Wagner College Athletics

Joe Francisco was a two-time All-NEC First-Team Selection (1998, 1999) who set 11 Wagner single-season and career records during his three seasons as an outfield for Seahawks. As a senior in 1999, he turned in arguably the finest season ever by a Wagner position player en route to becoming an NCAA Division I All-Region selection as well as an All-American nominee. Francisco batted a school-record .436, which was eighth in the nation, while recording a then school-record 71 hits. He also finished the season with 46 runs scored and 30 stolen bases, figures that, at the time, both ranked No. 2 in school history. As a sophomore, the Queens, NY native swiped a then school-record 33 bases to go along with 27 as a junior. In each of this three seasons at Wagner (1997, 1998, 1999), he ranked among the Top 15 in NCAA Division I in stolen bases. His .374 career batting average remains the second-best mark in program history while his then school-record 166 hits are currently tied for 13th overall. Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 32nd round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, he went on to play for the Class-A Jamestown Jammers of the NY-Penn League and Johnstown Johnnies of the Frontier League.










Click HERE to view Video (Part I)  the induction of Joe Francisco who was presented by his former Wagner head coach, Rich Vitaliano

Click HERE to view Video (Part II)