Bronx, N.Y. – (June 30, 2021) - As the Atlantic 10 Conference celebrates its 45^th anniversary, this season also marks a special occasion for Fordham Athletics, marking the 25^th anniversary of joining the Atlantic 10.

Fordham has seen some outstanding student-athletes come through the Rose Hill gates over the last 25 years, and to mark that window in history, the Rams will be announcing 25^th anniversary teams of each Atlantic 10 sponsored sport. In deciding the teams, Fordham fans will vote on who the best of the best over the last 25 years is on FordhamSports.com.

Our final team vote is here! We continue the baseball vote at third base, please make sure to vote for TWO. The vote will last through Friday.

Here is the list along with some background on each Ram: (KEY – GP – games played, AVG – batting average, SLG % - slugging percentage, OBP - on base percentage, R – runs, H – hits, 2B – doubles, 3B – triples, HR – home runs, RBI – runs batted in, SB – stolen bases, BB – walks, FLD% - fielding percentage)

Tom Stein (1995-99) Career stats: 186 GP, .363 AVG/.552 SLG/.465 OBP, 146 R, 236 H, 46 2B, 25 HR, 154 RBI, 118 BB, 23 SB, .905 FLD% Collegiate Baseball/Mizuno Freshman All-American (1996) 1996 A10 Rookie of the Year 1^st Team All-A10 (1996, 1998) 2^nd Team All-A10 (1999) A10 Champion (1998) A10 Championship Most Outstanding Player (1998) A10 All-Championship Team (1998) 1 of 2 Rams to hit over .400 in a season in the A10 (.410 in 1996) Career rankings – AVG (6^th), Hits (3^rd), Doubles (4^th), HR (T-6^th), RBI (4^th), TB (3^rd), Walks (6^th) Single season marks – 58 RBI in 1997 (4^th-best single season mark)	Kurt Thomas (2001-04) Career stats: 192 GP, .326 AVG/.483 SLG/.432 OBP, 141 R, 217 H, 38 2B, 8 3B, 17 HR, 109 RBI, 109 BB, 39 SB, .887 FLD% 2^nd Team All-A10 (2004) A10 Academic All-Conference (2004) CoSIDA Academic All-District (2004) Career rankings – GP (15^th), Hits (10^th), Doubles (T-11^th), HR (14^th), TB (8^th), Walks (10^th)
Jordan Lert (2004-07) Career stats: 201 GP, .278 AVG/.373 SLG/.354 OBP, 102 R, 198 H, 35 2B, 9 HR, 118 RBI, 54 BB, .915 FLD% 2^nd Team All-A10 (2007) Had 61 hits & 46 RBI in 2007 Career rankings – GP (7^th), Hits (16^th)	Brian Kownacki (2009-12) Career stats: 211 GP, .268 AVG/.366 SLG/.343 OBP, 118 R, 213 H, 35 2B, 11 3B, 7 HR, 115 RBI, 72 BB, 48 SB, .936 FLD% ESPY Best Play Award Finalist (2010) Career-highs 62 hits & 37 RBI in 2010 Career rankings – GP (T-3^rd), His (11^th), Triples (T-8^th)
Ian Edmiston (2013-16) Career stats: 187 GP, .262 AVG/.337 SLG/.336 OBP, 63 R, 154 H, 33 2B, 3 HR, 61 RBI, 46 BB, 14 SB, .932 FLD% Batted career-best .307 in 2015 to go with 16 doubles & 27 RBI Single season marks – 16 doubles in 2015 (T-9^th-best single season mark)	Matt Tarabek (2017-20) Career stats: 165 GP, .249 AVG/.337 SLG/.321 OBP, 78 R, 144 H, 28 2B, 4 3B, 5 HR, 78 RBI, 39 BB, 34 SB, .902 FLD% A10 Champion (2019) Batted .340 with 14 RBI in abbreviated 2020 season (16 games) Single season record – GP (62 – 2019)