PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Little East Conference (LEC) announced its 2024 award recipients Wednesday, following a vote of the league’s head coaches. University of Southern Maine sophomore Kyle Douin was named the 2024 LEC Player of the Year, while Huskies’ head coach Ed Flaherty was named the 2024 LEC Coach of the Year.
 
Douin was named the LEC Player of the Year after batting .371 and slugging .737 as he totaled 62 hits, 16 doubles, three triple, 13 homers, 67 RBI and 42 runs scored. He led the LEC in doubles, home runs, RBI slugging and OPS (1.176), while ranking second in hits, fourth in runs scored and sixth in batting average. Douin registered a .972 fielding percentage at first base, being charged with just seven errors over his 248 total chances.
 
Flaherty was named LEC Coach of the Year for the 11th time in his storied career. He will enter retirement as one of the most successful coaches in collegiate baseball history, amassing 1,133 victories over 39 seasons with six LEC titles, the most recent coming in 2021, 26 NCAA tournament berths, six College World Series appearances and two Division III national championships (1991, 1997), all at USM. His tremendous success saw him inducted into the LEC Hall of Fame in 2013 as a member of the Conference’s second induction class. Flaherty was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2005,
 
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth junior Adam Maher was named 2024 LEC Pitcher of the Year. The lefty enters the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament with an overall record of 6-2 to go with a 2.89 ERA and 83 strikeouts over his 53 innings of work so far this season. His most recent start saw him scatter three hits over seven innings of work in a 6-0 LEC tournament win over USM. He fanned seven in that victory.
 
UMass Boston’s Brandon Gaer was named the 2024 LEC Rookie of the Year. The freshman catcher/designated hitter batted .270 with 37 hits, five doubles, two triples, six homers, 32 RBI and 28 runs scored, while posting a near-perfect .989 fielding percentage. He was charged with just one error in 90 total chances.  
 
The complete list of this year’s LEC award recipients is as follows.

Player of the Year	Kyle Douin	Southern Maine
Pitcher of the Year	Adam Maher	UMass Dartmouth
Rookie of the Year	Brandon Gaer	UMass Boston
Coach of the Year	Ed Flaherty	Southern Maine
First Team All-LEC
Hank Penders	Catcher	Eastern Connecticut
Kyle Douin	First Base	Southern Maine
Aidan Blake	Second Base	UMass Boston
Zach Donahue	Shortstop	Eastern Connecticut
Bostyn Burris	Third Base	UMass Boston
Justin Gouveia	Outfield	UMass Boston
Ray Leonzi	Outfield	Eastern Connecticut
Anthony Poole	Outfield	Southern Maine
Cole Podedworny	Designated Hitter	Rhode Island College
Nathan Furino	Pitcher	Eastern Connecticut
Adam Maher	Pitcher	UMass Dartmouth
Matthew Wootton	Pitcher	Eastern Connecticut
Dylan Scudder	Relief Pitcher	Eastern Connecticut
Second Team All-LEC
Evan Cali	Catcher	Keene State
Daniel Trzepacz	First Base	Rhode Island College
Devyn Vezina	Second Base	UMass Dartmouth
Otis Follet	Shortstop	Keene State
Andrew Possi	Third Base	UMass Dartmouth
Luke Sokolski	Outfield	Plymouth State
Jackson Cardozo	Outfield	Vermont State Castleton
Hunter Brissette	Outfield	Southern Maine
Alejandro Soriano	Designated Hitter	Eastern Connecticut
Clay Robbins	Pitcher	Southern Maine
Ryan Dillon	Pitcher	UMass Boston
Max Moss	Pitcher	UMass Boston
Matt Burnett	Relief Pitcher	Southern Maine
Third Team All-LEC
Cam Seymour	Catcher	Southern Maine
Brendan Flynn	First Base	Plymouth State
Lucas McElroy	Second Base	Rhode Island College
Jack Leblond	Shortstop	Southern Maine
Lucas Francis	Third Base	Southern Maine
Tommy Ahlers	Outfield	Keene State
Joe Muzio	Outfield	UMass Dartmouth
Mariano Jimenez	Outfield	UMass Boston
Brandon Gaer	Designated Hitter	UMass Boston
Carson Black	Pitcher	Southern Maine
Dan Driscoll	Pitcher	Eastern Connecticut
Adrian Siravo	Pitcher	Plymouth State
Aidan O'Donnell	Relief Pitcher	UMass Dartmouth