JONESBORO, Ark. (8/17/2012) —Arkansas State pitcher Daniel Wright has been named as a New England Coast Baseball League First-Team selection the league announced on Thursday.

Wright helped lead the Newport Gulls to the NECBL 2012 Championship in summer league baseball after posting a 6-0 regular season record in 45 2/3 innings. He also finished the season with a 3.92 ERA, added 42 strikeouts and had one shut out.

In the post season, Wright went 2-0 in 16 innings of work, including a complete-game victory over Danbury in the first game of the NECBL Championship Series. In the game he allowed just two runs on eight hits while striking out 11 to earn the victory.

Wright will enter his senior season this year after helping lead the Red Wolves to the Sun Belt Conference Championship game in 2012. He finished the year with a 3-6 record, struck out 53 batters and issued just 27 walks on the year for A-State. He was second on the team with 75 1/3 innings pitched and recorded the second most starts on the team with 14.