Elmira College Athletics

Honors & Awards
2018 8 All-Conference Second Team
2018 Elmira College Booster Club Player of the Year
2016 Empire 8 Sportsman of the Year Team
Empire 8 Player of the Week (3/14/16)
EC Athlete of the Week (4/13/15, 3/14/16, 5/7/18)
Empire 8 President's List (Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

2018 Season
Finished his EC career with his best season, leading the Soaring Eagles in nearly every offensive category...Paced the team in batting average (.376), hits (50), extra-base hits (10), slugging percentage (.496) and stolen bases (19), while finishing second in RBIs (23) and third in runs (25)...Hit average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage (.432), triples (4), and stolen base totals all marked career bests...Opened the season with a 19-game on-base streak that include a season-long 14-game hit streak from March 10 through April 7...Also ended the season with hits in 11 consecutive games...Combined for a .667 average (4-for-6) in a two-game set at Huntingdon (2/20)...Swiped a bag in four straight games from March 25-28, ending the streak by going 1-for-2 with three walks and one stolen base at Stevens (3/28)...Had three hits and three runs against Utica (3/31)...Scored thrice in a 7-5 victory over Stevens (4/5)...Helped EC to an 11-5 victory over Hilbert by going 2-for-3 with a season-high three RBIs...Collected a combined four hits, five RBIs, two doubles and two runs scored in a two-games-to-one series win vs. SUNY Canton (4/28-29)...Slugged a season-high four hits vs. Penn College (5/2)...Finished a double shy of the cycle in the opening game vs. Medaille (5/5), going 3-for-4 with a triple, home run, and three runs scored.
 
2017 Season
Appeared in 33 games during his junior campaign and started in 32 of them…Finished tied for the team lead in stolen bases (6), tied for second in doubles (8) and home runs (2), tied for third in RBIs (16) and fourth in hits (31)…Also posted a .274 batting average with 15 runs scored…Recorded 10 multi-hit games during the year…Went 4-for-9 from the plate with three RBIs, two runs and a double in back-to-back wins against Utica (3/25)…Tallied a program-record two homers with a season-high five RBIs and three runs scored in a 16-1 victory over Wells (3/28)…Reached base three times with one double, one walk and one run in a 7-1 win over Stevens (4/14)…Was a perfect 3-for-3 with a double in an exciting 2-1 triumph over SUNY Canton (4/22)…Reached base safely in 5-of-6 games to end the season.

2016 Season
Played in 39 of EC's 40 games and made starts in 38 contests...Had a breakout year at the plate, finishing third on the team in batting average (.347), hits (52), RBIs (29) , multi-hit games (15) and doubles (9)...Was second on the team with 13 stolen bases in 16 attempts...In a historic outing in the win over Valley Forge on March 13th, he finished with five hits and five RBIs, tied for the most in a game in team history...Had a four-hit game in the win over Keuka (4/21)...Scored a season-high three runs on two occasions, first against Valley Forge and then in the Game 1 victory over SUNY Canton in the final series of the season (5/8)...Fanned a career-high 19 batters in 31.2 innings on the mound..Earned two wins in 11 appearances, including six starts...Hurled 5.0 two-hit innings in the win over Valley Forge...Picked up a save in his following outing with a scoreless frame against Penn State Harrisburg (3/18)...His other victory also came in the month of March with a season-high 6.0 innings of two-hit ball in the win over Medaille (3/22).
 
2015 Season
Played in 36 games and made 35 starts…Compiled a .257 batting average with 27 hits, 12 RBIs and 10 runs scored…Hit two doubles and was tied for the team lead with two triples...Had seven multi-hit games...Ended the year with a seven-game hit streak at the plate, hitting .409 with seven RBIs in that span...Made eight appearances on the mound, including six starts, with a 6.17 ERA in 42.1 innings of work…Compiled a 1-4 record with three complete games and one save...Earned his his collegiate win with season highs in innings pitched (8.1) and strikeouts (5) in a 9-5 victory over Houghton on April 11th, the program's first-ever win in EC's inaugural season...Saved a 7-6 win over Medaille with a scoreless inning on May 5th.

Before Elmira
A two-sport athlete, playing baseball and football at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Personal
Dennis is a Business Administration major.