Liberty League Player of the Year and four-time conference all-star John Coleman, four-time conference all-star Jerry Coleman, and Liberty League Rookie of the Year and first-time all-star Will Coleman. Photo by Gary Mikel.

POTSDAM -- Two brothers from Potsdam won Liberty League awards as part of Clarkson University’s baseball team including player of the year and rookie of the year honors.

Senior shortstop John Coleman was chosen as the Liberty League Player of the Year and freshman pitcher/outfielder Will Coleman was picked as the Liberty League Rookie of the Year.

The Coleman brothers were also picked to the Liberty League All-Star team, as was junior first baseman Greg Jasek.

John Coleman, a four-time Liberty League All-Star, became only the third player in team history to earn conference Player of the Year honors, joining Dan Hojnacki (2004) and David Kinney (2011, 2012), and he was also selected as the Liberty League First-Team All-Star squad's shortstop, unanimously, for the second straight year.

Coleman's overall production included being in the top five in the conference in batting average (.437, second), on-base percentage (.525, fourth), and slugging (.605, fourth), the only player in the league to accomplish the feat. He also placed fifth in runs with 35, was tied for third in hits with 52, and ranked second in the league with six triples. He failed to reach base only twice in 32 games.

Defensively, Coleman once again was the top shortstop in the conference and one of the best in the country, committing only six errors in 168 chances and helping turn 17 double plays. He moved into second all-time at Clarkson in hits (179), eighth in runs (108) and is sixth among hitters with at least 250 at bats with a batting average of .352. Coleman also was chosen as the Liberty League Co-Player of the Year during the 2014-15 season for the Golden Knights' basketball team.

Will Coleman saw action at several different spots on the field as a first-year player helping him earn Liberty League Rookie of the Year honors and mention as a Liberty League Second-Team All-Star at the utility spot. Coleman becomes the third Clarkson baseball player in the last four years to earn conference rookie honors, joining his brother John Coleman (2012) and teammate Greg Jasek (2013). Coleman pitched in both a starting and relief role, played left field, center field, shortstop, second base and also served as the team's designated hitter in 2015.

But, his biggest contributions came on the mound. Coleman finished the season 5-0 with an earned run average of 2.78, (eighth in the conference), allowed batters a .228 average (sixth in the league), and was second in the league with an additional four saves. Minus one tough start, his ERA would have dropped to 1.42 and his opponents' batting average would have fallen to .192, figures that would rank first and second in the conference, respectively.

At the plate, Coleman batted .351 and drove in 22 runs with eight steals. Over his final 12 contests, which included a season-ending 10-game hitting streak, he batted .500 (24-for-48). Most impressively, he struck out only twice in 118 plate appearances during 2015.

The Clarkson University Baseball team compiled a 24-9 record during the 2015 season.