#7 Steve Oliveri

Senior, 5-8, 175

Catcher

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Huntington Station, New York

St. Anthony's High School

Played for the Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plain League last summer...

Recorded four doubles and nine RBIs.

At Hofstra

2005: Played in 52 games, starting 51...Batted .247 with two home runs and 22 RBIs...Also scored 19 runs...Had nine multi-hit games and hit safely in 35 games...Went three-for-four with two runs scored in second game of series at Liberty...Blasted a solo home run in final game of Delaware State series...Went two-for-four with three RBIs in second game of Niagara doubleheader...Was five-for-11 in UNC Wilmington series, including a three-for-five day...Had two hits, including a solo home run, two runs and two RBIs versus St. John's...Was four-for-11 with a run scored in George Mason series...Had a .971 fielding percentage behind the plate...Threw out 16 base stealers...Hit .244 in Colonial Athletic Association play with six RBIs...2004: Played in 43 games, starting 39...Batted .286 with five doubles, and 19 RBIs...Had 11 multi-hit games...Went two-for-three with a run scored and an RBI at the College of Charleston...Had a hit and an RBI at Auburn...Went three-for-eight with three RBIs in two-game series with Dartmouth...Went three-for-five with a double and two RBIs against Iona...Went four-for-nine with two RBIs in three-game series at UNC Wilmington...Went two-for-four with three RBIs at St. John's...Went four-for-11 with two runs in three games series at Old Dominion...Batted .253 with two doubles and seven RBIs in Colonial Athletic Association games...2003: Played in 38 games, starting 30...Batted .276 with seven doubles and 16 RBIs...Scored eight runs...Had three hits, including a double, and two RBIs at Florida...Went four-for-nine with two doubles, three runs and three RBIs in three-game Towson series...Was two-for-four with two RBIs at Fordham...Went two-for-three with a double, a run and an RBI at George Mason...Hit safely in 19 games...Had a .365 on-base percentage...Threw out 11 runners in 36 stolen base attempts...Had five passed balls...Recorded a .978 fielding percentage in 189 total chances...Batted .245 in Colonial Athletic Association games.

High School/Personal

Played four years of baseball and one year of basketball at St. Anthony's High School in Huntington, New York...Was named all-league as a catcher in 2002 and also earned team Most Valuable Player honors...Batted .411 with two home runs and 16 RBIs as a senior...Has one brother and one sister...Brother, Joe, played baseball at Maritime College and sister, Gina, was a diver at Loyola (MD)...Named to 2003 all-star team at the Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball Summer League...Lists Michael Jordan as his favorite athlete...Also recruited by St. John's, Binghamton and Drexel...Played for the Spartanburg Stingers in the Coastal Plain League during the summer of 2004...Batted .214 with 21 runs scored and 11 RBIs in 40 games...Plans to become a teacher...Communications major.

Year           G          AB        R          H          Avg.        RBI       2B        3B        HR        BB        SO       SB

2003           38         98         8          27         .276         16         7          0          0          12         12         0

2004           43         140       14         40         .286         19        5          0          0          12         19        1

2005           52         186       19         46         .247         22        0          0          2          18         9          2

Career         133       424       41         113       .267         57       12         0          2          42       40          3