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2022 Baseball Roster

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36 Paul Franzese

  • Position Infield/Pitcher
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Somers
  • High School Somers
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

2021: Paul was named to the Div. III Baseball Academic All-District team...Earned first team All-SUNYAC and D3baseball.com All-New York Region and second team ABCA All-New York Region honors...Played in 31 games with 28 starts...Batted .337 with 31 runs, nine doubles, one triple, two homers and 22 RBI...Went 6-for-6 in stolen bases...Homered, scored two runs and drove in two runs against Tufts at the NCAA Div. III Regional...Went 5-for-7 with a double, triple, three runs and two RBI in a home sweep versus Brockport in the SUNYAC Semifinals...Went 5-for-6 with three doubles, three runs and three RBI in a doubleheader sweep at Oneonta...Went 4-for-7 with two doubles, five runs and three RBI in a doubleheader sweep at New Paltz...Went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and three RBI in a home win versus New Paltz...Went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in a home victory versus Oneonta...Went 3-for-4 at home versus Brockport...Went 2-for-2 with an RBI in a home win versus Cazenovia...Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a home victory versus Union...Went 1-for-3 with two runs in a win over Wheaton at the NCAA Div. III World Series.

2020: Appeared in a team-high five games in relief...Posted a 4.50 ERA with five strikeouts in six innings...Went 1-for-2 at the plate with an RBI in a win over Pitt Bradford...Fanned two in 1.1 innings against Montclair St...Tossed two innings against Marietta...Recorded a strikeout in back-to-back games at Randolph-Macon.

2019: Saw action in 35 games with eight starts...Batted .294 with 17 runs, two doubles, two homers and seven RBI...Belted a two-run pinch-hit home run in the top of the ninth at Johns Hopkins...Homered and drove in two runs in a win over Brockport...Went 1-for-1 with a double, run and RBI in wins over Plattsburgh and at Rochester...Went 1-for-2 with a run and an RBI in a victory against Rutgers-Newark...Went 2-for-4 with two runs at Trinity...Went 1-for-4 with two runs in a home win versus Tufts at the NCAA Div. III Regional...Went 2-for-3 in a home win versus Cazenovia...Went 2-for-5 in a tie at Salisbury...Went 1-for-1 in a home win versus Fredonia at the SUNYAC Tournament...Went 1-for-2 with a run in a win at Marywood.

Prior to Cortland: Attended Westchester Community College…Member of the Dean’s List…Two-year member of the baseball team…Team won back-to-back regional titles.

High School: A 2016 graduate of Somers…Member of the high honor roll…Three-year starter in baseball…Earned all-league and all-section honors as a junior and senior.

Other: Member of the Dean's List at Cortland.

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2019Junior

    Infield
    5'10" 185 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2020Senior

    Infield/Pitcher
    5'10" 185 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2021Senior

    Infield/Pitcher
    5'10" 185 lbs
    36
  • 36
    C

    2022Graduate Student

    Infield/Pitcher
    5'10" 190 lbs
    36
    C