Baseball (Boys)

Deerfield's Baseball tradition is rooted in consistency. Since the establishment of the Central New England Prep School Baseball League (CNEPSBL) 26 years ago, Deerfield reached the postseason 20 times. In 2009, Deerfield, seeded fourth in the tournament after ending with an 8-4 league record, won the CNEPSBL championship defeating two strong and well-coached teams from Worcester Academy and Phillips Andover Academy. It was Deerfield Academy's fourth championship and it's first since 1997. Deerfield recorded an 11-6 overall slate, the most wins in over a decade. Deerfield has seen its share of players move on to collegiate careers. Big Green players can currently be found competing for Trinity College (CT), Colby, Bates, Babson, Bucknell, Middlebury and Claremont McKenna.

Among Deerfield's more prominent baseball alums are Pete Varney who played both baseball and football at Harvard before signing on for a career with the Chicago White Sox, and Mike Trombley ('86) who saw time with the Twins, Orioles and Dodgers.

The Big Green opens every season during spring break by travelling to Fort Pierce, Fla., for a week of spring training and games against national competition.

And when Deerfield's baseball teams return, they come home to one of the premier prep school baseball fields in all of New England. Headmaster's Field is a professional quality field, which was constructed with the help of Mark Actman, designer of Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies.

Deerfield baseball is coached by David Irwin.

 

Varsity

Date	Opponent	Venue	Time	Result
Mar 28	Groton	Home	4:15 pm	Loss, 5-1
Mar 31	Springfield College	CANCELLED	12:00 pm
Apr 2	Frontier HS	Away	3:30 pm	Win, 3-1
Apr 4	Loomis	Away	3:00 pm	Loss, 11-3
Apr 5	Greenfield HS	Home	3:30 pm	Win, 5-1
Apr 7	Cushing	Home	2:00 pm	Loss, 5-4
Apr 11	Taft	Home	3:30 pm	Loss, 8-5
Apr 14	NMH	Home	3:00 pm	Loss, 11-9
Apr 16	Springfield College	Home	4:00 pm	Loss, 14-6
Apr 18	Worcester	Away	3:30 pm	Loss, 8-6
Apr 21	Tabor	Home	12:30 pm	Loss, 15-7, 6-4
Apr 25	Choate	Home	3:30 pm	Loss, 13-4
Apr 28	Exeter	Away	1:30 pm	9-6 win, 5-0 loss
May 2	Cushing	Away	3:00 pm	Loss, 11-0
May 5	Worcester	Home	3:30 pm	Loss, 8-5
May 9	NMH	Away	2:30 pm	Win, 8-2
May 12	Andover	Away	1:00 pm	Loss, 2-0, 6-0 (DH)
May 14	Williston	Away	4:30 pm	rainout in 4th innning (4-1 DA)
May 16	Avon	Home	3:00 pm	Loss, 9-3
May 19	Walker Tournament	Choate	10:00 am	1st place - 10-4 (Choate), 5-0 (NMH)

Junior Varsity

Date	Opponent	Venue	Time	Result
Apr 4	Loomis (S)	Away	3:00 pm
Apr 11	Taft	Away	3:45 pm	Loss, 6-5
Apr 14	Williston	Away	1:30 pm	Win, 4-2
Apr 18	Cushing	Home	3:00 pm	Loss, 15-1
Apr 21	Avon	Home	2:30 pm	Loss, 21-3
Apr 25	Eaglebrook	Away	3:00 pm	Loss, 14-2
Apr 28	Exeter	Away	2:15 pm	CANCELLED
May 2	NMH	Home	2:30 pm	Loss, 6-2
May 5	Eaglebrook	Home	3:00 pm	Loss, 6-3
May 9	Cardigan	CANCELLED	4:00 pm
May 12	Andover	Away	12:30 pm	Win, 8-5
May 14	NMH	Away	4:30 pm	Loss, 10-8
May 16	Cushing	Away	3:00 pm	Loss, 9-0
May 19	Choate	Away	3:00 pm	Loss, 10-8

Varsity

Name	Hometown	Year	No
Dylan Alvarez (manager)	Vail, CO	2013
Luke Bakker	Deerfield, MA	2015	18
Luke Barkowski	Dorchester, MA	2012	17
Mike Barry	Sudbury, MA	2012	24
Christophe Blanchard	Blue Hill, ME	2012	14
Ben Bolotin	Leeds, MA	2012	9
Jackson Dayton	San Francisco, CA	2013	7
John Deskavich	South Deerfield, MA	2013	20
Nolan Doyle (captain)	Newburyport, MA	2012	4
Tabor Edwards	Woodside, CA	2012	2
Joseph Fernando	Brooklyn, NY	2014	3
Nick Goss	San Francisco, CA	2013	22
Niko Grupen (captain)	South Deerfield, MA	2012	1
Freddie Hole (manager)	Ormond Beach, FL	2014
Marissa Morte (manager)	Bolton, MA	2012
Billy O'Neil	South Deerfield, MA	2013	8
Ethan Peterson‑New	Greenfield, MA	2013	16
Conor Quinn	Milford, CT	2013	13
Nicky Rault	New York, NY	2013	21
Douglas Vallar	Bedford Hills, NY	2014	11
Ben Wood	Greenfield, MA	2013	12

David Irwin

In fall 2011, David Irwin joined the faculty as Deerfield’s Associate Director of Admissions.  Previously the Social Studies Department Chair and a football, basketball, and baseball coach at The Fenn School, David took a year-long leave from his work at Fenn to earn his EdM in 2010 from Harvard University’s School Leadership Program.  In 2005, David graduated with a BA in American Civilizations from Middlebury College, where he played varsity baseball and rugby and served as a Residential Advisor and PA announcer for the men’s varsity basketball team.  Over the past 18 summers in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, David has worked his way up the Camp Belknap ranks from camper to his present position as Program Director.