Elmira College Athletics

2020 Season
Was enjoying the best offensive season of his career before the 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19...Logged career highs in batting average (.278), slugging percentage (.361), and on-base percentage (.366), in addition to a career-best .974 fielding percentage in 11 games at third base...Went 2-for-5 with a double against Bates (2/17)...Drove in one run with one hit against Augustana (Ill.) (2/21) to kick-off a six-game hit streak...Turned in his best performance of the spring in a 10-1 win over Castleton (2/22), going 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored...Had one hit in both halves of a doubleheader at McDaniel (2/29).

2019 Season
Batted .225 in 80 at-bats across 25 games as a junior...Six of his 18 hits went for extra bases, including a team-best three triples...Struck out only six times...Recorded four sacrifice flies, tied for the most on the team and first all-time in program single-season history...The first of his seven two-hit games came in the season-opener at Greensboro (2/18), where he went 2-for-5 with a double, one triple, and two runs...Had back-to-back multi-hit games against Houghton (3/29-30)...Drove in two runs as Elmira beat SUNY Canton 9-8 (4/28)...Went 1-for-3 with two RBIs at Scranton (5/2).

2018 Season
Appeared in 29 games and started 16 during his sophomore season...Compiled a .217 batting average with 13 hits, including four doubles, in 60 at-bats...Was successful in four of his five stolen base attempts...Had a season-high two hits on three occasions...Went 2-for-3 with a walk and on stolen base against Pfeiffer (2/22)...Was a perfect 2-for-2 with an RBI double in a 12-2 Empire 8 Conference win over Utica (3/30)...Doubled in his only at-bat against in a 7-5 conference win against Stevens (4/5), earning two RBIs on a go-ahead extra-base hit in the bottom of the seventh...Finished 2-for-4 with a double against Ithaca (4/8)...Scored two runs and stole two bags, in addition to one hit and one walk in an 18-10 victory against Wells (4/24).

2017 Season
Started in six of his 25 appearances during his freshman campaign…Posted a .257 batting average with nine hits, seven runs, five RBIs and two doubles in 2017…Recorded his first collegiate hit, a RBI double, in a 16-1 win versus Wells (3/28)…Went a perfect 1-for-1 from the plate with a run scored and a RBI in a 21-14 win over Alfred State (4/18)…Registered a pair of hits with one run and one RBI in a 14-3 win over Medaille (4/29).

Before Elmira
Was a three-sport athlete, competing in baseball, soccer and hockey....Helped lead Valley Central baseball to a 2015 New York State Class AA Section IX title as a junior.

Personal
Joey is a Business major with a minor in Finance and a concentration in Management.