Pat Mercier, Baseball
Senior pitcher Pat Mercier (Townsend, Mass./Saint Bernards) collects his first Soaring Falcon honor of the season after guiding the Fitchburg State baseball team to a 5-4 record to open the 2013 campaign at the RussMatt Invitational in Winter Haven, Florida.
The third year Falcon posted a 2-0 record with 22 strikeouts over 17.2 IP with one complete game. Mercier collected 5 K's in 6.1 innings of work in Fitchburg State's 10-4 victory over SUNYIT to open the season on Sunday, while collecting a single game record 16 punchouts in the Falcons 7-4 win against Medaille College on Thursday morning, surpassing the previous mark of 13 set by for Falcon Bryan Wilson on March 18, 1992 vs. UMass Dartmouth.
The Fitchburg State Baseball team returns to action on Tuesday as it hosts the AMCATS of Anna Maria College at 3:30 p.m.
| Previous Soaring Falcon Winners | |||
| Date | Name | Sport | Recap |
| 03/04/2013 | Tom Henneberry | Men's Basketball | Recap |
| 03/04/2013 | Samantha Wilkinson | Women' Track & Field | Recap |
| 02/25/2013 | Mike Ingram-Rubin | Men's Basketball | Recap |
| 02/25/2013 | Laura Cote | Women's Basketball | Recap |
| 02/25/2013 | Zach Valliere | Men's Basketball | Recap |
| 02/25/2013 | Amy Fahey | Women's Basketball | Recap |
| 02/11/2013 | Randy Wolcott | Ice Hockey | Recap |
| 02/11/2013 | Rebecca McClure | Women's Track & Field | Recap |
| 02/04/2013 | Ryan Connolly | Ice Hockey | Recap |
| 02/04/2013 | Erica Mallozzi | Women's Track & Field | Recap |
| 01/28/2103 | Zach Desrochers | Men's Track & Field | Recap |
| 01/28/2013 | Rebecca McClure | Women's Track & Field | Recap |
| 01/21/2013 | Tom Henneberry | Men's Basketball | Recap |
| 01/21/2013 | Megan Wodzinski | Women's Basketball | Recap |
| 01/14/2013 | Randy Wolcott | Ice Hockey | Recap |
| 01/14/2013 | Kristen Enright | Women's Basketball | Recap |
| 01/07/2013 | Ryan Wysocki | Ice Hockey | Recap |
| 01/07/2013 | Amy Fahey | Women's Basketball | Recap |
| 12/10/2012 | Zach Valliere | Men's Basketball | Recap |
| 12/10/2012 | Samantha Wilkinson | Women's Track & Field | Recap |
| 12/3/2012 | Zach Desrochers | Men's Track & Field | Recap |
| 12/3/2012 | Amy Fahey | Women's Basketball | Recap |
| 11/19/2012 | Mike Ingram-Rubin | Men's Basketball | Recap |