BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Five members of the Bridgewater State University baseball team have been selected to the 2025 D3baseball.com All-Region Two Team.
Senior second baseman Scott Emerson, garnered first team accolades while senior relief pitcher Cameron Breault was named to the second team. Senior catcher Philip Messina, junior first baseman Ryan Flaherty and senior shortstop Kevin Lindsay were eached selected as third team honorees.
Emerson is making his second appearance on the D3baseball.com All-Region Two Team as he was named to the third team as a freshman in 2022.
A Peaboy, Massachusetts product, Emerson started all 45 games in 2025 and batted .378 with 70 hits in 185 at-bats with 56 runs scored. He recorded 18 extra-base hits from the leadoff spot with ten doubles, three triples and five homers while driving in 31 runs.
Emerson also posted a .546 slugging percentage as well as a .463 on-base percentage and stole 25 bases in 25 attempts. Defensively, he recorded 69 putouts and 106 assists in the field (predominantly at second base) and helped turn 22 double plays.
Emerson set the Bears' single-season mark for at bats and tied BSU Hall of Famer Ed Grueter's 1991 record of 52 singles. He was also three hits shy of Chad Cambra's single-season hits record of 73 set in 2003..
In 176 career games with the Bears, Emerson batted .355 (243-684) with 243 hits, including 32 doubles, 11 triples and eight homers. He also walked 75 times, was hit by a pitch on 37 occasions and stole 107 bases in 114 attempts.
Emerson leaves Bridgewater State as the Bears' all-time leader in hits, at bats, runs, singles, triples (tied) and stolen bases. He is also second all-time in both games played and total bases (321), tied for fifth in doubles and tied for sixth in extra base hits (51).
Breault, who hails from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts went 5-1 in 13 appearances out of the bullpen for the Bears in 2025. He posted a 2.49 earned run average and struck out 17 in 25 1/3 innings of work while opponents batted just .176 against him.
In 39 appearances (eight starts) over four seasons at Bridgewater State, Breault went 9-4 with 64 strikeouts in 86 1/3 innings on the mound.
A native of Dunkirk, New York, Messina had his finest season of college baseball taking over as the Bears' starting catcher in 2025. He batted .328 (42-128) over 36 games with seven doubles, a triple, seven home runs, four stolen bases, 30 runs and 35 RBI. He also posted a .563 slugging percentage and committed just one error in 218 chances behind the plate for an impressive .995 fielding percentage.
Messina played in 49 games over two seasons at Bridgewater State after transferring from Cayuga Community College. He posted a career .310 (48-155) batting average for the Bears with ten doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 34 runs and 36 RBI.
Flaherty slugged his way to a school record 17 home runs and 64 RBI in 2025 while batting .298 (51-171) with seven doubles and 36 runs scored. The Duxbury, Massachusetts native also notched 109 total bases and posted a .637 sluggling percentage.
At first base, Flaherty committed just three errors in 310 chances (287 putouts, 20 assists) for a .990 fielding percentage.
In 87 games over his first two seasons with the Bears, Flaherty checks in with a a .327 career batting average (107-327) with 20 doubles, 23 home runs, 80 runs scored and 109 RBI to go along with a .599 slugging percentage. He is presently third among the program's all-time home runs leaders traling only John Kiely (29 HR, 1986-87) and Jay Doherty (27 HR, 1989-92).
Lindsay started 40 games at shortstop and batted .350 this season with 55 hits in 157 at-bats with 41 runs scored. The East Bridgewater, Massachusetts product also checked in with eight doubles, a triple, five stolen bases, 37 RBI, and a .440 on-base percentage.
a 2023 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III Region Two All-Defensive Team selection, Lindsay committed just ten errors in 181 chances (57 putouts, 114 assists) this season for a .945 fielding percentage. He also helped turn 20 double plays.
The Bears all-time leader in games played, Lindsay batted .333 (220-660) in 200 games in a BSU uniform with 31 doubles, six triples, 105 RBI and 170 runs. He also walked 83 times, was hit by a pitch on 30 occasions and stole 64 bases.
Lindsay ranks second among the Bears' all-time leaders in at bats, runs and singles (183), third in both hits and walks (tied), and seventh in doubles (tied).
Emerson, Flaherty and Lindsay helped the Bears capture their fourth straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) regular season and tournament championships in 2025. The Bears (30-15) qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament for the fourth straight year and 18th time overall, and hosted a four-team regional at Alumni Park. The Bears reached the 30-win mark for the seventh time in program history and for the third time in the last four years
2025 D3baseball.com All-Region Two Team (PDF)
Notes: Emerson, Breault, Messina, Flaherty and Lindsay each earned All-MASCAC First team honors this season...Emerson, Flahert and Lindsay were voted to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Region Two Team with Emerson earning first team accolades, Flahery second team and Lindsay third team...Flaherty is presently tied for ninth in all of Division III this season in home runs and home runs per game (0.38). He is also tied for tenth in RBI and ranks 23rd in RBI per game (1.42)...Emerson is currently tied for 45th in all of Division III this season in hits...Emerson, Breault, Messina, Flaherty and Lindsay are five of 14 student-athletes from the MASCAC to earn a spot on the D3baseball.com All-Region Two Team. They are joined by first team selections Brett Velzis (3B, Mass. Maritime), Dan Burnett (OF, Westfield State) and Nick Marshall (DH, Westfield State); second team honorees Christopher Mondesir (OF, Worcester State), Jake Boucher (UTL, Salem State) and Sam Huffman (P, Mass. Maritime); and third team selections Sam Palmer (OF, Westfield State) Hunter Dean (P, Mass. Maritime) and Ben Smith (P, Worcester State).