| Rob Pietroforte |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Brooklyn, NY
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| High School:
Berkeley Carroll
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 220
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| Position:
OF
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• Will Serve as a Team Captain this Season
2007: First Team All-Centennial Conference selection • Third Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American • First Team ABCA All Mid-Atlantic Region • ECAC All-Star • Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll • started all 49 games in centerfield for the Blue Jays • tied the school record for triples in a single-season with his seventh against Gettysburg on May 5 • had an 11-game hit streak to start the season • tied a Centennial Conference record by homering in three straight contests from April 5 to April 10 • went 3-for-3 with five RBIs, two runs scored, a double and two homeruns against Gettysburg on April 10 • was 3-for-5 with two triples, five RBIs and two runs scored at Dickinson on April 17 • led the Centennial Conference in triples and tied for third in hits.
2006: First Team All-Centennial Conference selection • Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-District II pick • ABCA D-III Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team All-Star • played in 36 games during his first season as an everyday player for the Blue Jays • second in the Centennial Conference in batting average, hitting .424 at season's end • finished third in the conference in slugging percentage, hits, on-base percentage and total bases • was 3-for-5 in the second game of a doubleheader against Misericordia on March 11, picking up three of his four RBI with a two-out double in the fourth inning • hit in 13 consecutive games with 10 multi-hit efforts from March 24-April 15 • named NACBW Division III Hitter of the Week after posting a batting average of .687 (11-for-16) and a slugging percentage of 1.500 (double, three triples, two homers) during the week of March 27-April 2 • his blistering stretch included hitting the decisive grand slam in the second inning of the Blue Jays' win over Dickinson on March 31 and a 6-for-9 performance in a doubleheader sweep of Swarthmore on April 1 that included a homer and two triples • had the third highest batting average in all divisions of college baseball at .528 on April 16 • drove in three runs with a two-out, seventh-inning bases-clearing double, helping the Blue Jays to a game-one win over Ursinus on April 30.
2005: Started five games, appearing in 15 total • went 2-for-2 with a double against Ursinus on May 1 • was 4-for-7 with a pair of doubles and three RBI against Swarthmore on April 10 • had a 2-for-4 day with three RBI and a homer against Elizabethtown on April 14.
Personal: Rob Pietroforte • born May 7, 1986 • son of Margot Schonholtz and Jerry Pietroforte • Twice named team MVP at Berkeley Carroll • Dean's List student majoring in economics with a business minor.
