Derner Finishes WPU Career With All-American Honors

River Edge resident and River Dell alum Adam Derner completed his final season with the Pioneers and was named to two All-American teams

Adam Derner has had an outstanding final season with the William Paterson University Pioneers as the senior designated hitter from River Edge blasted 13 home runs, 62 RBI and a slugging percentage of .804. For his efforts at the plate, he was recently named to both D3baseball.com and American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-America First Teams. He is a two-time member of the D3baseball.com National Team of the Week (April 2, April 9) and the March 26 NJCBA and NJAC Player of the Week, Derner added a .413 batting average (third in league), 15 doubles (tied-fifth in NJAC), 40 runs scored (tied-seventh in conference), four sacrifice flies (tied-sixth in league) and 59 hits (tied-ninth in NJAC) this spring.  As the 30th Pioneer …

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Eamon Harbord

11:56 am on Friday, June 1, 2012

I agree Robert, the Yankees could definitely use Adam's bat   more ›

WPU Senior Does Home Town Proud

Former Golden Hawk standout Adam Derner has hit a hot streak with the William Paterson University Pioneers

For the second consecutive week, River Edge resident and William Paterson University senior Adam Derner was selected to the D3baseball.com “Team of the Week”. As the Pioneers first baseman/designated hitter, Derner has been batting .458 (11-for-24) with a .958 slugging percentage. He had four home runs, 13 RBI and an on-base percentage of .533 for the Pioneers.  Derner went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in an 11-5 victory against St. Joseph's-Long Island.  In an 8-3 win against Drew, Derner was 3-for-4 with two home runs, five RBI and two runs scored.  On April 5, he was 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored in a 7-2 conference victory at New Jersey City. The senior DH went a combined 4-for-9 with four RBI, a home and three …

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Eamon Harbord

3:40 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012

Agreed. I think Adam could bring a lot to any pro team if he wanted to follow that path.   more ›

Former Hawk Adam Derner Leads Pioneers to Victory

Triple crown winner for River Dell In 2007, Adam Derner blasted a home run to lead WPU for a win during their week-long tournament in Arizona