NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – Roger Williams University Baseball sophomore Zach Porter (Middleboro, Mass.) has signed a ten-day contract to play for the New Bedford Bay Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

Porter started all 42 games for the Hawks this past season and was RWU's fourth-leading batter at a .331 clip.  He was third on the team in a number of categories, including on-base percentage (.398), slugging percentage (.517), and runs scored (30)., In 2008, he batted .337 with seven home runs and 31 RBI and was named the Most Outstanding Player as a member of the New England Division III ECAC Champions.

Founded in 1993, the NECBL began its direction under George Foster, former Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets All-Star and Major League home run leader and league founder Emmy Award-winning television producer/director Joseph Consentino. Play started in 1994 and today the NECBL has become a strong twelve team league that plays in all six New England states and recruits players attending U.S colleges from New England, the other forty-four States and foreign countries.

The Bay Sox season begins Thursday as New Bedford hosts the Holyoke Blue Sox at 6:30 p.m. You can visit the Bay Sox at www.nbbaysox.com

- Additional information courtesy of the NECBL