General: Came to Wagner as a walk-on and leaves Grymes Hill as arguably the finest all-around player in school history … Holds school-records for hits (235), runs (162), stolen bases (132), hit by pitches (43), games (212) and at-bats (761) while also ranking second in walks (85) … Also ranks among the single-season leaders in stolen bases (41, 37, 33 & 21) (1st, 2nd, t-3rd & t-8th), hits (66) (6th), runs (51) (4th), hit by pitches (17 & 14) (1st & t-3rd), walks (31) (t-6th), sacrifice hits (9, 8 & 8) (1st, t-4th, t-4th) … Team MVP in 2009.
2010 Senior Season
Batted .313 (62-198) with a school-record and NEC-best 41 stolen bases (t-7th NCAA), 39 runs, seven doubles, one triple, 18 RBI, 31 walks (3rd NEC) and was plunked a school-record 17 times while reaching base at a team-best .445 clip (6th NEC) … Notched 15 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games while recording a season-best eight game hitting streak … Started all 57 games in center field, setting a school record in the process, and did not commit an error in 147 chances, notching 141 putouts and six assists …Earned his second-straight
ESPN The Magazaine / College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) All-American citation in being named First Team All-District ... Also along with Ryan Van Spronsen were the team's lone representatives on the 2010 NEC Spring Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll ... Had a big NEC Tournament, batting .500 (6-12) while hitting safely in all three games … Went 3-for-4 against CCSU (5/27) … Followed that up with a single and a stolen base in win over Monmouth (5/28) … Capped his career with two hits and a run against CCSU (5/29) … Became the program’s all-time hit leader, moving past former teammate Joey DiGeronimo with a second-inning single against Sacred Heart (5/7), before finishing up 3-for-4 with a season-best four stolen bases … Broke his own single-season stolen base record with two swipes in win over NYIT (5/12), while also adding a pair of hits … Was named
Akadema NEC Player of the Week for the week ending March 14 after reaching base safely 11 times in 14 plate appearances on his way to logging a .786 on-base percentage over a three-game sample at Bethune-Cookman (3/10; 3/13) and VCU (3/13) … Was 5-for-8 (.625) at the plate to go along with five walks, one hit-by-pitch and four stolen bases … After a strikeout and groundout in his first two at-bats, worked his way on base in each of his next nine plate appearances … Spearheaded the Seahawks’ winning effort against VCU, reaching base safely in all six plate appearances (3-3; 3 walks) while scoring two runs and stealing two bases… Later that night against the Wildcats, he recorded a hit, two bases on balls, was plunked by a pitch and stole two bases … In sweep of Quinnipiac (5/20-5/22), helped Wagner clinch a playoff berth by going 5-for-11 (.455) with five runs, three RBI, two doubles and five walks while reaching base at a .625 clip … In his final career home game went 2-for-3 with two walks and two RBI … Drove in a career-high five runs, highlighting 4-for-5 performance in win over Iona (4/28) … Stole six bases, including five in a doubleheader split, over three games at FDU (4/9-4/10) …Was 4-for-13 (.308) with four stolen bases while hitting safely in three games at Richmond (3/19-3/21) … Also batted safely in all three games while being plunked three times in season-opening series at Winthrop (2/26-2/28) … In win over BIG EAST Champ St. John’s (4/7), smoked a two-run triple … Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a walk in win over Seton Hall (4/14) … Capped series-victory over Monmouth (4/16-4/18) by going 4-for-5 with two stolen bases in the series finale … Scored two runs at North Florida (3/7) … In win at Lafayette (3/24), was 2-for-3 with two runs and two stolen bases … Despite only notching three hits over four games against LIU (3/26-3/28), reached base at a .429 clip in helping the Seahawks sweep the four-game series … Notched two hits in each one of the Green & White’s first two games at Mount St. Mary’s (4/1-4/2) … Scored a season-best three runs in win over NJIT (5/5) and at San Diego State (4/25) … Also singled in both games of a doubleheader against the Aztecs (4/24).
