University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2017: Appeared in 16 games, making three starts for the Retrievers in 2017... Hit .304, going 7 for 23 with a double on the year... Scored four times while driving in two runs... Drew one walk for a .360 on-base percentage... Had a perfect fielding percentage... Went 1-3 with two runs scored and a walk in a loss to Gardner-Webb... Had his best game in a loss to UNC Asheville... In the game he went 1-3 with a RBI.

Background: Played baseball at Akron and Hudson Valley Community College before coming to UMBC… Was a three-year varsity letterwinner in high school, earning First Team Big Ten Conference All-Star accolades (2013-14), as well as First Team Section 2 All-Star the same years… Earned All-State honors twice during his time at Christian Brothers Academy.

Personal: Son of Dolores and Joseph DeThomasis… Has one brother, Nicholas… Majoring in economics… Lists favorite pro team as the Los Angeles Dodgers and favorite musical artist as Bruce Springsteen.