SUNY Maritime

2015: Saw time in nine games while making seven starts during his senior season with the Privateers … hit .231 with six hits and three RBIs while scoring three runs on the season … collected two hits in his first start of the year against Elizabethtown (2/28) … picked up two more hits off the bench and scored a run at home against Baruch (4/8) … reached base three times including his first career home run while driving in three and scoring a pair in the team’s win over Yeshiva (4/19) … started in the team’s Skyline Conference Tournament opener against St. Joseph’s (LI) (5/1).
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2014: Appeared in nine games for the Privateers during his first season with the team … made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Brandeis (2/20) … scored a run in action against Capital (2/23) … stole his first career base on the road in the second game against Farmingdale (3/22) … walked and scored a run in the opener against St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) (3/29) … walked again in his next plate appearance against Yeshiva (4/9) … scored a run in the opener against Old Westbury (4/26).
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2013 (at Suffolk CC): Attended Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, New York … did not play baseball at SCCC.
 
High School: Graduated from Deer Park High School in Deer Park, New York in 2011 … played four season of baseball for the Falcons … also wrestled for four years … was named a team captain for the baseball team his senior year … was also an All-League wrestler as a senior … was selected as the baseball team’s Most Improved Player in 2010 … as a senior he led the team in stolen bases with 32 swiped bags.

Personal: Son of Josephine and Nicholas Baldassare … has two younger siblings, Joseph and Nicholas … is planning to get a degree in Marine Technology Small Vessel Operations at Maritime with plans of being a tug boat captain or state trooper upon graduation.