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Greensboro, NC -- Three NEC baseball student-athletes were named to the 2026 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Region Teams, which was announce on Tuesday, June 9.

The teams are selected by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association, with the process overseen by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.
First team All-Region selections are eligible for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The 2026 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-America teams will be announce on Friday, June 12, prior to the start of the NCAA Division I College World Series in Omaha, NE.

FDU’s Johnathan Gomez (Coral Springs, FL/Calvary Christian Academy) and Hunter Ray (Woodbine, NJ/Lower Cape May Regional) were both selected to the East All-Region First Team, while Wagner’s Lukas Torres (Barnegat, NJ/Barnegat) was tabbed to the Northeast All-Region Second Team.

All three student-athletes were also NEC first team all-stars this season. Additionally, Ray won the NEC Player of the Year award along with both him and Gomez earning spots on the 2026 All-Tournament Team. Torres was also named the NEC Male Student-Athlete of the Year last week.

Ray, a 2026 All-NEC first team selection, led the NEC in slugging percentage (.809), OPS (1.276), RBIs (81), home runs (32) and at bats (235). His 32 homers and 81 RBIs both set NEC single season records along with FDU program records. He also set the Knights’ program record for total bases (128). Ray ranks second in the country for homers and home runs per game (0.58), while sitting at fifth for RBIs and third for RBIs per game (1.47). Additionally, his .809 slugging percentage is seventh in Division I.

Gomez, a one-time NEC Player of the Week, finished the season with the most runs scored (78) and a conference-best 21 doubles after logging the second-most at bats (218) in the league. His 78 runs are tied for eighth in the country, while averaging the most runs per game (1.47) in Division I. He is also tied for 27^th nationally in doubles.

Ray and Gomez are the first FDU athletes to claim East All-Region honors since Patrick Gardner in 2024 and marks the first time in program history that multiple Knights have landed on the team.

A two-time NEC all-star, Torres, led the league in on-base percentage (.532) along with logging the second-best batting average (.378), second-most hits (82) and walks (52). His OBP ranks sixth in the country. His 52 walks are also tied for 19^th nationally.

Torres is the first Wagner player to earn a spot on an All-Northeast Region Team since David Melfi earned the accolade in 2023.

2026 NCAA Div. I East All-Region First Team
Johnathan Gomez, So., SS, FDU
Hunter Ray, So., OF, FDU

2026 NCAA Div. I Northeast All-Region Second Team
Lukas Torres, 6^th, OF, Wagner