Five Bears Earn D3baseball.com All-Region Honors

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Five members of the Bridgewater State University baseball team have been selected to the 2026 D3baseball.com All-Region Two Team.

Senior third baseman Ryan Flahery garnered first team accolades while senior left fielder DJ Prampin, senior relief pitcher Matt Kustigian, junior centerfielder Rylan Secovich and junior designated hitter Benjamin Sepeck were named to the second team.

Flahery is making his second staight appearance on the D3baseball.com All-Region Two Team as he was named to the third team a year ago.

Flaherty batted .367 (55-150) with four home runs, ten doubles, 25 walks, 33 runs and a MASCAC-leading 45 RBI in 2026 while starting all 40 games. The Duxbury, Massachusetts native also notched 77 total bases and posted a .513 sluggling percentage as well as a .453 on base percentage.

In 127 games over three seasons with the Bears, Flaherty batted .340 (162-477) with 30 doubles, 27 home runs, 113 runs scored and 154 RBI to go along with a .572 slugging percentage and a .425 on base percentage. He ranks second all-time at BSU in bith runs batted in and home runs (tied with Jay Doherty), and is third in extra base hits (57) and fifth in total bases (273).

A Worcester, Massachusetts product, Prampin started all 40 games in 2026 and batted .348 (46-132) with a MASCAC-leading nine home runs to go along with five doubles, a triple, 21 walks, 47 runs and 34 RBI. He also stole 23 bases and recorded a .460 on base percentage and a .606 sluggling percentage.

In 145 career games with the Bears, Prampin batted .290 (130-448 ) with 24 home runs, 18 doubles, five triples, 49 stolen bases, 125 runs, 103 RBI, a .391 on base percentage and a .513 sluggling percentage. He ranks fourth all-time at BSU with his 24 career home runs.

Kustigian, who hails from Charlton, Massachusetts went 5-0 with one save in a MASCAC-leading 18 appearances out of the bullpen for the Bears in 2026. He posted a 2.88 earned run average and a 0.96 WHIP with 26 strikeouts and just seven walks in 40 2/3 innings of work while opponents batted just .218 against him.

In 38 appearances (all in relief) over four seasons at Bridgewater State, Kustigian went 6-2 with a save and 43 strikeouts in 63 1/3 innings on the mound.

A native of Southwick, Massachusetts, Secovich immediately made his presecence felt in the BSU lineup in 2026 after transferring from Dean College. He batted .395 (62-157) while starting all 40 games in centerfield with five doubles, five triples and a school-record 41 stolen bases. Secovich also posted a .464 on base percentage and played a dazzling centerfield with no errors and three outfield assists.

Secovich led the MASCAC in stolen bases, runs scored and at bats in 2026. He also ranked fifth in all of Division III in stolen bases per game (1.02).

Sepeck took full advantage of being in the everyday lineup for the first time in his career. The Whitman, Massachusetts product batted .348 (46-132) in 39 games (37 starts) with a MASCAC-leading 16 double to go along with a  home run, a triple, 30 runs and 31 RBI. He also posted a .438 on base percentage and a .508 slugging percentage.

In 62 games over his first three seasons with the Bears, Sepeck checks in with a career .337 batting average (55-163) with 19 doubles, two home runs, a triple, 37 runs, 40 RBI, a .423 on base percentage and a .503 slugging percentage. 

Flaherty, Prampin, Kustigian, Secovich and Sepeck helped the Bears capture their fifth straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) regular season and tournament championships in 2026. The Bears (30-10) qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament for the fifth straight year and 19th time overall. The BSU baseball team reached the 30-win mark for the eighth time in program history and for the fourth time in the last five years 

2026 D3baseball.com All-Region Two Team