Bronx, N.Y. – Fordham University senior pitcher Matt Mikulski (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.) received another award to hang in his trophy case as today he was named 2021 First Team ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-Region it was announced today.
 
ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-American teams will be announced on Saturday, June 19.
 
The 2021 Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year, Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American, and Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, Mikulski completed one of the finest single seasons in Fordham baseball history in 2021.
 
The 2021 Vincent T. Lombardi Award winner as the top male athlete at Fordham, 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 led the Atlantic 10 in ERA, hits allowed/9 innings, strikeouts, strikeouts/9 innings, wins (T-1st), complete games (T-1st), and WHIP in the regular season, while nationally, he was 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.
 
It's the second straight year a Ram has been named All-Region as John Stankiewicz received the award in 2019 (there was no selection last year due to COVID).