayden Jatczak, Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)

SP - Skylar Gonzalez, Tampa (Fla.)

SP - Brent Francisco, East Stroudsburg (Pa.)

SP - Caleb Marks, Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)

SP - Alex Mykut, Millersville (Pa.)

RP - James Sashin, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)

SECOND TEAM

C - Troy Shields, Oklahoma Baptist

1B - Will Shannon, Hillsdale (Mich.)

2B - Jonathan Gonzalez, Colorado Mesa

3B - Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (Texas)

SS - Carson Ogilvie, Lubbock Christian (Texas)

OF - Sean Barnett, Wingate (N.C.)

OF - E.J. Cumbo, Tampa (Fla.)

OF - Jesse Velders, MSU Denver

DH - Alex Schroeder, Oklahoma Baptist

UT (non-pitcher) - Dennis Pierce, Valdosta State (Ga.)

UT (pitcher) - Luke Folsom, Colorado School of Mines

SP - Alex Canney, Tampa (Fla.)

SP - Jake Covey, Concordia Irvine (Calif.)

SP - Luke Lashutka, Saint Leo (Fla.)

SP - Conner Wolf, Central Missouri

RP - Jake Kramer, California (Pa.)

THIRD TEAM

C - Dustin Dupont, Quincy (Ill.)

1B - Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M

2B - Joey Parliament, Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)

3B - Justin Johnson, San Francisco State (Calif.)

SS - Alex Epp, William Jewell (Mo.)

OF - Evan Jilbert, William Jewell (Mo.)

OF - Camden Tanner, Arkansas-Monticello

OF - Carter Young, Central Missouri

DH - Zach Schuler, MSU Denver

UT (non-pitcher) - Ryan Williams, Northwest Missouri State

UT (pitcher) - Gage Gillott, Slippery Rock (Pa.)

SP - Cole Gayman, Missouri Southern State

SP - Rawley Hector, UT Tyler

SP - Jacob Kroeger, Maryville (Mo.)

SP - Jack Nedrow, Lee (Tenn.)

RP - Dylan Beck, Young Harris (Ga.)

HONORABLE MENTION

Santiago Garavito (C, Tampa); Ethan Kiple (1B, Frostburg State); Zack Saryeldin (2B, Concord); Will Doherty (3B, Missouri Southern State); Scott Anderson (SS, Point Loma Nazarene); Jacob Gutierrez (OF, Lubbock Christian); Anthony Boccio (OF, West Chester); Ben Leid (OF, Central Washington); Payton Conte (DH, California, Pa.); Ryan Ball (Utility Non-Pitcher, Lubbock Christian); Dustin Bermudez (Utility Pitcher, Ouachita); Caleb Reyes (SP, Cal Poly Pomona); Dylan Miller (SP, Point Loma Nazarene); Zachary Murray (SP, Young Harris); Griffin Kirn (SP, Quincy); Valek Cisneros (RP, Central Oklahoma)