Merrimack College Athletics

Career:

• 2018 Academic All-American
• Four-Time All-Conference selection (2016-19)
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection (2017-19)
• Two-time NE10 Academic All-Conference (2017-18)
• 2019 NE10 Man of the Year & Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Finalist
• Ended his career with the sixth highest batting average (.323) in school history
• Tied the school record with 172 games played, finished fourth all-time with 44 doubles
• One of six players at Merrimack to total over 200 career hits

2019:

• NE10 All-Conference Third Team (OF)
• CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District
• NEIBA All-Star Game Selection
• Ranked fourth on Merrimack with a .289 average, totaling 55 hits
• Led Merrimack with 12 doubles, ranking among the top 10 in the NE10
• Added 29 runs scored, 26 RBI, 16 walks, five steals and one triple
• Ranked fourth on the team with 14 multi-hit games, including a team-high two four-hit outings
• Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak; Enjoyed a separate nine-game hitting streak earlier in the year
• Posted his best game of the year at Saint Anselm (4/14), totaling a season-best four hits and four RBI

2018:

• CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team
• NE10 Academic All-Conference
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• NE10 All-Conference First Team
• NCBWA, D2CCA and ABCA All-East Region selection
• Merrimack’s primary No. 3 hitter, hitting over .300 for the third time in three years
• Slashed .340/.410/.447, setting a career high in OBP
• Established career highs in hits (67), RBI (43), runs (39), doubles (16) and steals (10)
• Ranked second on the team in RBI, third in average and second in doubles
• One of two Warriors with a five-RBI performance, one of 10 multi-RBI efforts on the year for Ronai

2017:

• Northeast-10 All-Conference Second Team as Merrimack's DH
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• NE10 Academic All-Conference
• Enjoyed a breakout season that included a team-high 58 hits and a 22-game hitting streak, the longest for the program in at least 16 years 
• Finished with a team-best .356 average, ranking third in the NE10
• Posted a career-best .902 OPS, including a .393 OBP and .509 slugging percentage, ranking second on the team in all three categories
• Totaled a career-high 16 extra-base hits including 11 doubles and the first four HR of his career
• Added 27 runs, 33 RBI, four steals and one triple, all of which were personal bests
• Notched 19 multi-hit games including a career-high four base knocks against Assumption (4/18)

2016:

• Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team
• Finished as one of five regulars on the Warriors hit above .300 on the year (.301)
• Merrimack’s top offensive freshman, totaling 31 hits, 21 runs and 11 RBI on the year
• Ended the season with a .301/.378/.350 slash line
• Played the majority of the year at third base, while seeing time at second base as well

Before Merrimack: 

• Four-year letterwinner at Amity Regional High School
• Two-time Connecticut State Champions entering his senior season
• Won the Team Gold Glove Award at third base after his junior season
• Member of American Legion Post 127
• Team captain of both the baseball and basketball teams at Amity
• Also recruited by Southern N.H. 

Personal: 

• Born on October 11, 1996
• Son of Jim and Susan Ronai
• Has two siblings, Brian and Lauren
• Sports Medicine major at Merrimack

CAREER HIGHS:

Hits: 4, 4 times
Doubles: 2, Bentley, 05/01/17 ; at Bentley, 05/01/18 
Triples: 1, vs Bloomfield, 03/10/2019 ; at American Int, Apr 05, 2018 ; vs Felician, Feb 26, 2017 
Home runs: 1, 5 times
Total bases: 8, vs Felician, Feb 26, 2017 
RBI: 5, at Limestone College, 2/9/2018 
Runs scored: 4, at Bentley, 04/18/18 ; Bentley, 04/26/18 
Walks: 2, at Bentley, 04/11/16 ; vs Southern Connecticut, 05/09/19 ; at Molloy, Mar 04, 2018 
Hit by pitch: 2, at Saint Michael's, 04/21/18 ; Bentley, 04/26/18 ; at Pace, Apr 09, 2017 
Struck out: 4, vs Post, 03/14/17 
Sac flies: 2, Le Moyne, 05/10/19 
Sac bunts: 1, vs Southern Conn. St., 03/17/17 ; at So. New Hampshire, 05/04/17 ; at Molloy College, Mar 04, 2017 
At bats: 6, 8 times
Stolen bases: 2, vs Assumption, 03/28/18 ; at Saint Michael's, 04/21/18 
Caught stealing: 1, 6 times
Field chances: 6, 4 times
Putouts: 6, at New Haven, Mar 25, 2018 
Assists: 5, vs Post, 03/14/17