2017 AWARDS
Little East Conference Second Team
2017 SEASON HIGHS
Games Played / Game Started: 49 / 49
Average / On-base Percentage / Slugging Percentage: .193 / .336 / .322
Hits: 2 vs. six different opponents (33 total)
Runs: 2 vs. eight different opponents (36 total)
Runs Batted In: 2 vs. Curry College, 3/13/17 & vs. Endicott College, 5/1/17 (19 total)
Doubles / Triples / Home Runs: 2 vs. DeSales University, 3/10/17 (11 total) / 2 vs. Lasell College, 3/2/17 (4 total) / 1 vs. Endicott College, 5/1/17 (1 total)
Stolen Bases: 1 vs. five different opponents (5 total)
Total Bases: 6 vs. Lasell College, 3/2/17 (55 total)
NOTABLES
- Ended his career ranked third in games played with 169, fourth in at-bats with 546, fifth in runs scored with 111, seventh in doubles with 32, third in base on balls with 85, third in putouts with 983
- Closed out the season ranked second for most putouts in a single campaign with 367
- Threw out 13 base runners during his senior season, which was fifth most in the Little East Conference
- First catcher to be named a three-time All-Little East Conference selection
2016 Named a Little East Conference Second Team honoree … Was the Beacons starting catcher in all 46 games, which included the program’s second appearance in the NCAA Regional Tournament … Totaled 40 hits, 37 runs scored, 37 RBI, and 70 total bases … Totaled eight doubles, two triples, and six home runs … Ended the year with a .240 average, .419 slugging percentage, and .356 on-base percentage … Picked-up seven stolen bases and had two sac-hits and three sac-fly … Tallied a career-high 300 putouts and finished with 36 assists for a .997 fielding percentage … Threw out a combined 14 players on the bases … Had his best offensive day at Endicott College when he went 3-for-5 with three run scored, three RBI, one double, and one home run … Went 2-for-5 with three RBI and two run scored, and had two home runs in the April 21 win at Worcester State University … Drove in three runs and went 2-for-3 with a run scored in the March 16 win over Curry College in Florida … Finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored and had two stolen bases in the March 20 game against St. John Fisher College at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament ... Had a season-high 16 putouts in the March 26 game two win over Framingham State University ... Posted 15 putouts and two assists in the game one walk-off win over Framingham State University on March 26 ... Collected 12 putouts and a pair of assists in the April 16 conference game against UMass Dartmouth.
2015 Took a huge step forward in his development at the plate, to become one of the top catchers in the Little East … Named to the Little East Conference Second Team … Started 26 games and made 37 total appearances as the Beacons’ number one catcher … Finished fourth on the roster with a .330 batting average-which was a nearly a .150 point jump from his freshman year … Totaled 35 hits in 106 at-bats, to go along with his 24 runs scored 17 runs batted in … Finished third on the team with 12 doubles and tied for third with two home runs … Ended the year second on the team with 19 walks … Posted a .500 slugging percentage and a .429 on-base percentage … Swiped four bags in four attempts … Recorded a team-best .984 fielding percentage with 163 putouts, 23 assists and just three errors … Threw out seven base runners on 28 attempts … Went on a six-game hitting streak from April 18-25 in which he went he hit .500 (11-22) with four doubles and two home runs … Opened the season with two hits, two runs scored and two RBI in an 8-7 loss to nationally-ranked Heidelberg … Blasted his first collegiate home run and finished with to hits and two RBI in a 17-10 loss to Southern Maine … Hit a game-winning, go-ahead two-run homer April 23 in a 6-5 win over regionally-ranked MIT … Recorded a career-high four hits and two stolen bases in five at-bats and added two RBI in a comeback 8-7 win over regionally ranked Endicott College on April 27 … Totaled two hits, two runs and two RBI May 1 in a 16-7 Senior Day win over Western Connecticut State. Â
2014 Immediately stepped in as the Beacons go-to catcher midway through the season … Finished the year with 19 hits, 10 RBI and 14 runs scored … Made his collegiate debut on March 14 against Edgewood College in Fort Myers, Florida … Recorded his first hit and runs scored on March 19 against Johns Hopkins University … Had his best day of the year when he went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored in the April 3 win at Westfield State University … Crushed his first double and went 2-for-3 with a run scored at Salem State University on April 8 … Recorded his first collegiate triple in the April 25 game at Plymouth State University.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Notre Dame Catholic High School in Fairfield, CT in 2013 … Named the Team MVP of the baseball team as a senior … Was an All-Conference selection as a junior and senior and an All-State honoree as a senior … Earned four varsity letters at Notre Dame … Member of his high school’s honor roll … Son of Jennifer Gaudino … Has one sister Hailey Searles … Member of the UMass Boston Student Athlete Advisory Committee … Majoring in Economics.
