SUNY New Paltz Athletics

2012: SUNYAC All-Academic Team member… Started in five of his seven appearances… Posted a 1-1 record and an ERA of 10.90…Threw 17.2 innings and struck out seven batters… Opponents hit .313 against him…His longest outing lasted five innings against Purchase, when he struck out four and only allowed two earned runs on six walks and two hits.

2011: Served as the No. 3 pitcher in the Hawks’ starting rotation… Made 11 appearances on the mound and drew eight starts… Compiled a 4-4 record and fashioned a 3.91 ERA… Ranked second on the team in wins… Held the opposition to a .242 batting average and permitted just 23 earned runs over 53 innings pitched… Threw two complete games… Scattered four hits and yielded one run across seven innings in a 5-1 win over SUNY Plattsburgh in the first game of a tripleheader on March 29… Hurled a season-best 10 strikeouts in a 5-2 victory over SUNY Oswego in the back end of a doubleheader on April 17, earning a winning decision by going seven innings and allowing just two runs off three hits, seven walks and a hit by pitch… Played one game as a position player, going 1-for-3 against SUNY Purchase on March 13.

2010: Appeared in six games as a position player… Had seven hits in 15 at-bats with seven RBI… Had a four-RBI outing against Mount Saint Mary College on April 20… Appeared in 10 games as a pitcher… Achieved a 2-4 record on the mound with 29 strikeouts and a 5.25 ERA across 48 innings of action… Tossed three complete games.

Prior to NP: 2009 graduate of North Babylon High School... Was All-League his senior year and a Gold Glove nominee at third base... Led his high school team to the Suffolk County Championship.  

Other: Son of Nicholas and Nancy Pinnola.