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As a Senior in 2013: Played in 22 games for the Ravens, including 16 starts, primarily in left field...Hit .245/.315/.306 over 49 at-bats (12-for-49) with three doubles, scored seven runs and drove in five...Drew four walks against nine strikeouts, was hit by a pitch and stole three bases in three attempts...Got the start in his first appearance since March 11, 2012, went 0-for-1 with a walk in the season-opener against Felician on 2/21...Went 1-for-3, scored twice and stoel a base against Chestnut Hill on 2/22; later in the day, went 2-for-2 with a walk, scored three runs, drove in two more and stole two bases against West Virginia Wesleyan...Capped a five-game hitting streak by going 1-for-2 in the first game of a doubleheader against Wilmington (Del.) on 3/1...Hit 1-for-3 with a double, scored one run and drove in another one in the first game of a doubleheader against Mercy on 3/15.
2013 Statistics 

As a Junior in 2012: Played in seven games for the Ravens, including five starts...Fall Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Hit .278/.286/.278 over 18 at-bats (5-for-18), scored two runs and drove in trhee more...Drew one walk and hit two sacrifice flies...Went 1-for-1 in the season opener against Post on 2/24...Hit 2-for-3, scored a run and drove in another in the first game of a doubleheader against Chestnut Hill on 2/25...Drove in a run with a sacrifice fly at Philadelphia on 3/10...Worked a walk, drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and scored another run against Bloomsburg on 3/11...Missed the remainder of the season due to injury.
2012 Statistics 

As a Sophomore in 2011: Played in 27 games for the Ravens, including eight starts...Fall Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Hit .205 (9-for-44) with a .300 on-base percentage and a .273 slugging percentage...Hit one home run, scored eight runs, drove in eight runs, drew five walks, was hit by a pitch, laid down a sacrifice bunt and stole three bases in four attempts...Hit 2-for-3 with a walk and scored a run in the first game of a doubleheader at Mercy on 3/4...Went 2-for-3 with a walk and drove in a run in the first game of a doubleheader against C.W. Post on 3/5...Clubbed his first career home run, a solo shot, against C.W. Post on 3/6...Was a perfect 2-for-2, scored a run and drove in another in the second game of a doubleheader at American International on 4/9.
2011 Statistics 

As a Freshman in 2010: Played in 11 games as a reserve for the Ravens...Fall Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Hit .500 (2-for-4) with a double, drove in a run and scored once...Drew one walk, slugged .750 and posted a .600 on-base percentage...Made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement in the season-opener against Nyack on 3/5...Had his first career at-bat in the first game of a doubleheader against New Haven on 4/5...Went 1-for-2 with his first career hit and scored the first run of his career in the first game of a doubleheader against American International on 4/10...Hit 1-for-1 with a double, the first extra-base hit of his career, and drove in the first run of his career in the second game of a doubleheader against Assumption on 4/24.
2010 Statistics

Before Franklin Pierce: Four-year letterwinner at Notre Dame High School (Conn.)...All-Conference selection as both a junior and a senior...Team captain as a senior...Named school's Athlete of the Year as a senior...Also played four years of basketball for Notre Dame...Basketball team captain as a senior.

Personal: Son of Nena and Vinny Romano...Has a younger sister, Marissa...A criminal justice major.