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WATERBURY, Conn. – Post University head baseball coach AJ McNamara presented the program's five seniors with framed jerseys and photos from their careers on Friday morning at the Drubner Center, after the Senior Day contest against Briarcliffe was canceled due to inclement weather.
 
The program planned to honor the seniors prior to the first pitch of the contest with a presentation of the jerseys and photos. Additionally, between innings of the game, special moments which occurred during the careers of Hayden Allred (Waxachachie, Texas), Stephen Corbett (Prospect, Conn.), Cutler Ruby (Diboll, Texas), Russell Sirko (Danbury, Conn.) and James Wong (Brooklyn, N.Y.) were scheduled to be read.
 
Below is the information that would have been read.
 
Hayden Allred – 6-4, RHP, Waxachachie, Texas
Allred came to Post in a long line of Cedar Valley Junior College transfers and made an immediate impact in the bullpen as well as in emergency starts. The highlight of his career occurred in 2011 with the Eagles up against the ropes and thin on starting pitching. He took the ball and delivered seven solid innings to help lead Post to a conference win over Bloomfield In 2011, he led the team in appearances with 13. For his career, he finished with 23 appearances, 26 strikeouts and a 2-3 record in 41.1 innings pitched.
 
Stephen Corbett – 6-2, RHP, Prospect, Conn.
Corbett made an immediate impact after transferring into the program in 2011 from Southern Connecticut State University. In his first season, he finished with 6-2 with a 1.77 ERA in 71 innings of work. He also threw five complete game shutouts, which ultimately earned him a unanimous First Team All-CACC selection. He currently holds the school's single-season record for ERA, and sits tied for fourth for single-season wins with six. His 71 innings pitched is sixth most on the single-season record list, and his 52 strikeouts this season is sixth in the single-season record book.
 
Cutler Ruby – 6-3, RHP, Diboll, Texas
Ruby transferred to Post from Cedar Valley Junior College and finished off a dominating two-year career as one of the hardest throwing and most efficient pitchers to ever where the green and white. He sits fifth and sixth in single-season strikeouts with 56 in 2011 and 52 in 2012. His 108 career strikeouts place him in the top-10 all-time. Ruby maintained a 2.26 ERA in 2011 and is in fourth place on the single-season list.
 
Russell Sirko – 6-2, C/1B – Danbury, Conn.
Sirko was a three-year starter at Post and was a part of the most successful three-year stretch in the history of the program. After he was an integral part of the Eagles' playoff run in 2010, he solidified his starting role in his second season. As a junior, Sirko hit .267 in 36 starts with three doubles, one triple and 15 RBIs. After he made the move to first base as a senior, he hit .240 with four doubles, two triples and 10 RBIs.
 
James Wong – 5-9, INF – Brooklyn, N.Y.
A transfer from Nassau County Community College, Wong was a two-year stalwart up the middle that started in more than 80 games. He led the team in average with a mark of .263, hits and runs scored in 2012. He led the team as a junior with 28 runs scored and this season he was second in total bases with 53.

Between Inning Statements:
1st INNING:
On March 8^th, 2011, Cutler Ruby made his second career start against the University of the Sciences in a non-conference game played in Palm Beach, FL. Ruby went 7 solid innings of shut-out ball, striking out seven and walking only two while giving up just four hits en route to his first career win at Post. The Eagles upended USP 10-1 and moved to 6-1 on the season.
 
On April 6^th, 2011, James Wong drove a 0-0 pitch deep over the left field fence at Caldwell College and onto the roof of a building to preserve a 4-2 win for the Eagles to move them to 13-7 on the young season and 4-1 in the CACC. Wong finished the day 2-4 with a walk, 1 RBI and 1 run scored.
 
2^nd INNING:
On March 29^th 2012, Russ Sirko had a day that many of us can only dream of as the senior went 4-5 with 3 RBI's and 1 run scored in a 16-11 loss to nationally ranked Lemoyne University. Sirko had a single up the middle in the 2^nd, a double to left center in the 4^th, a triple to the center field fence in the 5^th and a double down the left field line in the 9^th inning. He was a homerun shy of becoming the 1^st player at Post to ever hit for the cycle.
 
On April 20, 2011, Steve Corbett threw 10 innings of shutout ball against defending conference champion Dominican College in the Eagles' 2-0 CACC win. Corbett scattered 8 hits, struck out 7 and walked only 1 in improving to 6-1 on the season. It was Corbett's 5^th complete game shutout of the season, a single season record which undoubtedly will never be broken.
 
