GREENSBORO, NC (May 29, 2025) – For the third consecutive season, the UMass Boston baseball team is represented by a trio of standout student-athletes—Mike Meagher (Marston's Mills, Mass.), Thomas Kierce (Cohasset, Mass.), and Ross Dexter (Milton, Mass.)—on the 2025 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Division III All-Region Teams for Region II.
Selections are made by members of the ABCA and coordinated by the ABCA NCAA Division III All-America & Coach of the Year Committee.
Meagher lands on the All-Region Third Team for the first time in his career after a stellar senior campaign that also earned him All-Little East Conference (LEC) Third Team honors. The reliable backstop started 38 of 39 games behind the plate, leading UMass Boston with 47 hits while batting .367 with a .991 OPS. He contributed seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, and 25 RBIs, while also going a perfect 6-for-6 on stolen bases and striking out just seven times all season.
Kierce, one of the region's top relievers, also earns All-Region (Second Team) honors for the first time in his career, to pair with his All-LEC First Team recognition. A graduate student, he was dominant out of the bullpen, making 16 appearances and recording a 2.20 ERA over 28.2 innings. He compiled a 4-1 record and a team-high four saves—the second-most in the LEC—while striking out 41 and holding opponents to a .234 average.
Dexter rounds out the Beacon honorees with his first career All-Region (Third Team) selection following his own All-LEC First Team season. The senior right-hander finished his UMass Boston career ranked third all-time in strikeouts in program history. In 2025, he led the LEC with 64 strikeouts over 59.1 innings, making 12 appearances (11 starts) with a 4.10 ERA, a 4-2 record, and 21 strikeouts looking. Opposing hitters managed just a .226 average against him.
This year's trio adds to UMass Boston's growing legacy of excellence on the diamond, following two All-Region selections in 2024 (Aidan Blake and Justin Gouveia). Meagher, Kierce, and Dexter become the 34th, 35th, and 36th ABCA All-Region honorees in program history—five of whom have been recognized in just the past three seasons and 22 in the last decade.
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