Biography
Honors & Records
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division III Player to Watch (2018, 2019, 2020)
Empire 8 President's List (Spring 2020)
2017 E8 Sportsman of the Year
EC Athlete of the Week (5/15/17)
2020 Season
Manned first base during all 14 games during the shortened 2020 season...Led qualified batters with a .288 average, while pacing all Soaring Eagles in hits (15) and doubles (5), and tying for the team lead in RBIs (8)...Opened the spring with hits in three consecutive games, including a 3-for-4 effort in the season-opener vs. Brandeis (2/17)...His double against the Judges moved him into sole possession of second place in program history...Combined for three hits, all doubles, with four RBIs and one run in a two-game series against Bates (2/17, 2/18) during the team's spring break trip...Posted one hit and one run in a 10-1 victory over Castleton (2/22)...Slugged a home run as part of a 3-for-4 showing in the nightcap at Stevenson (3/1).
2019 Season
Started all 37 games at first base for Elmira...Posted a .250 batting average with 35 hits, third-most on the team, 19 runs and 15 RBIs...Swiped a career-high nine bases on 10 tries...Recorded 10 multi-hits game and four multi-RBI games, one shy of the team lead in each category...Picked up three two-hit games in a row, beginning with a 4-for-9 effort in a doubleheader at No. 20 Johns Hopkins (3/9)...Smacked his first collegiate home run against the nationally-ranked Blue Jays in the second half of the twin bill...Posted a season-high three RBIs at St. John Fisher (3/27)...Hit two doubles in a 12-5 rout of Houghton (3/29)...Had hits in seven consecutive games from March 30 through April 13, highlighted by a trio of two-hit games against Houghton (3/30), SUNY Cobleskill (4/3), and Ithaca (4/6)...Had two hits and scored a run in the ninth as EC walked off against Keuka, 8-7 (4/30).
2018 Season
Started 33 of his 35 assignments as a sophomore...Recovered from a slow start by hitting .347 in the final 26 games of the year, resulting in a cumulative average of .286 (36-for-126)...Reached base at a rate of .372 thanks to 16 walks, second-most on the team...Led all Soaring Eagles with 28 RBIs and was tied for second with 26 runs scored...Began a season-long eight-game hit streak with a double against St. John Fisher (3/26)...Amassed nine RBIs in a three-game stretch from March 28-31, with two against Stevens (3/28), a season-high four in a 12-2 win over Utica (3/30) and three more in the first half of a double-header against the Pioneers (3/31)...Picked up three hits and scored three runs in an 11-5 win over Hilbert (4/13) and an 18-10 win over Wells (4/24), both at home at historic Dunn Field...Scored two runs in three consecutive games, which results in wins in a doubleheader vs. SUNY Canton (4/28) and a single game vs. Alfred State (5/1)...Ended the season by collecting four hits, four RBIs and two runs scored in a doubleheader sweep of Medaille (5/1).
2017 Season
Led all EC freshman in starts (31) and games played (31)…Ranked second on the team in RBIs (19), in a tie for second in doubles (7), third in hits (34) and runs (20), and fourth in batting average (.304)…Tallied nine multi-hit games in 2017…Recorded his first collegiate hit, a double, in the season-opening bout against Christopher Newport (2/21)… Reached base safely four times with one single, one double and two walks in addition to scoring twice in a 20-6 victory over Houghton (4/1)…Was 2-for-3 and earned a pair of walks at the plate with two runs scored in a 7-5 win over Stevens (4/15)…Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and one run scored in a 6-4 triumph over SUNY Canton (4/23)…Reached base safely in 11-of-12 games to end the season.
Before Elmira
Lettered in baseball at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania...Was an unanimous First-Team All-Central League first baseman as a senior with a .431 batting average, 22 hits, 15 RBIs, and 14 runs.
Personal
Tommy is a Biology major with a concentration in Physical Therapy.
