Pagotto Named to MAC 100 Century Team for Baseball
ANNVILLE, Pa. --- Former Moravian College baseball standout Neil Pagotto (’92) has been named to the MAC 100 Century Baseball Team from the 1987-1993 era.
ANNVILLE, Pa. --- Former Moravian College baseball standout Neil Pagotto ('92) has been named to the MAC 100 Century Baseball Team from the 1987-1993 era.
As a part of the MAC 100 celebration, the Middle Atlantic Conference is recognizing the top athletes from conference history, naming student-athletes to Century Teams in each sport from each era. Eras were delineated based on conference membership and sport sponsorship. The number of individuals selected per team varies depending upon the nature of the sport. Century Teams were selected from an online fan vote combined with the MAC Sports Information Directors vote. Team members will receive a commemorative gold coin, distributed to their alma matter.
Pagotto was inducted into Moravian's Hall of Fame in 2011, and he was a four-year standout on both the football and baseball fields for the Greyhounds, and he was Moravian's Most Outstanding Senior Male Athlete in 1992. Pagotto was the 1992 Middle Atlantic Conference Player of the Year on the baseball diamond and a two-time MAC Southwest All-Star as a pitcher and designated hitter.
Pagotto was a two-time baseball team MVP as well as captain of the 1992 MAC Southwest Championship Team and the 1990 MAC Championship squad. He had a career record of 15-8 with two saves, 67 strikeouts and a 2.56 ERA in 172.1 innings, and he also added 55 hits, 19 doubles and 27 RBIs.
On the gridiron, Pagotto had 233 career tackles, seven sacks and four forced fumbles as a linebacker. He was one of the football team's captains in 1991 as well as a Preseason All-America, and he played on Moravian's 1988 MAC Championship and NCAA Playoff team.
To view the entire MAC 100 Century Baseball Team, visit http://www.gomacsports.com/news/2013/5/30/BSB_0530130634.aspx.
