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Seton Hall takes on Butler in the Big East Tournament at Prasco Park on May 26, 2018.

Photo by: Dave Wegiel

Seton Hall takes on St John's in the Big East Tournament at Prasco Park on May 27, 2018.

Photo by: Dave Wegiel

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
215
B/T:
L/R
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Three Bridges, N.J.

** 2021 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **
** 2021 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST **
** 2020 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST **
** 2019 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM **

** 2018 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM **

2021: All-BIG EAST First Team ... Preseason All-BIG EAST ... Played in all 48 games with 47 starts ... Finished 10th in the BIG EAST with a .310 batting average, ranked third with 14 doubles, tied for seventh in both hits (52) and walks (24) ... Tied for the team lead with 15 multi-hit games and ranked second with 10 multi-RBI performances ... Went 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored at Florida Atlantic on Feb. 27 ... Drove in two runs in the win over Albany on March 6 ... Had two RBI in back-to-back games against Butler on April 10 ... Went 7-for-15 with five RBI over four games against Georgetown ... Started the game-ending double play in Tyler Burnham's no-hitter against the Hoyas on May 2 ... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on May 3 ...Went 2-for-4 with three RBI against Creighton on May 15 ... Had three hits, including a triple, against the Bluejays in the BIG EAST Tournament on May 27 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Played and started in 13 games ... 2020 Preseason All-BIG EAST ... Committed only one error in 102 fielding chances ... Registered a .990 fielding percentage ... Hit a two-run home run and drew three walks against Milwaukee on Feb. 16 ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI single at Liberty on Feb. 21 ... Scored a run and went 1-for-3 in the win over USC on Feb. 28 ... Went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored against Saint Mary's on March 5.

2019: Named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team... Appeared in 52 games, making 51 starts... Starting first baseman... Batted .290 with a career-high four home runs and 29 RBIs... Ranked second on the team in batting average and third in home runs... Stole three bases in four attempts... One of three Pirates to have more walks (31) than strikeouts (24)... Ranked second on the team with 14 multi-hit games... Ranked fourth on the team with six multi-RBI games... Committed just one error in 398 defensive chances... Went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored in game two of a doubleheader vs. Georgetown on May 11... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI at Xavier on May 5... Reached base four times, going 1-for-2 with two walks, a hit-by-pitch and a run scored at Xavier on May 4... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a run scored and an RBI at Xavier on May 3... Reached base four times, going 1-for-1 with two walks, a hit-by-pitch, an RBI and a run scored at Saint Peter’s on April 30... Reached base five times, going 3-for-4 with two walks, two runs scored and a three-run home run in game one of a doubleheader vs. Butler on April 27... Went 4-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in game two of a doubleheader at TCU on April 12... Reached base three times, going 1-for-2 with two walks, a sacrifice fly, an RBI and a run scored at Rider on April 9... Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a team-best three RBIs at Villanova on April 7... Went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in game one of a doubleheader at Villanova on April 6... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI at Iona on March 31... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI at FDU on March 27... Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base at Wagner on March 19... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on March 18... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with an RBI, a walk and a stolen base vs. Harvard on March 15... Had three singles vs. Saint Joseph’s on March 15... Huge game, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a walk and a two-run home run vs. Bucknell on March 12... Reached base three times, going 1-for-2 with two walks in game two of a doubleheader at Virginia on March 2... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in game one of a doubleheader at Virginia on March 2... Belted a two-run home run and walked vs. Ohio State on Feb. 15... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Named to the 2018 BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team... Appeared in 23 games, all starts... Primary starting first baseman... Batted .299 with three home runs and 20 RBIs... Missed half the season due to injury... Led Seton Hall with a .519 slugging percentage... Did not commit an error in 157 defensive chances... Had seven multi-hit games... Had five multi-RBI games... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and an RBI in the early game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Erupted for a career-high five RBIs, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk and two runs scored vs. Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship on May 25... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a run scored, a walk and a go-ahead two-run double in the top of the seventh inning at Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on May 19... Went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Central Michigan on March 6... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on March 5... Belted a two-run home run vs. Youngstown State on March 4... Reached base five times, going 3-for-3 with two walks, a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. Notre Dame on March 3... Reached base five times, going 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, a run scored and three walks vs. Seattle on March 2... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a double and a walk at Wofford on Feb. 24... Belted his first career home run, a three-run shot, at NC State on Feb. 18, which proved to be the winning runs in an 8-6 victory... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2017: Appeared in 50 games, making 39 starts... Starting first baseman... Led Seton Hall with a .321 batting average... Also had 25 RBIs, 24 walks and a team-best .411 on-base percentage... Ranked sixth in the BIG EAST in on-base percentage... Committed only two errors in 269 chances... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored vs. Creighton in the BIG EAST Championship on May 25... Reached base all five times, going 4-for-4 with a walk, a runs scored and a stolen base at Southeastern Louisiana on May 19... Went 2-for-5 with a walk, a run scored and three RBIs at Southeastern Louisiana on May 18... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Monmouth on May 16... Went 2-for-5 with a hit-by-pitch and a run scored at Villanova on May 12... Reached base twice, going 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base vs. Creighton in game two of a doubleheader on May 6... Went 3-for-5 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored vs. Saint Peter’s on April 26... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on April 24... Had a two-RBI triple vs. Georgetown on April 23... Had an RBI double with a walk vs. Georgetown on April 22... Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI vs. Georgetown on April 21... Reached base four times, going 2-for-5 with two walks vs. Rutgers on April 19... Reached base four times, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored at Rutgers on April 18... Went 1-for-2 with a walk, a sacrifice fly and two RBIs vs. Butler on April 8... Went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles vs. UConn on March 25... Walked twice vs. Lehigh on March 19... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Manhattan on March 18... Drove in three runs, going 1-for-2 with a walk, a sacrifice fly and a double vs. Manhattan on March 17... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two walks, a double and two runs scored at Stetson on March 8... Reached base three times and collected his first collegiate hit vs. Michigan in game two of a doubleheader on Feb. 18... Made his collegiate debut with a pinch hit at bat vs. Michigan on Feb. 17... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School / Personal: Attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, New Jersey... Four-year letter winner as a first baseman and pitcher... Three-time First Team All-Conference selection... Second Team All-Conference pick as a freshman... Named First Team All-West Jersey, All-Area and All-State as a senior... Named to Second Team All-West Jersey and All-Area as a junior and sophomore... Three-time participant in the Garden State Underclassmen Game... Participated in the NJ Scholastic Baseball Coaches All-Star Academy as a senior... Batted .468 with three home runs and 27 RBIs as a senior... Never batted below .343 for a season... Helped lead Hunterdon Central to two conference titles and an 88-26 record over four years... Team captain as a senior... Member of Teen Pep... Born February 5, 1998.