Bronx, N.Y. – (May 26, 2021) – Prior to the start of the Atlantic 10 Championship on Thursday, the Atlantic 10 Conference announced its Baseball All-Conference teams and major award winners on Wednesday. 
 
Fordham senior pitcher Matt Mikulski (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.) highlighted the awards as the 2021 Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection.  He is the third Ram to be named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year, joining John Stankiewicz (2019) and Tom Davis (2008).
 

Mikulski just completed his senior season on Friday, and what a year it has been, as he is under consideration for a number of national awards, including the Golden Spikes Award, the Dick Howser Trophy, and the National Pitcher of the Year. 
 
The senior finished the year with a perfect 9-0 record to go with a 1.45 ERA and 124 strikeouts in 68.1 innings pitched.  He leads the Atlantic 10 in ERA, hits allowed/9 innings, strikeouts, strikeouts/9 innings, wins (T-1st), complete games (T-1st), and WHIP, while nationally, he is the NCAA leader in both hits allowed/9 innings and strikeouts/9 innings and among the top five in ERA, total strikeouts, and WHIP.
 
A four-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week and two-time National Player of the Week honoree, Mikulski held opponents to a .127 batting average overall, while lefties hit to an .073 average (4-for-55).  He set single season record for strikeouts at Fordham, breaking Hank Borowy's 1939 mark of 115, while also becoming the all-time strikeout king at Fordham with 272, surpassing Javier Martinez's 264 from 2004-07.
 
Additionally, his 1.45 ERA is the fifth-best single season mark at Fordham with his 3.17 career ERA, raking in a tie for 15th all-time.  Mikulski also became the 11th Ram to reach 20 career wins (tied for fifth all-time with 21), while his nine wins in a single season is tied for eighth.