BENNINGTON, Vt. — The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) announced on Monday its 2015 baseball all-conference selections and major award winners with a pair of Southern Vermont College Mountaineers collecting honors for another time in their respective career.

Senior first baseman Cody LaBadia (Howes Cave, N.Y.) was voted onto the All-NECC Second Team, wrapping up his four-year SVC tenure with his third All-Conference accolade; he was chosen to the All-NECC First Team last year and took home another Second Team honor following his freshman season in 2012. Junior Richard Rios (Pico Rivera, Calif.), who played multiple positions during the year for the Mountaineers including catcher, infield and outfield, picked up an All-NECC Honorable Mention after garnering an All-NECC Second Team nod a year ago.

"Cody and Rich worked very hard to be represented by our conference,” commented third-year SVC head coach Dave Gage. “They put in a lot of extra work outside practice to earn this honor."

LaBadia was once again a force at the dish for Southern Vermont, ranking second on the team in batting average (.348) and on-base percentage (.427). His team-leading 10 doubles, two triples and a home run also helped him tally a Mountaineer-best .500 slugging percentage on the season. The senior captain knocked in the fourth-most runs by any Conference player (31), and his 31 runs scored were the second-most for SVC. A rock at first, LaBadia committed only three errors on 299 total chances throughout the year, tying the team’s best fielding percentage among guys who had at least 15 chances (.990).

Rios’ consistently-solid play in all aspects of the game made him a tremendous asset for Southern Vermont this season. His flexibility in the field allowed SVC to use varying lineups as he was able to move between catcher, outfield, and the left side of the infield during a game. The junior collected the fourth-most hits on the team (38) and tied for the second-most walks earned (15), helping him turn in the third-best on-base percentage for the Mountaineers at .426. Once on the base paths, Rios was a constant threat to steal the next bag, chalking up the second-most stolen bases in the NECC and in Southern Vermont single-season history (23).

Southern Vermont narrowly missed the NECC postseason after registering the programs’ most wins since 2011 with a 16-18 overall mark.