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#13 Vin Avella
Position: 1B
Height: 6-0
Weight: 205
Class: Junior
Hometown: Matawan, NJ
High School: CBA
2009 Junior Season
Named To The Prestigious Wallace Watch List ... Turned in arguably the greatest power season in Wagner history ... Blasted a school-record 16 home runs with 14 doubles while accumulating a team-best .630 slugging percentage ... Hit .307 (59-192) with 37 runs, 48 RBI (2nd most in school history), 31 walks, four stolen bases and a .404 on-base percentage ... Also posted a .993 fielding percentage at first base, committing just three errors with 419 putouts ... Ranked among the NEC-leaders in walks (1st), home runs (2nd), slugging percentage (5th), total bases (121; 5th), RBI (6th) and doubles (t-10th) ... Broke the Wagner home run record with his 33rd career blast, a game-winning home run over CCSU (5/22) in the NEC Tournament, capping a 3-5 day at the plate ... Blasted a career-high three home runs with nine RBI and four runs while going 4-5 at Coppin State (3/18) ... One of his home runs hit the water tower, some 50 feet away from the fence ... Lifted Wagner to a walk-off win over Mount St. Mary's (4/24) with a three-run home run to deep left field, capping 2-4 day at the plate with four RBI ... Was 3-6 with three RBI and another home run in 17-6 win over the Mountaineers (4/26) in the finale, giving the Green & White the series victory ... His walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the 13th lifted Wagner over Saint Peter's (4/22) ... Homered and doubled while driving in four RBI in win over Yale (3/8) ... Hit home runs in each game of a doubleheader sweep at UMBC (3/7) ... Set the single-season home run record with his 13th long ball and went 2-4 with two runs and two RBI against Iona (4/29) ... In win over CCSU (4/3), was 2-4 with a home run and three RBI ... Blasted two doubles in series-finale win over the Blue Devils (4/5) ... Went 2-4 with a home run at Quinnipiac (4/9) ... At Monmouth (4/17), was 1-3 with a home run and three RBI ... Crushed a solo home run in win over Seton Hall (4/15) ... Went 1-1 with a home run, two intentional walks and a sacrifice fly in victory over NJIT (5/6) ... In 5-3 win over Sacred Heart (5/8), went 2-5 with a run and RBI ... Blasted a solo home run in the series-finale against the Pioneers (5/10) ... Had a hit at No. 7 Virginia ... At the NEC Tournament, went 2-4 with a run against Monmouth (5/21) and singled home a run against Sacred Heart (5/23) ... Batted .462 (6-13) with three runs, a double and a home run over three games at the tourney ... Notched 16 multi-hit games and a team-best 11 multi-RBI games ... For his career, ranks first in school history with 33 career home runs, second with 1020 putouts, fourth with 36 doubles, sixth with 105 RBI and is 10th with 161 hits.
2008 Sophomore Season
All-NEC Second Team ... Team MVP ... Hit a team-best .316 (61-193), including a team-leading .365 during NEC-play, while also pacing the squad in hits (61), doubles (12), home runs (10), RBI (35), total bases (103), slugging percentage (.534) and OBP (.374) while setting a school-record with 441 put-outs ... Among NEC-players, ranked third in home runs and 10th in slugging ... Over a 14-game span, ranging from April 2 - April 19, hit .479 (23-48) with four home runs, 14 RBI, 12 runs, five doubles and a mammoth .833 slugging percentage ... In upset of No. 22 St. John's (4/9), his walk-off RBI single highlighted 4-5 day at the plate ... Also recorded two doubles and scored two runs in 4-3 win over the Red Storm ... Hit his first career grand slam while adding a three-run blast in 13-4 game-three win at FDU (4/19) ... Finished the contest 3-4 with two homers and seven RBI ... Also had a big performance in game-one at FDU (4/18), going 3-4 with a double and a home run ...Collected his second multi-home run game of the year in game-three win at Mount St. Mary's (4/26), going 3-4 with two home runs, three runs and a double ... Hit .500 (7-14) with four RBI, three runs, two doubles and a home run over final three games at Florida International (3/1-3/2) ... In doubleheader sweep of Sacred Heart (5/17), was 4-6 with five RBI, three runs, a home run and a double ... Helped Wagner to a 5-3 win at Villanova (3/11), going 2-3 with a two-run home run and two intentional walks ... Blasted a solo home run at Winthrop (3/21) ... In NEC-opening four-game sweep of LIU (4/5-4/6), was 6-13 with four runs and one double ... Had four hits, three runs and two doubles in four-game sweep of Quinnipiac (5/2-5/4) ... Went 2-3 with a two-run home run in 4-3 game-three win over Monmouth (4/12) ... Was 3-5 with two runs and a RBI in win at NYIT (5/14) ... Paced Wagner with 18 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games ... Hit .336 against right-handed pitching, including .400 during NEC-play.
2007 Freshman Season
Hit .265 (41-155), including .269 during NEC play, with 10 doubles, seven home runs, 22 RBI, 24 runs and 14 walks ... Went 2-5 with two runs in 12-7 win over Winthrop (3/17) ... Was named Akadema NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of April 2-8 after hitting 429 with two doubles, two home runs, three runs scored and five RBI ... Wrapped up the award hitting .471 as Wagner took three-of-four from LIU (4/5-4/7) to begin NEC play ... Blasted a two-run homer in a 5-1 game-one win over the Blackbirds in the first of two games ... Laced a double and hit a solo shot in the nightcap as the Seahawks completed the sweep with an 8-5 win ... He also recorded a career-high four hits and scored a run in game four ...Was a force at William & Mary (3/31-4/1) reaching base safely in his first nine trips to the play on the way to going 3-6 with his first collegiate home run, five walks, two runs and two RBI ... Drove in a career-high four runs and was 2-3 at the plate with a home run in 11-1 romp at Sacred Heart (5/4) ... Helped the Green & White to a four-game sweep of FDU (4/28-4/29), going 3-11 with five RBI, three runs and a home run over the last three games ... Homered against Stony Brook (4/10) ... Went 2-4 with a home run, double and two RBI at Quinnipiac (4/22) ... Had two hits in game-two against CCSU (5/12) and against Seton Hall (4/18) ... Hit safely in eight-straight games and 13-of-14 at one point ... Recorded nine multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games.
Scholastic / Personal:
Played his prep ball at CBA High School under the direction of Marty Kenney ... Helped the Colts to the Parochial A South Championship as a junior ... Also was a major force in CBA's three-straight Parochial A North Championships, during which time they went 70-14 ... Concluded his career with a Third Team All-State accolade ... Also was selected First Team All Shore, All Parochial and All North as a senior ... Voted the best hitter in the A North Conference ... Hit a home run in the final at bat of his prep career ... In the summer of 2008, played in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) for the Lehigh Valley Cats ... Born on January 7, 1988 ... Has two siblings; Danny (19) and Jess (17) ... Is majoring in business with a minor in psychology at Wagner.
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