WORCESTER, Mass. – Recent graduate, Holy Cross baseball outfielder CJ Egrie has been named a member of the 2026 Division I Baseball All-ECAC Team the Eastern College Athletic Conference announced on Tuesday morning.

In order to be eligible for All-ECAC consideration, a student-athlete must have been named First Team all-conference in their primary playing conference. Egrie was one of two Patriot League student-athletes to earn All-ECAC honors.

Egrie, the two-time Patriot League Player of the Year (2025, 2026), two-time Patriot League first team honoree (2025, 2026) and a 2026 Patriot League All-Tournament Team selection has appeared in 47 games for the Crusaders earning a start in 46 games. He leads the Patriot League and ranks second in the NCAA in stolen bases (46), which is the program's single-season record and is second in the nation in stolen bases per game (0.96).

The Patriot League batting champion (.325), Egrie slashed .325/.474/.446 for a team-best .920 OPS pacing the program in walks (38), on-base percentage (.474), runs (48), and stolen bases. In the Patriot League rankings, Egrie ranks second in OBP, second in runs, second in walks, fourth in hits (54), and fifth in OPS. He has 38 walks to 22 strikeouts in 2026 and has a .977 fielding percentage in right and center field with three outfield assists. In Patriot League games, Egrie leads the conference in stolen bases (25), ranks second in average (.340), third in hits (33), fourth in OBP (.448), tied for seventh in runs (19) and tied for ninth in walks (14).
 
The Holy Cross all-time leading base stealer with 98 steals, Egrie ranks third in Patriot League history in thefts. He has seven 3+ stolen base games in 2026 including three 4 steal performances and is the only player in the Patriot League with 3 or more steals in a game this season. He is also the program's all-time career leader in runs scored (137).

In the 2026 Patriot League Championship Series, Egrie posted a .700/.824/1.400 triple slash line for a 2.224 OPS with two doubles, a triple, a home run, four RBI, nine runs scored, six stolen bases and six walks to zero strikeouts. He led off game one of championship series with a solo home run on the first pitch of the game in an 11-2 Crusader win and stole home plate on a straight steal in the top of the first of the winner-take-all game three of the series, an 14-11 Crusader win which clinched the Patriot League title. In game three, Egrie matched the Patriot League single-game runs record established the new Patriot League Tournament single-game stolen base record (4). Additionally, Egrie tied the tournament record for runs scored, with 10 throughout the series.  

The ECAC (Eastern College Athletic Conference) is an eighty-five-year-old organization with well over 200 member schools across all three NCAA Divisions - I, II and III. The ECAC exists to enhance the experience of student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics and provides great value for universities and colleges by sponsoring championships, leagues, bowl games, tournaments and other competitions throughout the Northeast.

The Crusaders just concluded the 150th anniversary of baseball at the College of the Holy Cross with a 25-30, 13-13 PL record. This was the third straight season of 25+ wins for the program and the team became the first non service academy to capture back-to-back Patriot League Championships in Patriot League history. They were the first No. 4 seed to win a Patriot League Tournament Championship since Bucknell in 2010.
 
2026 All-ECAC Baseball Team:
Jackson Marshall –Connecticut, So., First Base
Dylan Immel – Wagner, Jr., Second Base
Ellis Garcia – Bryant, Sr., Third Base
Blake Primrose – Saint Joseph's, So., Catcher
Danny Wyatt – UMBC, Jr., Designated Hitter
Owen Clyne – George Mason, Sr., Shortstop
Hunter Ray – Fairleigh Dickinson, So., OF
Matthew Bucciero – Fairfield, Sr., OF
CJ Egrie – Holy Cross, Sr., OF
Jack Hopko – Rhode Island, Sr., OF
Josiah Overbeek – Army West Point, Fr., Utility
Tate Evans  – Yale, Sr., Pitcher
Cayden Suchy – Connecticut, So., Pitcher
Ben Alekson – Fairfield, Jr., Pitcher

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