Maxime Sawicki

For the first time since 2006, a McGill Redmen team can call themselves National Champions. The meteoric rise of the Redmen baseball team from the brink of elimination to national prominence is the crowning achievement for McGill Athletics this semester. In October, the Redmen pulled off four wins in three days in Windsor, Ontario, culminating in an exhilarating 12-9 victory over the Brock Badgers in the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association’s national title game.

Max Tierno was an offensive star all year long for McGill. He had 15 base hits in 36 at-bats at the National Championships. The third-year middle infielder also starred in a crucial series at Carleton late in the regular season that helped McGill wrap up the Northern Division crown.

On the mound, David Haberman of Teaneck, New Jersey led the way with wins in all three games he took to the rubber. Haberman had an impressive 1.65 ERA, joining teammates Daniel Kost-Stephenson and LJ Aguinaga in the CIBA’s Top 10 in the category.

The team’s MVP, however, is the man chosen as the MVP for the entire National Championship tournament. Chan Arndt went 12 for 21, for an astounding .572 average, and had 8 RBI’s in Windsor. The native of Yarmouth, Maine, had three hits and scored three runs in the National Championship alone, leading McGill to its first title in four years.

Sophomore Josh Gordon, of Dollard Des-Ormeaux, was named to the all-tournament team as a first baseman. He should be key to manager Ernie D’Alessandro’s quest for back-to-back titles in 2011.

MVP: Chan Arndt

Player to Watch: Josh Gordon