CAPE COD, MASS. – William Paterson junior outfielder AJ Flores (West Orange, N.J./West Orange) garnered a spot on the ECAC Baseball All-Metro Region First Team, the group announced June 14.

Flores was previously selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/Capital One Division III Baseball Academic All-America Second Team, CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District 2 Team, American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3baseball.com Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Teams, New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Division II/III All-State First Team and New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) All-First Team this spring.  He led the Pioneers with a .381 batting average (second in league), 61 hits (tied-fifth in conference), 40 runs scored (fifth in NJAC) and 19 stolen bases (seventh in league), adding a .449 on-base percentage (sixth in conference) and 26 RBI.  A starter in 39 of 40 games, Flores tallied seven doubles, two triples and a home run, drew 22 walks (tied-10th in NJAC) and collected two sacrifice hits, three sacrifice flies (tied-10th in league) and 75 total bases while not making an error in 79 total chances (74 putouts, five assists) in the outfield.  Additionally, he was first in runs/game (1.00) and ranked second in hits/game (1.53) and sixth in steals/game (0.48) in the conference statistics.  Tenth in WP career history with 45 career steals, Flores has started in 115 of 120 appearances as a three-year Pioneer, compiling a .335 average, 20 doubles, eight triples, 77 RBI and 115 runs scored.

William Paterson finished the 2013 season with a 27-13 overall record and a 13-5 mark in conference play, advancing to the third round of the NJAC Tournament.

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2013 ECAC Baseball Metro Region Awards
Player of the Year
Ronald Echavarria      Sr.        DH      Purchase College
Pitcher of the Year
Kevin Hergert             Sr.        P          Kean University        
Rookie of the Year
Jasdeep Buttar           Fr.        C         Baruch College

First Team*
Bryan Moreno             Sr.        C         Staten Island
Jasdeep Buttar           Fr.        C         Baruch College
Ron Remi                    Sr.        1B       Farmingdale State
Tyler Smarslok            Jr.        2B       Kean
Nick Ramagli              Sr.        SS        Kean
Christian Spurr            Sr.        3B       Ramapo
Ronald Echavarria      Sr.        DH      Purchase
Vinnie Carminiati        Jr.        OF       Mount St. Mary
AJ Flores                     Jr.        OF       William Paterson
Angel Tejeda               Fr.        OF       Baruch
David Zilnicki             Sr.        OF       Farmingdale State
Richard Anderson       Sr.        P          Staten Island
Kevin Herget              Sr.        P          Kean