Biography
2019: ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region Second Team… Philadelphia Big 5 Student-Athlete of the Year… Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team… All-Big 5 Relief Pitcher… Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area… Big 5 All-Academic Team… Golden Spikes Award Watch List… NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List… Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Tied school record for saves in a season with 13… Finished second in single season program history with 28 appearances on the mound… Concluded career third in the program with 14 saves… Led A-10 and finished 11th nationally in saves… In first full season as a pitcher, led team in ERA (2.27), WHIP (1.31) and opponent batting average (.181)… Had 40 strikeouts, with a 10.09 K/9 average… Didn’t allow a single earned run over first 12 appearances… Led D1 with eight saves through first five weeks of the season… Struck out four and earned a seven-out save over 2.1 scoreless, hitless innings in season-opening win at Charleston Southern (2/15)… Retired all three batters via strikeout with another save at Charleston Southern (2/17)… Converted a four-out save at RV New Mexico State (3/8)… Struck out four over two innings against Rider (3/26)… Had three strikeouts over 2.2 innings at St. Bonaventure (3/29)… Recorded a four-out save without allowing a hit against UMass (4/27)… Struck out three over two innings with no earned runs against Rhode Island (5/18).
2018: Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Split time in the outfield and on the mound… Played in 35 games, including 22 starts as a batter… Fourth on team with 16 appearances on the mound, including one start… Went 1-0 with a save… Had 22 strikeouts over 27.1 innings pitched… Scored 12 runs… Had 11 RBIs… Blasted two home runs… Hit four doubles… Had a hit in each of the first six games of the season… Hit a solo homer at Presbyterian (2/17)… Went 3-for-6 with two RBIs and two runs in win at Presbyterian (2/18)… Followed that with a 4-for-7 performance with two runs and an RBI double along with a scoreless inning on the mound at The Citadel (2/23)… Next game went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a double while earning his first save on the hill at The Citadel (2/24)… Homered, scored three runs, drew four walks and made first career start on the mound, allowing one earned with four strikeouts over four innings, at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/15)… Struck out three in a scoreless inning of relief in win over Saint Joseph’s (3/31)… Picked up the win after a scoreless inning of relief at UMass (4/22)… Tossed 2.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts at Georgetown (4/25)… Threw four shutout innings at Rhode Island (5/5)… Struck out two over 1.1 scoreless innings against George Mason (5/17).
2017: Appeared in 41 games (37 starts) as a sophomore ... Recorded 24 hits in 131 at bats ... Flashed some power with two home runs in two days: both against Saint Joseph's (5/6 and 5/7) ... Finished with a .960 fielding percentage in the outfield.
High School: All-County Selection as a senior at Pottsville Area High School… Helped Pottsville to a pair of Schuylkill League Championships and a District 11 Championship…Named Perfect Game All East Coast Honorable Mention and 2015 WWBA Perfect Game National Championship All-Tournament Team..Also lettered twice in basketball, helping the Crimson Tide to a pair of Schuylkill League Championships and the first undefeated regular season in school history as a senior…Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society.
