By The Beacon Sports Staff

This summer saw SMCC alumnus Daniel French, who pitched on the 2011-2013 Seawolves baseball

teams, throw professionally for Newburgh Newts who play in the newly formed North Country Baseball

Independent League.

Daniel’s pitching stats for the Newt’s read as: 25.3 innings pitched, facing 127 batters and

allowing 17 runs that earned him a 0.67 run average; allowed 14 earned runs which left him with a 4.97

earned run average over 9 innings; struck out 8, gave up 27 hits; walked 17, hit 5 batters; and gave up 1

long ball while stranding 32 base runners.

The Newburgh Newts won the inaugural season of the North County Professional Baseball

League this September when they swept the Watertown Bucks in the best out of 3.

Daniel left SMCC with a 15-9 record, walking away with a 3.42 ERA after pitching 159 innings.

Daniel is currently SMCC Seawolves pitching coach who has seen the upside of a championship season, as

he pitched in the YSCC championship game against New Hampshire Technical Institute in 2013. After the

SMCC bats gave Daniel a 4-run lead in the bottom of the 1st, Daniel cruised to a complete game, allowing

3 hits and fanning 4. Daniel earned Most Valuable Player for the tournament.

Daniel follows 2007 graduate Anthony D’Alfonso as the second SMCC alumnus to play

professional. Anthony played for seven years in the Frontier League, which is an independent North

American League and in Mexico.

Thanks to the SMCC Athletics Department, the Newburgh Newts and the North Country

Professional Baseball League for their statistical archives.