Hofstra University Athletics

At Hofstra
2022: All-CAA Championship selection...Started 14 games...Went 7-4 with a 5.15 ERA...Struck out 62 batters...Pitched 80 1/3 innings...Threw two complete games, which led the CAA...Threw a complete game four-hitter with five strikeouts in a 3-1 win at Houston Baptist on opening day (Feb. 25)...Struck out nine in a complete game three-hitter at UNCW on April 8...Went 6-2 in CAA action...Earned the 2021 Randolph Inspiration Award from the CAA...Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...2021: Appeared in eight games with four starts...Went 2-1 with one save and a 6.21 ERA in 33 1/3 innings...Struck out 29 batters...Picked up a win in relief at La Salle on Feb. 26 with five scoreless innings...Threw five shutout innings in relief with six strikeouts against Sacred Heart on March 12 to earn the win...Notched a save at Towson on May 16 with 1 2/3 scoreless innings...Was 0-1 with one save in CAA action...CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...2020: Made four appearances with one start...Compiled an 0-1 record...Pitched nine innings...Struck out six batters...Threw a season-high three innings versus Wichita State on Feb. 28...Member of the Hofstra Dean's List...Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll selection...Named to Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll...2019: Pitched in 13 games with four starts...went 1-2 with a 7.76 ERA in 31 1/3 innings...Had 23 strikeouts...Went five scoreless innings, allowing two hits with four strikeouts to pick up the win against Monmouth on April 9...Struck out five batters in four innings against LIU Brooklyn on April 3...Fall 2018 Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll selection…Was 0-0 with a 5.84 ERA in CAA play...High School: Played baseball for four seasons under Coach John Givagidze at Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School in Plainview, New York…2017 Diamond Award recipient…All-New York State and All-Long Island First Team selection as a junior and senior…Ranked No. 1 on the Blue Chip Prospect List…Two-time conference and team Most Valuable Player…Three-time All-Nassau County selection...Went 5-0 with a 1.00 ERA as a senior…Posted a 7-0 record with a 1.26 ERA and 74 strikeouts in 2017 while batting .372 with 23 RBIs…Honor student…Set a school record with 19 strikeouts in a game as a junior…Personal:Son of Laurie and Mark Faello…Has one brother…Lists The Hunger Games as his favorite book and Green Day as his favorite band…Also recruited by Stony Brook, Maine, James Madison, Fairfield, West Virginia, and NYIT…Business analytics major.