Inked a free agent contract with the Baltimore Orioles
2009 Senior Season
Concludes his career as the top closer in school history, having recorded a school-record 25 saves, including a single-season record of 13 ... Also is third with 75 appearances ... Was a part of 93 wins, 60 NEC wins, three NEC Tournaments and the program's first NEC Regular Season title ... Was 13-for-14 in save situations with a 1-2 record while posting a 3.16 ERA and 29 strikeouts, against just 12 walks, over 31.1 innings of work ... His 13 stops broke his previous school-record of 11 set last year ... Also matched the single-season record with a NEC-best 26 appearances ... Held batters to a .277 average ... Was a perfect 10-for-10 in save situations during NEC-play with 17 strikeouts and a 2.00 ERA over 18.0 innings ... At the NEC Tournament, struck out three over 2.1 scoreless innings in collecting the win over CCSU (5/22) ... Named
Akadema NEC Pitcher of the Week (5/11-5/17) after leading the Green & White to the NEC Regular Season title ... Picked up three saves against the Knights (5/15-5/16) while posting a 0.00 ERA for the week with four strikeouts over 4.1 innings of work ... Picked up the save in game one against FDU with one K over 1.1 innings in game one ... Notched saves in both ends of the teams' Saturday doubleheader, allowing just two hits over 2.0 innings ... Began the week by fanning two over a shutout inning against NYIT (5/13) ... In doubleheader sweep of LIU (5/2), picked up both saves tossing 3.1 innings of one-hit ball with three strikeouts ... Registered the save in 5-4 win over Mount St. Mary's (4/25) ... Earned the save in both wins over Monmouth (4/18), hurling 2.2 scoreless frames ... Also saved both Seahawk wins at Quinnipiac (4/10), striking out three while yielding one run over 2.1 innings ... Earned the save in both wins against Maine (3/27; 3/30), hurling 2.0 innings of scoreless ball ... Fired a perfect ninth inning against Lafayette (3/25) for his first save of the year ... Set season-highs in innings (3.1) and strikeouts (5) at Sacred Heart (5/10) ... Pitched 1.2 innings at No. 7 Virginia (3/18) ... Pitched a perfect inning at Yale (3/8) ... Was tough on lefties, limiting them to a .225 average.
2008 Junior Season
Saved a since-broken school-record 11 games while establishing himself as one of the top closers in the NEC ... Went 1-2 with a 2.87 ERA and struck out 24 while walking just six over 31.1 innings of work ... Recorded saves in half of his 22 appearances and did not allow an earned run in 16 of his last 19 outings ... Made a team-best 22 appearances, ranking second in the NEC ... During NEC-play was outstanding, picking up saves in seven of his 11 outings while recording a 3.00 ERA with 14 punch-outs against only two walks over 15.0 innings ... Yielded runs in just two of those 11 outings ... Named
Akadema NEC Pitcher of the Week for his performance in the Seahawks' four-game sweep of Quinnipiac (5/2-5/4) ... The righty reliever appeared in all four wins, three of which he saved, and allowed just one hit and no walks over 4.1 innings of shutout ball ... Hurled a scoreless inning of relief in game-two against the Bobcats to collect his eighth save of the year while breaking the former Wagner-record of seven ... Also claimed saves in games one and four ... Fanned one in a scoreless inning of work while closing out the Green & White's 5-2 win at Winthrop (3/22) ... Claimed his only win of the year in game-two against CCSU (5/10) with 2.0 scoreless innings ... Saved both of Wagner's wins against Maine (3/29-3/30), hurling 3.0 innings of scoreless ball with two K's ... In game-two vs. LIU (4/5), recorded his fourth save of the year by striking out the side in the seventh ... Followed that up another perfect inning of work in collecting the save in game-three (4/6) ... Saved Wagner's 4-3 game-three win over Monmouth (4/12), with a perfect inning of work ... Picked up save No. 10 with a scoreless inning of work at NYIT (5/14) before claiming No. 11 with 2.0 scoreless frames in game-three win vs. Sacred Heart (5/18) ... Struck out two over a season-best 3.0 innings of work at Florida International (3/2).
2007 Sophomore Season
Went 2-1 with one save and 23 strikeouts over 29.0 innings ... Appeared in 14 games, making two starts ... Was overpowering during NEC play, striking out 15 batters in 15.2 innings of work ... Picked up his first win of the year against Lafayette (3/29), striking out three over 5.0 innings ... Earned his first career save in game two at LIU (4/6), striking out two while not allowing an earned run in 2.0 innings of work ... Collected his second win of the year in game two against FDU (4/29), fanning two in 2.0 innings ... Struck out a season-high five batters over 3.1 innings in game two at Monmouth (5/19) ... Was dominant out of the bullpen in game two against CCSU (5/12), fanning three in 3.0 innings of one-hit ball ... Struck out three in 2.0 scoreless innings of work in season-debut at Florida International (3/3) ... Hurled a scoreless inning of relief in narrow 3-1 loss to Winthrop (3/18) and against Mount (4/14).
2006 Freshman Season
Team's No. 3 pitcher ... Pitched in 13 games, including 10 starts ... Went 1-5 with 42 strikeouts and a 7.62 ERA in 54.1 innings while holding hitters to a .282 average ... Stepped it up during NEC play going 1-2 with a 5.80 ERA and 30 Ks in 35.2 innings of work ... Was tough on hitters with two outs holding them to a .222 average ... Hit .233 (21-90), including .250 in NEC play, with 11 runs, 12 RBI, five doubles and two home runs, ... Picked up his first career win against Sacred Heart (4/15), striking out five while yielding two runs and four hits in a career-best tying 6.0 innings ... Fanned a season-best six on three separate occasions ... Helped Wagner to a three-game sweep of Monmouth (5/20-5/21) with a walk-off home run in 2-1 game-two win ... In game three, he struck out six and gave up just one run in 5.2 innings in 6-5 win ... At Mount (4/10), punched out four via the K in 5.0 innings of work ... Struck out six in 6.0 innings in collegiate-debut against James Madison (3/5) ... Also fanned six at FDU (4/2) ... Hit his first career home run, a two-run blast, in game two against Quinnipiac (4/29) ... In doubleheader split at Mount (4/9), went 3-6 with two RBI ... Rapped out three hits and scored three runs in three-game set at SFNY (5/6-5/7) ... Had a season-best five game hitting streak to go along with three multi-RBI games and two multi-hit games.
Scholastic / Personal:
Played his prep ball at North Penn High School under the direction of Bob McCreary and Kevin Manero ... Helped the Knights to a 22-3 record and the District-One title as a senior ... As a junior, earned first team Suburban One National honors and was named team MVP ... In the summer of 2008, played in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) for the Quakertown Blazers and was selected to the All-Star Game ... Born on November 5, 1986 ... His sister Julie Ann (25) played softball at IUP ... Is undecided on a major at Wagner.
