Hofstra's
all-time leader in hits with 271...Also ranks fourth all-time in games played
(191), second in RBIs (162), sixth in runs (143), third in doubles (46) and
sixth in home runs (23).
At Hofstra
2010: First team All-Colonial Athletic
Association selection...Played
in and started 43 games...Led team and ranked third in the CAA in batting with a
.431 average...Average was the seventh-highest single-season total in program
history...Added 18 doubles, six home runs and 41 RBIs...Scored a team-high 47
runs...Ranked second on team with 75 hits...Ranked 18th in the nation in
batting...Was 19th in the nation in on-base percentage (.519) and 39th in doubles
per game (0.42)...Hit safely in 39 of 43 games...Had a career-long 18-game hitting
streak from April 14-May 15...Posted 22 multi-hit games and had one 5-hit game
and three 4-hit performances...Recorded a .638 slugging percentage...Was second in
the CAA in on-base percentage...Recorded a .981 fielding percentage at second
base with four errors in 213 chances...2009:
Played in 39 games, starting 38...Batted .344 with nine doubles, three home
runs and 30 RBIs...Led Pride in RBIs and finished second in home runs...Was second
on the team with a .477 slugging percentage...Registered a .416 on-base
percentage...Scored 18 runs...Posted 14 multi-hit games...Drove in a career-high
eight runs in a home opening win against St. John's, going 4-6 with a home run,
two doubles and three runs scored...Also hit a home run in a 3-5, two-RBI effort
against George Mason...Was 5-11 with two doubles in Delaware series...Went 7-12
with four RBIs in season-ending series against William and Mary...Had seven
multi-RBI games...Finished the season on a six-game hitting streak...Hit .359 and
slugged .500 in 21 conference games...2008:
Named to the All-Colonial Athletic Association third team and The College
Baseball Blog's Top 50 Players to Watch in 2009...Led Pride in home runs
(eight), RBIS (39), total bases (94) and slugging percentage (.432)...Batted .312
in starting all 55 games in which he appeared...Scored 37 runs and collected 62
hits while striking out just 29 times in 199 at-bats...Had four RBIs in a game
twice, including a 3-4 effort versus Seton Hall and a 2-4 showing against Iona...Was
batting .276 on April 9 before going on a tear in the final four weeks to raise
his batting average nearly 40 points...Went 5-5 with three RBIs and two runs
scored against Stony Brook...Led team with a .340 average with six home runs and
20 RBIs in Colonial Athletic Association play...2007: Named to Freshman All-America teams by Baseball America, Collegiate
Baseball and Ping! Baseball...Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the
Year...Second team All-CAA selection...Played and started in all 54 games...Led
the team in batting average (.416), hits (82), home runs (6), RBIs (52), total
bases (113), slugging percentage (.574), and on-base percentage (.491)...Tied for
team lead in doubles with 11...82 hits set a new school record...Ranked 10th in
nation and second in the CAA in batting average...Ranked as the 62nd toughest
player to strikeout in the country (one per every 13.1 AB)...Was third in the CAA
in on-base percentage (.491)...Tied for the conference lead in HBP's (16)...Had
eight stolen bases...Hit safely in 48 of 54 games...Picked up first collegiate hit
in a 3-4 day with two RBIs and one run scored in second game of the Auburn
series...Went 7-11 with five RBIs and five runs scored in three game series
against Coppin State...Hit his first collegiate home against George Mason, going
2-2, while knocking in two runs and scoring twice...Drove in four runs in final
game of Delaware series...Hit two home runs, drove in four runs and scored four
runs against Stony Brook...Had three RBIs in first game of Northeastern
series...Hit .425 with three home runs, 23 RBIs and 21 runs in Colonial Athletic
Association play...Named to NECBL All-Star team while playing for the Vermont
Mountaineers in 2007.
High School/Personal
Played four
years of baseball and one year of basketball at Massapequa High School...Team was
state, Long Island and Nassau County champions in 2006...Two-time All-New York
State and All-Nassau County selection...Had a .500 career batting average, 18
home runs, and 102 RBIs...Has one brother...Favorite book is the "The Da Vinci
Code"...Favorite athlete is Carlos Beltran...Nicknamed "Proko"...Also recruited by
Auburn, St. John's, Stony Brook and Maine...Aspires to play professional
baseball...History major.
