Career: Ninth all-time with 144 hits and 101 runs scored … 59 walks are tied for fifth most at RIT … 459 at-bats are sixth most … drove in 65 runs and stole 25 bases.
2014: Earned All-Liberty League Second Team Honors … ABCA/Rawlings All-New York Region Third Team selection … named the RIT Male Athlete of the Week, May 12 … served as one of RIT’s four captains … played and started in 33 games … second on the team with a batting average of .382 … led the team with 42 hits, 54 total bases, 27 runs scored and eight doubles … second on the team with eight stolen bases … second with a .457 on base percentage and 130 plate appearances … third on the team with 18 RBIs and a slugging percentage of .491 … tied for third with two triples … had two runs and stole two bases against Union … had two runs and four RBI’s in a win against Bard … had two different eight-game hitting streaks, March 29 to April 12 and April 13 to April 27 … recorded a hit in 16 of 17 games … batted .400 (26-for-65) over that stretch … went 6-for-8 with five RBI's, four runs scored, and three doubles in his final two games, a doubleheader sweep over The College at Brockport … recorded 13 multiple-hit games … had five games with at-least three hits … on the mound, fired six strikeouts in 18-2 win against Kalamazoo … struck out a season best nine batters against Skidmore.
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2013: Garnered All-Liberty League honorable mention accolades … shuttled between left field and second base, leading the team with 29 runs scored and 12 stolen bases, while hitting .310 with 22 RBI’s … drew 20 walks (third most in the Liberty League) and had a .411 on-base percentage … second on the team with 40 hits … ended the season with an 11-game hitting streak (April 28 to May 8) … hit .375 (15-for-40) during that stretch, with nine RBI’s … stole two bases in a game three times, vs. SUNY Canton, St. John Fisher, and Rochester … walked three times in a 7-0 win over Clarkson … was 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored, and three RBI’s with a stolen base in an 11-3 win over Farmingdale State … was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI against Brockport … went 2-for-3 with three RBI’s in a 2-0 victory over Vassar … scored a season-best three runs in an 11-4 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering … had nine multiple-hit contests.
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2012: Earned All-Liberty League first team honors as a utility player … named the RIT Male Athlete of the Week, April 2 … pitched, and played second base, and left field for the Tigers in 2012 … on the mound, finished 3-4 with a 4.39 earned run average in eight starts with a pair of complete games … struck out 38 batters in 41 innings … threw a complete-game six-hitter with seven strikeouts in a 2-1 win over Union … allowed three hits and zero earned runs with seven strikeouts in a 5-1 win over Cazenovia … earned a win over Skidmore, allowing five hits and an earned through five innings of work … at the plate, hit .265 with 36 hits and 12 runs batted in … went 5-for-8 with five runs scored in a doubleheader sweep over Clarkson … hit a bases clearing triple in a 14-3 win over SUNY IT … was 3-for-4 with three runs scored, and a pair of stolen bases in a wild 12-10 win over Clarkson … enjoyed a six-game hitting streak, April 20 to April 28 … recorded 11 multiple-hit games.
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2011: Earned All-Empire 8 second team honors … Appeared in 29 games, including eight on the mound … finished the season with a .310 batting average and a 2.49 earned run average … stole eight bases in eight attempts … made his collegiate debut against Hanover … went 4-for-4 against Wartburg, with one RBI and two runs scored … drove in at least a run in his first five games … walked eight times in a five game stretch, April 21 to April 30 … had seven multi-hit games … was 3-for-5 with a double against Rochester … started three games on the mound, pitching at least five innings and allowing just one earned run in each outing … finished the year with 29 strikeouts in just 25.1 innings of work … earned a save in his first collegiate relief appearance, a 15-12 win over St. Vincent … struck out a season-high nine batters in five innings against Utica … allowed just three earned runs over his final 16 1/3 innings pitched.
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Before RIT: Played varsity baseball for Nichols School … hit .400 and recorded a 1.82 earned run average on the mound ... also played varsity basketball.
Personal: A two-sport athlete, Ronnie also played three years varsity basketball for the Tigers … marketing major … son of Rose Marie and Ronald Canestro.
