General: Concluded his career as arguably the top power threat in school history, holding school-records for home runs (50) and RBI (161) while ranking second in hits (229), runs (140), doubles (52), games (211), at-bats (748) … Also stellar in the field, posting a school-record 1,470 putouts … Also ranks among the single-season leaders in home runs (17, 16 & 10) (1st, 2nd & 6th), RBI (60 & 48) (1st & t-3rd), doubles (16) (6th), walks (31) (t-6th), games (56) (6th) and at-bats (208 (2nd) … Has also recorded the top-three totals for putouts (450, 441 & 419) … Was named to the prestigious Wallace Watch prior to 2009 ... Two-time Team MVP.
2010 Senior Season
All-NEC Second Team … Team MVP … Led the squad in all three triple crown categories, batting .327 (68-208) with a school-record 17 home runs (2nd NEC) and a school-record 60 RBI (3rd NEC) … Also paced the team with 52 runs (t-7th NEC), 68 hits, 135 total bases (4th) and a .649 slugging percentage while finishing second with 16 doubles (t-9th) … Notched an impressive .998 fielding percentage while recording 450 putouts … Recorded a team-best 19 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games while registering a 13 game hitting streak … Started all 56 games he played at first base … Reached base safely in 21 of his first 22 games, hitting safely in 19 of those contests … Named to the
Akadema NEC All-Tournament team, batting .500 (6-12) while hitting safely in all three games … Had two doubles, two home runs and four RBI while scoring six runs … Crushed a solo home run with two runs against CCSU (5/27) … Notched three hits, including a double and a home run, while scoring three times with two RBI in win over Monmouth (5/28) … Capped his career by going 2-for-4 with a double, run and RBI against CCSU (5/29) … Two-time
Akadema NEC Player of the Week … Won his first league accolade after batting .500 (6-12) with two doubles, a home run and six RBI in season-opening three-game set at Winthrop (2/26-2/28) … Hit safely in every game, including notching three hits in the first match-up … Earned his second NEC award after going 4-for-11 (.364) with two home runs, six RBI and five runs at Richmond (3/19-3/21)… In game-one victory, reached base safely in each of his last five trips to the plate going 2-for-3 with two bases on balls, a hit-by-pitch, three RBI, and two runs scored … Blasted a home run in the finale while finishing up with a .909 slugging percentage … Hit a three-run home run and drove in four while scoring twice in win over CAA Champ VCU (3/13) … Added another home run later that night at Bethune-Cookman (3/13) … Over the first three games against Sacred Heart (5/7-5/8), went 5-for-9 (.556) with three home runs, six RBI and four runs … In doubleheader split, went 2-for-3 in the nightcap, scoring the first Wagner run before clouting a three-run home run in 5-3 victory after hitting a solo home run in the first game ... Crushed a two-run homer in the series-opener … At CCSU (5/14-5/16) went 5-for-14 (.357) … Had three hits in the series opener before helping salvage a doubleheader split with a two-run home run in the nightcap … In season-ending sweep of Quinnipiac (5/20-5/22) was 5-for-16 (.313) with four RBI, while helping the Seahawks clinch a playoff spot … Helped the Green & White sweep LIU (3/26-3/28), hitting safely in all four games while going 5-for-12 (.417) with four runs, three RBI and two doubles … In doubleheader split at Mount St. Mary’s (4/2) was 3-for-6 with a home run, double, three RBI and two runs … Also blasted a home run in the series-opener against the Mountaineers (4/1) …Was 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs in series-finale at Bryant (5/2) … At North Florida (3/7), went 3-for-5 with a home run, double, four RBI and two runs … Over final three games at San Diego State (4/24-4/25), went 4-for-12 (.333) with a double, home run and three RBI … Doubled, homered and drove in two runs at Saint Peter’s (4/20)
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2009 Junior Season
Named To The Prestigious Wallace Watch List ... 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, 31 walks 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) ... Notched 16 multi-hit games and a team-best 11 multi-RBI games ... Started all 52 games at first base ... 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 ... Also 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 the three games at the tourney ... Hit a career-high three home runs with nine RBI and four runs while going 4-5 in win 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 led Wagner to victory 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 a since-broken 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), crushed a home run while driving in three ... Hit a solo home run in win over Seton Hall (4/15) ... Also went deep in win 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 ... Played for Petersburg of the Coastal Plains League following the season.
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 ... Paced Wagner with 18 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games ... Played in 54 games, making 53 starts ... 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) ... Hit .336 against right-handed pitching, including .400 during NEC-play ... Played in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) for the Lehigh Valley Cats following the season.
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 ... Hit safely in eight-straight games and 13-of-14 at one point ... Recorded nine multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... Played in 49 games, making 43 starts ... 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).
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 ... Born on January 7, 1988 ... Has two siblings; Danny (20) and Jess (18) ... Is majoring in business management at Wagner.
