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2021 Merrimack College Baseball Roster

Brendan Carpenter
Bruce Preston
David Sinclair
Bruce Preston
William Powell
Greg Wall
Greg Wall
Greg Wall
Jim Stankiewicz
Jim Stankiewicz

23 Joey Porricelli

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Infielder
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 190
  • Hometown Monroe, Conn.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Masuk
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2020:

  • CoSIDA Academic All-District 
  • Appeared in 15 games, starting all 15
  • Lead the NEC with 13 runs scored, 63 at bats, and 73 total plate appearances
  • Accounted for 21 putouts, and 26 assists

2019:

  • NCBWA All-American (Honorable Mention)
  • NE10 Co-Player of the Year
  • NCBWA, D2CCA, ABCA All-East Region First Team (3B)
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team (3B)
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference
  • NE10 Championship All-Tournament Team
  • Became the 10th All-American in program history
  • The Warriors' table-setter set career highs in homers (9), triples (5), RBI (41), OPS, (.946), slugging percentage (.551), on-base percentage (.395) and stolen bases (33)
  • Tied for the team high with 20 multi-hit games – seven of which were of the three-hit variety – and paced the Warriors with 14 multi-RBI contests
  • Enjoyed a 29-game on-base streak during the season, and reached base in 34 of his last 35 games overall
  • Led the NE10 in steals, triples and runs scored (52), and ranked among the top three in homers, total bases (113), extra-base hits and base hits (65)
  • Tied for 10th in total stolen bases and ranked 10th in steals per game (0.69) nationwide
  • Posted the most homers in a single season for a Merrimack hitter since 2002
  • Registered just the third season of at least 30 steals by a Merrimack player ever
  • Vaulted into fourth all-time in runs scored in program history, and is among the top 10 already in most offensive statistics in school history
  • Posted nine games with at least two steals

2018:

  • NE10 Academic All-Conference
  • 2018 NE10 All-Conference Third Team
  • 2018 NE10 Championship All-Tournament Team
  • NE10 Player of the Week (4/16)
  • Started at third base and hit leadoff in all 52 games of the 2018 season
  • Ranked second in the NE10 and led Merrimack with 60 runs scored, becoming the third Warrior ever to score at least 60 runs in a season
  • Totaled a career-best 77 hits, ranking second all-time in single-season history; Total ranked tied for second in the NE10
  • Tied for the team and conference lead with a career-high 18 doubles
  • Ranked second in the league and on the Warriors with a career-best 29 steals
  • Hit the game-winning solo homer that broke a 2-2 tie in Merrimack’s winner-take-all forcing 3-2 win over New Haven (5/12)
  • Totaled 24 extra-base hits, three triples and three homers – all of which were career highs
  • Also set career bests in slugging percentage (.462) and OPS (.862)
  • Saw his fielding percentage increase by nearly 70 points (.921), posting a career-best 129 assists and 47 putouts at the hot corner
  • Scored at least two runs in a game 19 times including two four-run games

2017:

  • NE10 All-Rookie Team
  • Appeared in 32 games for the Warriors, taking over as the starting third baseman for 30 of the final 34 games of the season
  • Named NE10 Rookie of the Week twice (3/27 & 4/24)
  • Finished the season with the fourth-highest average on the Warriors, slashing .326/.378/.364
  • Totaled 43 hits over 132 at-bats, including five doubles and 16 RBI
  • Scored 20 runs and stole six bases, only getting caught once
  • Went on a 21-game hitting streak during the season, one of two Warriors to achieve a streak of 20 games or longer during the year

Before Merrimack: 

  • Four-year letterwinner at Masuk High School in Connecticut
  • Team captain entering his senior season
  • Part team that finished in second place in the Connecticut State Championship
  • Conference Champion as a junior

Personal: 

  • Born Sept. 18, 1998
  • Son of Joe and Colleen, who attended Merrimack
  • Has two siblings, Alex and Kayla

CAREER HIGHS:

Hits: 4, at Saint Anselm, 04/29/17 ; vs New Haven, 05/12/18 ; vs Concordia (N.Y.), Feb 23, 2018 
Doubles: 2, at Pace, 3/23/2019 
Triples: 2, Stonehill, 03/31/2019 
Home runs: 1, 13 times
Total bases: 7, 4 times
RBI: 4, at Molloy, Mar 03, 2018 
Runs scored: 4, 4 times
Walks: 2, 6 times
Hit by pitch: 2, Saint Michael's, 04/19/2019 
Struck out: 2, 6 times
Sac flies: 1, 7 times
Sac bunts: 1, at Saint Michael's, 04/21/18 ; at Saint Michael's, 04/22/18 ; at Franklin Pierce, Mar 30, 2018 
At bats: 7, Franklin Pierce, 04/28/2019 ; at Saint Anselm, 04/29/17 
Stolen bases: 4, Saint Michael's, 04/19/2019 
Caught stealing: 1, 11 times
Field chances: 10, Franklin Pierce, 04/28/2019 
Putouts: 4, 4 times
Assists: 8, Stonehill, 03/30/2019 ; Franklin Pierce, 04/28/2019 ; at Saint Anselm, Apr 24, 2018

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    INF
    5'11" 158 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2018Sophomore

    INF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2019Junior

    Infielder
    5'11" 170 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2020Senior

    Infielder
    5'11" 170 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2021Graduate Student

    Infielder
    5'11" 190 lbs
    23
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