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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Weight:
- 200
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- Hometown:
- Trumbull, Conn.
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- High School:
- Trumbull
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- Position:
- 3B/1B
Bio
As a Freshman in 2009: Played in 53 games for the Ravens, including 51 starts...Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team selection...Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Finished third on the team in walks (15)...Hit .278 (52-for-187) with eight doubles, one triple, three home runs, 30 runs batted in, 30 runs scored and 8 stolen bases...Posted a .380 slugging percentage and a .332 on-base percentage...In his collegiate debut and first career start, went 3-for-5, drove in three runs, scored once and stole a pair of bases at Dowling on 2/21...Named Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Week for the week ending on 2/22...Went 1-for-2 with a double, drove in two runs, scored twice and stole a base against Caldwell on 3/14...Hit a perfect 4-for-4 with two doubles, drove in two runs, scored twice and stole a base in the first game of a doubleheader against American International on 3/28...Went 1-for-2 and drove in a pair of runs in the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Michael's on 4/4; went 1-for-3 with his first career home run and scored twice in the nightcap...Hit 2-for-4 in the second game of a doubleheader at Southern Connecticut State on 4/5...Clubbed 3-for-4 with a double and drove in a run at Bentley on 4/7...Stroked 3-for-5, drove in three runs and scored three times against Bentley on 4/10...Hit 2-for-5 and scored a run at Assumption on 4/16...Went 2-for-4 with a double, scored twice and stole a base in the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Anselm on 4/18; went 2-for-4 with a double, drove in a run and scored another in the nightcap...Hit 3-for-5 with a double, drove in a career-best four runs and scored twice in the first game of a doubleheader at New Haven on 4/25; hit 2-for-5 in the second game...Went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs at Massachusetts Lowell on 5/3...Went 1-for-3 and clubbed a solo home run in the Northeast-10 Conference Championship against Massachusetts Lowell on 5/9...Posted a 3-for-4 performance with a double and a solo home run and scored a pair of runs in the final game of the Northeast-10 Championship against Assumption on 5/10.
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Before Franklin Pierce: All-Conference
selection at Trumbull (Conn.) High School.
Personal: Son of Jennifer
and Leonard Benigno...Has two younger siblings...A business
major.