SUNY New Paltz Athletics

2011: Started in 15 of the 20 games in which he played… Achieved a .345 batting average (19-for-55)—good for the second-best average on the team—and hit one double… Drove in five runs and drew five walks… Registered the second-most putouts on the team with 122 and compiled a .977 fielding percentage… Stole two bases in three attempts... Went 2-for-3 against the College of Staten Island on March 15… Batted 2-for-4 against SUNY Plattsburgh in the third game of a tripleheader on March 29… Had a 2-for-4 outing in the back end of a doubleheader against SUNY Oswego on April 17, scoring a run, hitting a double and driving in a run… Went 2-for-2 against the John Jay College of Criminal Justice on April 26… Posted a 2-for-4 performance against The College at Brockport on May 6 in the 2011 SUNYAC Baseball Championship Tournament, scoring twice and plating a run.

Prior to NP: Transferred from Stonehill College... Played as a running back and linebacker on Stonehill's football team... 2008 graduate of St. Anthony's High School.

Other: Son of Bill and Donna Ruggiero.