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A standout at Saint Anselm from 1998-02, Ken Kessaris enters his fifth year with the UMass Lowell baseball program and will be responsible for hitting and outfielders. The greatest hitter in Saint Anselm history, Kessaris has been an integral part of UML's batting prowess as the River Hawks have been consistently among the Northeast-10 Conference's top hitting teams. In 2007, UML batted a collective .294 batting and slugged .371, which ranked second and third, respectively, in the NE-10. As a player, Kessaris came to prominence during the 2001 season when he captured the NE-10 triple crown with 21 home runs, 69 RBI and a .472 batting average, all school records. His home run total, in addition to a staggering .975 slugging percentage, were tops in NCAA Division II. The holder of 20 single season and career records at the Hilltop, Kessaris was named a third team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). He also earned first team ABCA All-Northeast Region and All-NE-10 honors. Kessaris moved on to play for the Concord Quarry Dogs of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) during the summer of 2001, where he was a starting first baseman. A business major with a minor in communications, he graduated from Saint Anselm in 2002. Kessaris enjoyed his first coaching stint as an assistant with the Wayne County Raptors of the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) in the summer of 2004. Since, he has been an assistant coach of the Wareham Gatemen of the renown Cape Cod Baseball League the last two summers. Kessaris helped the Gatemen to the CCL championship series last year where they fell to Yarmouth-Dennis. A 1998 graduate of Woburn H.S., Kessaris was a two-time All-Middlesex League standout. He currently lives in Woburn, MA. |
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