2009 Junior Season
All-NEC First Team ... Team MVP ... Again led the NEC in stolen bases while breaking his own school-record with 37 swipes ... Hit .332 (66-199), including .388 during NEC-play, with a team-best 51 runs, six doubles, three triples, two home runs, 30 RBI and 24 walks while reaching base at a .412 clip ... Ranked among the league leaders with his 66 hits (t-9th NEC) and 51 runs (t-4th NEC) ... Also recorded a team-best eight outfield assists and eight sacrifice hits ... Had a team-best 20 multi-hit games with eight multi-steal games and seven multi-RBI games ... Started all 52 games as the team's centerfielder ... Hit safely in 23 of the Seahawks’ 26 NEC games ... Standout in the classroom, earning
ESPN The Magazaine / College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) All-American honors with a First Team All-District citation ... Also was the team's lone representative on the 2009 NEC Spring Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll ... Named
Akadema Co-Player of the Week (5/11-5/17) after leading Wagner to a 5-0 week, including a four-game sweep of FDU (5/15-5/17) to help clinch the program's first NEC Regular Season Championship ... Batted .500 (9-18), including .600 (9-15) against the Knights, with eight runs, five RBI and five stolen bases while walking four times to reach base at a robust .591-clip (13-22) ... In game one against FDU, went 2-4 while stealing his then school-record 34th base of the year, breaking the record he co-held with former Atlanta Brave farmhand Joe Francisco ... Followed that with a steal of home to account for the lone run in 1-0 win over the Knights while also recording three hits ... In the night-cap went 2-4 with two runs ... Capped his big weekend by setting the Wagner stolen base record with his 91st career swipe and was 2-4 ... Had a monster series vs. CCSU (4/3-4/5), notching multi-hits in every game while batting .529 (9-17) ... In series-finale win over the Blue Devils, went 3-4 with three stolen bases, three runs and two RBI ... Was 5-16 (.313) with three stolen bases, three runs and three RBI over four games at Quinnipiac (4/9-4/10) ... Crushed his first collegiate home run while scoring two runs at Monmouth (4/17) ... In doubleheader sweep of the Hawks (4/18), went 3-7 with two runs ... Helped the Seahawks claim a series-win vs. Mount St. Mary's (4/24-4/26), going 5-14 (.357) with six runs, four RBI, three stolen bases and three walks ... Crushed his second home run of the year against LIU (5/1) and went 2-4 ... Stole three bases in doubleheader sweep over the Blackbirds (5/2) ... Went 4-6 with four RBI and stolen bases in win over Yale (3/8) ... In 2-0 win over William & Mary (3/16), was 2-3 with a triple and a run ... Followed that up by going 3-4 with four RBI and three runs in win at Coppin State (3/18) ... Was 4-6 in doubleheader split at Delaware State (3/21) ... Recorded three stolen bases and two runs in narrow 5-4 win over Maine (3/27) ... In game-one of a doubleheader with the Black Bears (3/30), was 2-4 with a double, run and RBI ... Stole two bases and recorded two hits in win over NJIT (5/6) ... Batted .351 with runners in scoring position
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2008 Sophomore Season
All-NEC Second Team ... Led the NEC in stolen bases while matching Wagner's previous single-season record of 33 swipes while being thrown out just twice ... Hit .292 (61-209), including .333 in NEC-play, with a team-high 40 runs, eight doubles, one triple, 14 RBI and 13 walks in a school-record 209 at bats ... Did not commit an error in the field and had four outfield assists ... Second on the team with 16 multi-hit games with two multi-RBI games ... Was on fire to close out the season, hitting .384 (38-99) over his last 27 games with 21 runs, 18 stolen bases and 11 multi-hit games while raising his average a whopping 83 points ... Ended the year on a 14-game hitting streak with him into next year ... Reached base safely in 25 of 30 games against conference foes ... Started all 55 games in center field ... In 2-1 game-two win at FDU (4/19), tied the game up with a two-out RBI-triple before stealing home to account for both runs ... In the back end of the doubleheader-sweep, went 2-5 with two runs ... Was an absolute menace to Quinnipiac (5/2-5/4) in four-game series sweep ... Went 7-18 (.389) with three runs and two RBI ... His walk-off RBI-single in the bottom of the 11th propelled Wagner to a 3-2 win ... Kept up the momentum in four-games at CCSU (5/10-5/11), going 9-18 (.500) at the plate with six stolen bases and four runs ... Scored the winning run in the 10th inning of 3-2 game-two victory and went 3-5 with three steals and two runs ... Was 2-4 with two runs and another stolen base in game-three before concluding the series with three hits in five at-bats in game-four ... Picked up where he left off as a freshman in dramatic 13-11 come-from-behind game-three victory at Florida International (3/1), going 3-5 with four runs, including scoring the game-winner ... Went 2-4 with a run in game-one (2/29) ... In two games at the NEC Tournament hit .333 (3-9) with a RBI ... Concluded the regular season with a big series vs. Sacred Heart (5/17-5/18), going 4-10 (.400) with five steals, five runs and three walks ... In games three and four, recorded four stolen bases and three runs while reaching base safely in five of his six trips to the plate ... Swiped home for the first time on the year with a straight-steal in 3-0 game-two win over LIU (4/5) ... Went 6-10 with two runs, two RBI and two steals over final three games at Mount St. Mary's (4/26-4/27) ... His two-run double staked Wagner to a 2-1 lead en route to a 5-2 win over Winthrop (3/22) ... Scored two runs, including the game-winner at Villanova (3/11) ... Was 3-5 with two doubles and two runs in win over Saint Peter's (3/13) ... Also had three hits in series-finale at UCF (3/19) ... Had two hits in game-one vs. Maine (3/29) and at Seton Hall (4/16).
2007 Freshman Season
Had a breakout year as the team's center fielder and leadoff hitter ... Hit .297 (46-155), including .299 during NEC play, with 33 runs, eight doubles, 14 RBI and 17 walks ... Posted a team-best .414 OBP and was a perfect 21-21 on the base paths ... Also was plunked a team-best 14 times ... Recorded 12 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Saw action in 48 games, starting 43 ... Two-time Akadema NEC Rookie of the Week ... Earned his first NEC citation with monster week against Lafayette (3/29) and William & Mary (3/31-4/1) hitting .529, including going 7-9 in three games against the Tribe with six stolen bases, four runs, four walks and four multi-hit games ... Reached base safely in 14-of-16 plate appearances (9-for-11 at the plate) spanning the four games ... Was a perfect 3-3 with three stolen bases, two walks and a double in game one against William & Mary before going 2-4 in game two ... Capped off his stellar weekend in the third game, reaching base safely in five at bats (2-2; 2 walks; 1 HBP) and laid down a sacrifice bunt in his other plate appearance ... Hit safely over the next five games to extend his season-best hitting streak to nine games ... Garnered his second NEC Rookie citation after hitting a blistering.692 (9-13) with, six runs scored, two walks, two hit by pitches and two stolen bases in four-game sweep of FDU (4/28-4/29) ... In game three against the Knights, recorded a NEC season-best five hits ... Helped the Green & White take three-of-four from LIU (4/5-4/7), going 7-17 with four runs, four RBI and two doubles ...Went 2-5 in 10-9 win over Florida International (3/4) ... Also collected two hits in win over Winthrop (3/17) ... Was 2-4 with a double, run and RBI in 11-1 win over Sacred Heart (5/4) and 2-3 with a double in 3-0 win at Monmouth (5/19) ... Preserved Wagner's 4-3 win over CCSU (5/13) with a diving catch in center field to take away an extra base hit ... Had hits in 15 of the 16 Wagner wins he played in ... Tough on left-handed pitching batting .410.
Scholastic / Personal:
Played his prep ball at Freehold Township High School under the direction of Frank Gualtieri ... Won three varsity letters and helped the Patriots to two Shore Conference titles ... Named MVP as a senior after leading Freehold Township to a 19-6 record ... Hit .419 as a junior ... Also played basketball, helping guide the Patriots to three straight division titles ... Played on the Senior Little League World Series championship team ... Also won back-to-back state championships while playing Babe Ruth baseball ... Born on January 4, 1988 ... Has one brother Corey (20) ... Graduated with a degree in computer science & math at Wagner.
