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As a Junior in 2017: Played in 47 games for the Ravens, primarily at catcher, including 45 starts...ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region Second Team selection...NCBWA All-East Region Honorable Mention...All-Northeast-10 Conference Second Team selection...Northeast-10 Conference All-Championship Team selection...Finished 84th in the nation in runs batted in per game (1.02)...In the NE10, finished tied for first in runs batted in (48), tied for second in hits (65), ranked sixth in total bases (94), tied for sixth in doubles (12), ranked seventh in batting average (.340, 65-for-191), tied for ninth in home runs (5) and extra-base hits (18), and ranked 12th in slugging percentage (.492)...Led the team in batting average, hits, runs batted in and total bases...Finished tied for the team lead in doubles...Finished second on the team in at-bats (191), home runs and slugging percentage...Posted a .374 on-base percentage...Hit one triple...Walked 10 times and was hit by one pitch against 24 strikeouts...Had one sacrifice fly and one sacrifice hit...Went 2-for-4 in stolen-base attempts...Hit 2-for-4 with a double and a triple and scored a run in the first game of a doubleheader against Queens (N.Y.) on 2/24...Went 2-for-4 with a solo home run at Adelphi on 3/3...Hit 2-for-4 against St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/10; later in the day, hit 2-for-3 and scored a run against Dominican (N.Y.)...Hit 2-for-4 and scored a run against Slippery Rock on 3/11...Went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and drove in two runs against Post on 3/21...Hit 3-for-4, drove in a run and stole a base in the first game of a doubleheader against Assumption on 4/2...Slugged 4-for-6 with a double and a pair of home runs, scored twice and drove in six runs against Assumption on 4/3...Hit .389 (14-for-36) over an eight-game hitting streak from 3/15 through 4/3...Hit 2-for-5 with a double and scored twice in the front end of a doubleheader against Southern Connecticut State on 4/9; in the second game, went 3-for-6, scored twice and drove in three runs...Hit 2-for-5, scored one run and drove in another agains Saint Michael's on 4/11...Hit 2-for-4 with a walk, scored three times, drove in two runs and stole a base against Saint Anselm on 4/12...Hit 2-for-6, scored one run and drove in two in the front end of a doubleheader at Merrimack on 4/15...Went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, walked twice, scored three runs and drove in six in the front end of a doubleheader at Bridgeport on 4/17...Hit 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scored twice and drove in three runs in the first game of a doubleheader against Stonehill on 4/22...Hit 2-for-4 and drove in a run in the first game of a doubleheader at Bentley on 4/29; in the second game, hit 4-for-5 with a walk, scored once and drove in four runs...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 4/30...Hit 2-for-5, scored one run and drove in another in the first round of the NE10 Championship against Merrimack on 5/9...Hit 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scored once and drove in two runs in the NE10 Championship against Pace on 5/11.
2017 Statistics

As a Sophomore in 2016: Played in 32 games for the Ravens, including 12 starts, primarily at catcher...NCAA East Regional All-Championship Team selection...Hit .279/.346/.500 over 68 at-bats (19-for-68) with five doubles, two triples and two home runs...Scored nine runs and drove in 17, while collecting 34 total bases...Drew three walks and was hit by five pitches, against 18 strikeouts...Hit two sacrifice flies and went 0-for-1 in stolen bases...Made his first collegiate start, went 2-for-4 with a double and scored a run in the second game of a doubleheader at Felician on 3/12...Pinch hit with the bases loaded in the eighth and drilled a three-run triple to center field in the first game of a doubleheader against Pace on 4/10...Entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth and ultimately went 1-for-3 with an eighth-inning grand slam in the front end of a doubleheader against Bentley on 4/16...Went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run, scored four times and drove in four runs in the NCAA East Regional against Felician on 5/20...Went 2-for-4 with a double, scored once and drove in a run in the decisive game of the NCAA East Regional against Southern New Hampshire on 5/23.
2016 Statistics 

As a Freshman in 2015: Played in 11 games as a reserve for the Ravens...Went 2-for-12, scored two runs, drove in two and struck out three times on the way to a .167/.167/.167 slash line...Made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement and went 0-for-1 in the first game of a doubleheader against Queens (N.Y.) on 3/8...Had a pinch-hit single -- his first career hit -- and finished 1-for-2 with a run scored and a run batted in during the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Michael's on 3/29...Had a pinch-hit single and scored at Bentley on 5/1.
2015 Statistics 

Before Franklin Pierce: Played at Trinity-Pawling School (N.Y.)...All-State and All-Section selection as a junior...Captured the state title as a sophomore.

Personal: Son of Felix and Denise Octave...A sports & recreation management major...Has a brother, Kedeem, and a sister, Leah.