3^rd INNING:
On April 18^th, 2011 Post was face to face with being swept at the hands of conference foe Bloomfield College. That's when the Eagles turned to Hayden Allred who threw 7 plus innings of 4 hit ball allowing just 2 runs, 1 earned with 8 K's and only 1 walk in leading Post to an 8-2 win. The victory moved the Eagles to 19-11 overall and 9-5 in the CACC.
 
On March 10, 2012 Cutler Ruby took the mound in Fort Pierce, FL against regionally ranked West Virginia Wesleyan. The senior, pitching on short rest, went on to throw 6 innings of shutout ball, allowing a meager 2 hits while striking out 11 Bobcat hitters in a tough no-decision outing.
 
4^th INNING:
On February 26^th, 2011 Steve Corbett toed the rubber in Myrtle Beach, SC for his first career college start vs. former Northeast-10 rival Stonehill College. The hard-throwing junior set the tone for his memorable season in green and white by limiting the Skyhawks to 3 hits while throwing a complete game shutout. Corbett struck out 4 and walked just 2 to move the Eagles to 2-1 in the Northeast Challenge.
 
On Feb. 25^th, 2011 in his first start, James Wong went 2-4 with a triple, 2 RBI's, a stolen base and a run scored against Molloy College. In the 6^th inning, Wong drove a 2-out pitch deep to center for a triple driving in a run. Then in the 8^th, Wong singled to drive in a run, swiped 2^nd base before being knocked in on a subsequent single. The Eagles took down the Lions 6-4 for their first win of the season.
 
5^th INNING:
On May 6^th, 2010 in the 2^nd round of the CACC Playoffs, catcher Russell Sirko gunned down league leading base stealer Brian Short of Wilmington twice to help keep the Eagles close before their dramatic comeback 4-2 9^TH inning win over the Wildcats. In all, Sirko threw out three base-runners, including two in the same inning. The Eagles went on to beat Wilmington again later in the tournament before falling to Dominican in the championship game.
 
On April 27^th, 2011, the Eagles were clinging to a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the 8^th against in-state rival Bridgeport when Hayden Allred entered the game with the bases loaded. After the tying run scored, Allred would strike out the next hitter and after the Eagles would take a 4-2 lead to the final frame, Allred would strike out two in the 9^th to earn his 1^st win in an Eagles' uniform.
 
6^th INNING
On April 9^th, 2011 after falling in a tough extra inning ballgame to rival Felician in the front end of a doubleheader, the Eagles looked to their ace, Steve Corbett, to pull out a split. Corbett proceeded to throw his third complete game shut-out of the year. He limited the Falcons to just four hits, while striking out 7 and walking only 1 to improve to 4-0 on the year.
 
On April 14^th, 2012 James Wong went 2-4 with a career high 4 RBI's and 1 run scored in the Eagles' thrilling 8-7 win over USP. The highlight of his day occurred in the 2^nd inning when Wong roped a 2-1 pitch over the left field fence here at Municipal Stadium driving in 3 runs and prompting Post to the eventual victory.
 
7^th INNING:
On May 10^th, 2011, the Eagles pulled off one of the most memorable and historic wins in their history. Trailing 7-6 entering the bottom of the 9^th to Chestnut Hill in the 1^st round of the CACC Tournament, the Eagles would rally to tie up the game with 2 outs setting the stage for James Wong's heroics. Down to his last strike with the winning run on 3^rd, Wong fought off a fastball on the hands and managed to put the ball in play between short and third. The Chestnut Hill 3^rd baseman fielded the ball and quickly released his throw as a racing Wong sped down the baseline towards 1^st base. Wong was able to beat the throw by a few steps allowing the winning run to score and setting off a wild dog pile at 1^st base.
 
On April 16^th, 2011, Cutler Ruby threw his first complete game shut-out, a 1-0 CACC win over Philadelphia University in which the Eagles scored their only run on a suicide squeeze in the 2^nd inning. He allowed only 4 hits while he struck out 10. The biggest point during his outing came in the 6^th inning when faced with Philly runners on 2^nd and 3^rd with no outs, Ruby induced a groundball out followed by striking out the next two hitters to end the threat and preserve the win.
 
8^th INNING:
On May 7^th, 2010 at Blue Rock Stadium during the elimination round of the CACC playoffs, Russ Sirko went 2-3 with a double, 2 RBI's and a sacrifice bunt as the Eagles eliminated top seeded Wilmington 8-4 and moved on to the CACC Championship.
 
On April 27^th, 2011 against nationally ranked UMASS-Lowell, James Wong deposited a long ball way over the left field wall at LeLacheur Park, home of the Single-A Lowell Spinners. Attacking the first pitch, he launched his blast off the large score board overlooking the field, driving in 3 runs and giving the Eagles a 5-1 lead. UMASS-Lowell would eventual win in dramatic walk-off fashion with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9^th.