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DANBURY, CT (April 26):  The Danbury Westerners, the longest tenured team in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, are proud to announce the signing of catcher Trey West and first baseman Patrick Wright for the 2015 season.  Both West and Wright both play for the LeMoyne Dolphins.

Trey West is a junior from Fairport, NY. West is a catcher who bats left handed and throws right handed.  West displays great patience at the plate. His current stats of the season, through April 26th, show him having a .solid 257 batting average.  West has started 27 games, with 101 at bats, and is third on the team with 26 hits. Most impressively, West has handled 154 putouts and garnered 15 assists, all while playing errorless baseball.  Over the past two years at Le Moyne, West boasted a batting average of .304, starting 53 games out of 55.

Patrick Wright is a junior from Liverpool, NY who plays in the infield at Le Moyne. Wright bats and throws right handed. So far this season Wright has a .244 batting average, starting in 28 games this season. Wright has scored 11 runs and driven in 10, and has an outstanding .389 OBP. Wright field his position well, with a .985 fielding percentage.  Since his freshmen year at Le Moyne, he has a batting average of .260 and has started 58 games.

Paul Schaffer, Danbury Westerners President, said, “Good defense wins ball games, and the signing of Trey West and Pat Wright will further improve our defense this upcoming season.  I look forward to meeting them this summer and watching them perform at Rogers Park.”

Upcoming Events

The Danbury Westerners are once again seeking host families for the 2015 season.  Every summer college athletes come to Danbury to play for the Danbury Westerners. Our Host Family program is the foundation of our team's success both on and off the field. Living with a local family makes their stay in Danbury a home away from home and improves the quality of their experience. To learn more about the Danbury Westerners Host Family program, please contact Shelley Pitser at JSPitser@msn.com.

The Danbury Westerners are proud to announce that they will be having their 21st Annual Celebrity Breakfast on June 5th at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury, CT.  The Annual Celebrity Breakfast welcomes the 2015 Danbury Westerners to the greater Western Connecticut community.  In addition, the Westerners are thrilled to announce that former All Star and New York Mets World Series Champion Bud Harrelson will be the keynote speaker.  Tables of ten are $300; for reservations please contact Paul Schaffer at paul@danburywesterners.com.

Once again the Danbury Westerners are teaming up with 21st Century Sports for its summer baseball camp program.  The camps are offered from July 6-9, July 13-16 and July 20-23.  To register please visit http://21csonline.com/

About Danbury Westerners

The Danbury Westerners compete in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, the premiere summer league for college athletes to play competitive, wooden-bat baseball in the New England region.  The mission of the Danbury Westerners is to provide summer professional development baseball entertainment in the Greater Danbury CT and NY area to enhance social and economic development and add value to the quality of summer living and vacationing throughout the region.  Funded in part by Major League Baseball, in 2015 the Danbury Westerners will be celebrating 21 years in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.  To date 20 former Danbury Westerners have made the Major Leagues, and over 45 former Westerners were playing professional baseball in 2015.