WALTHAM, Mass. – Two members of the Brandeis University baseball team have been named to 2026 All-Region teams. Sophomore 1B Danny Tambascia of Newton, Massachusetts, and 3B Ben Kuja of Madison, Connecticut, and were second-team All-Region II selections by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Tambascia also earned third-team All-Region honors from D3Baseball.com. Both players had earlier been named first-team All-University Athletic Association.
 
Tambascia, who hit third in the Brandeis lineup, led the team with a .383 batting average, 10 doubles, and 37 RBI. He tied for the team lead with four triples and tied for second with three home runs. Tambascia led the Judges with a .594 slugging percentage and .497 on-base percentage for a 1.091 OPS. He finished third in the UAA in batting average and on-base percentage, fourth in OPS and fifth in slugging percentage. He was eighth in RBI, tied for third in triples and 10th in hits. Tambascia's numbers were even better in UAA play, where he led the circuit in batting average (.431) and on-base percentage (.543) and finished second in slugging (.708) and OPS (1.251). His 31 hits and 16 walks were each third in league play, while his 22 RBI were seventh and his 20 runs scored were ninth. Tambascia hit safely in 29 of the team's 35 games with a team-high 14 multi-hit games. Tambascia ended the season with a 23-game on-base streak, the team's longest of the season. Among his best performances was a 4-4 game with three RBI, three runs scored and a double in a 13-2 win at Case Western Reserve on March 27 and a 3-4 game with seven RBI, two runs scored, a double and a home run in the team's big 27-3 win against NYU on April 11.
 
Kuja, the team's lead-off hitter, batted .319 with eight doubles, four triples and two home runs for a .472 slugging percentage and a .425 on-base percentage. He led the team with 37 runs scored and was second with 46 hits. He also finished third on the squad with 11 stolen bases, getting caught just once. Kuja tied for eighth in the UAA in runs scored and tied for third in triples. He also finished 10^th in RBI. His 23 RBI and 22 runs scored in conference games ranks fifth in the league, while 27 hits tied for seventh. Kuja hit safely in 27 of the Judges' 35 games this season with 13 multi-hit games. Among his best performances was a 4-4 game with six RBI, a double and a triple in a 19-6 win against conference champions Chicago on April 5 and a 4-5 game with seven RBI, five runs scored and a home run against NYU on April 11 when the Judges won, 27-3.
 
In head coach Derek Carlson '91's 11^th season at the helm, the Brandeis University baseball team finished its 2026 campaign with a 21-15 record, 11-9 in the UAA. The Judges posted their first 20-win season since going 24-19 in 2011 and finished with a school-record 11 conference wins since the UAA went to a full 20-game schedule in 2017. Their third-place finish in the UAA was their highest since tying for the team title in 2008.  The Judges boasted one of the best defenses in Division III, finishing 10^th with a .975 fielding percentage and a top-line pitching staff that was fifth in hits allowed per nine innings at 7.41.