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The people have spoken! After a whopping 2.548 votes, LIU‘s first baseman David Groeneveld has been voted MVP of April. Last month, Dan Parisi of Dowling had the award bestowed upon him after receiving a majority of the 748 votes.
This season, Groeneveld is batting .305 with a .407 OBP and .421 SLG percentage. He has nine extra-base hits. In April, however, he has taken his game to another level. He entered the month with a .219 average after their March 30 game against St. Thomas Aquinas. Since then, he has amassed 22 hits in 17 games and scored seven runs to become one of the most consistent forces in the Pioneers’ lineup.
“I thought it was really good,” he said in regards to his April performance. “I made a few adjustments that let my drive the baseball better. Honestly though, playing on a winning team with so many successful guys makes it easier to be successful as an individual,” he added.
Groeneveld is a 6’2″ 240 lb junior from Centereach, NY and a 2012 graduate of St. Anthony’s HS where he was named First-All Long Island during his senior year. He batted .494 that season with 35 RBI.
The other candidates for the vote were Steven Foster (Hofstra), Mike Marino (FSC), John Galanoudis (Molloy), Nick Girardi (SJC), Louis Mele (NYIT), Nick Zito (Adelphi), Tyler Piccolo (Dowling), Tommy Zeigen (OW) and Toby Handley (SBU).
