College of Saint Rose Athletics

GENERAL: Missed all of last season due to injury…Is currently pursuing his MBA as a graduate student…Expected to bat at the top of the order and play left field after spending most of his career in center…Started no fewer than 43 games in each of his previous three seasons…Is a career .290 (140-for-482) hitter…Stands 15th all-time (NCAA era) in school annals with 140 hits…Is a two-time All-Conference pick…Said that his parents are the people who have influenced him the most throughout his lifetime…Favorite movie is “Gran Torino” and his favorite food is chicken wings…Listed Derek Jeter as the athlete he admires the most…Plays summer ball for the Elmira Pioneers of the NYCBL…Former MVP of the American Legion Post 1645 squad…Aspires to work in a professional baseball organization after completing his studies at Saint Rose…Is a member of Delta Mu Delta, the International Honor Society of Business.

AS A SENIOR (2010): Did not dress although he was still named to the NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for both the fall ’09 and spring ’10 semesters for superlative academic performance.

AS A JUNIOR: Garnered third-team NE-10 All-Conference accolades…Named to the NE-10 All-Academic team for the second straight year in recognition of both athletic and academic excellence…Furthermore named to the NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for outstanding performance in the classroom…Finished tied for seventh in the NE-10 with a team-leading 18 stolen bases, in 22 attempts…Was also tied for sixth among the league leaders via nine sacrifice bunts…Finished third on the team with a .303 batting average (50-for-165) and was second with 29 runs scored…Tied for second on the squad with 24 RBI…Was among three players to have a team-best 16 multi-hit games…Recorded a team-high seven multi-RBI outings and also had a team-best 11 game hit streak (3/9/09 – 3/28/09)…Batted at a .364 (16-for-44) clip throughout the aforementioned streak…Furthermore put together five straight two-hit games throughout that time frame.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Named to the NE-10 All-Academic team…Led the Golden Knights with a .261 batting average, 22 RBI, and 29 runs scored…Was second with 11 stolen bases…Started 44 of the 45 games that he appeared in…Had 10 multi-hit games on the year and a team-high five multi-RBI performances…Had a seven-game hit streak, which tied him with Derek Marshall for the longest of the year by a Saint Rose player…Hit at a .478 (11-for-23) clip during that span in late March…Finished 2-for-4 with three RBI, a homer and two runs scored in an 11-4 victory during the second half of a doubleheader versus Saint Michael’s (4/18/08).

AS A FRESHMAN: Named a third-team NE-10 All-Conference pick, one of only six freshmen to garner All-League accolades…Also chosen to the NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Named the conference’s Freshman of the Week (5/7/07) after batting .348 with six RBI and three runs scored throughout a six-game stretch…Also chosen to the NE-10 weekly honor roll (4/16/07)…Started 43 of the team’s 45 games…Finished second on the squad with a .308 batting average, 24 RBI and 60 total bases…Was successful in 10-of-13 stolen base attempts…Strung together a nine-game hit streak to open the year…Batted .375 (12-for-32) with 11 RBI during that span…Wound up the year with 13 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-6, two RBI effort versus Bentley (5/4/07).

HIGH SCHOOL: Captain of the baseball team at Binghamton…Garnered All-Conference honors as an outfielder…Member of the 2005 division championship squad…Played in the Southern Tier Athletic Conference Senior All-Star Game.