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Bio

As a Redshirt Senior in 2018: Made 45 appearances for the Ravens, including 41 starts, splitting time between third base, designated hitter and outfield...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Finished tied for fifth in the NE10 in home runs (8) and tied for 14th in extra-base hits (18)...Finished second on the team in home runs (8)...Hit .237/.328/.455 (37-for-156) with 10 doubles and eight home runs, for 71 total bases...Scored 28 runs and drove in 31...Drew 19 walks and was hit by two pitches, agaisnt 64 strikeouts...Went 4-for-6 in stolen bases...Also made a trio of relief appearances on the mound...Over three innings of work, allowed one run on two hits, walked one, threw a wild pitch and struck out four...Posted a 3.00 ERA and a .200 batting average against...Went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, his first as a Raven, and also stole a base against Queens (N.Y.) on 2/23...Went 1-for-2 with a solo home run, walked twice and scored twice against Molloy on 2/24...Made it three straight games with a long ball, as he went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, walked twice and scored three times against LIU Post on 2/25...Opened the season with a five-game hitting streak, during which he hit .294 (5-for-17), from 2/22 through 2/25...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 2/25...Hit 2-for-4 with a double and drove in a run against NYIT on 3/9...Hit 4-for-4 with two doubles and a home run, scored twice and drove in six runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Merrimack on 3/31...Hit 1-for-4 with a home run, walked, scored once and drove in three runs against Saint Anselm on 4/5; moved to the mound to throw a scoreless ninth, allowed one hit and struck out one to finish off the game as well...Hit 2-for-3 with a home run, drew a walk, scored once and drove in three runs at Southern New Hampshire on 4/24...Went 1-for-5 with a home run and drove in two runs against Bentley on 4/27...Hit 2-for-4 in the front end of a doubleheader against Bentley on 4/28...Hit .279 (12-for-43) over a 10-game hitting streak from 4/14 to 4/28...Hit 3-for-5 with a solo home run and scored twice at Saint Anselm on 5/1...Tossed a perfect ninth with a pair of strikeouts to finish things off against Saint Michael's on 5/4.
2018 Statistics

As a Senior in 2017: Made three starts in right field for the Ravens, before missing the remainder of the season due to injury...Fall Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Went 0-for-8 and scored one run...Was hit by one pitch, against four strikeouts...Went 1-for-1 on stolen-base attempts...In his Franklin Pierce debut, went 0-for-4 in the season opener against Felician on 2/23...Stole a base and scored a run in the front end of a doubleheader against Queens (N.Y.) on 2/24.
2017 Statistics

As a Junior at Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell in 2016: Played in 30 games for the River Hawks, including 27 starts...Hit .218/.301/.307 over 101 at-bats (22-for-101), with three doubles and two home runs...Scored nine runs, drove in nine, drew nine walks, was hit by three pitches and struck out 50 times...Stole three bases in three attempts.

As a Sophomore at Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell in 2015* (bio): Started in 12 of 22 appearances...Achieved a .149 batting average while scoring four runs, hitting a double and a home run...Season highlights include his homerun against Northeastern (3/25).

As a Freshman at Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell in 2014*: Played in 14 games, with five starts for the River Hawks...Had a .273 batting average...Had six RBI...Highlights included hitting a pinch-hit grandslam in a 5-3 comeback win over Brown (4/29).

*2014/2015 bio information courtesy of Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell.

Before College: Played at Auburn (Mass.) High School...Team captured three district titles during his career and was a state finalist in his senior season...Also played football for Auburn.

Personal: Son of Mark and Cheryl Tower...A criminal justice major...Has a younger brother, Josh...Josh (bio) is a member of the baseball team at Franklin Pierce as well.