2017 AWARDS
NEIBA/ABCA Rawlings Third Team All-Region
Little East Conference First Team
2017 SEASON HIGHS
Games Played / Game Started: 50 / 49
Average / On-base Percentage / Slugging Percentage: .316 / .405 / .466
Hits: 3 vs. four different opponents (44 total)
Runs: 3 vs. four different opponents (43 total)
Runs Batted In: 3 vs. five different opponents (43 total)
Doubles / Triples / Home Runs: 2 at Rhode Island College, 4/18/17 (18 total) / 2 vs. Roger Williams University, 4/17/17 (2 total) / 1 vs. three different opponents (3 total)
Stolen Bases: 1 vs. vs. UW Stevens-Point, 3/16/17 (1 total)
Total Bases: 6 at UMass Dartmouth, 4/7/17 & vs. Roger Williams University, 4/17/17 (96 total)
Appearances: 13
Earned Run Average: 4.50
Win-Loss Record: 7-1
Shutouts: 0
Saves: 0
Innings Pitched: 8.0 vs. Wheaton College (MA), 5/27/17 (76.0 total)
Strikeouts: 7 at Keene State College, 4/22/17 (50 total)
Opponent’s Batting Average: .261
NOTABLES
- First player in program history to record over 200 career hits (222) and 200 innings pitched (218.2)
- Became the first player in program history to record a win at the College World Series (3-2 vs. Wheaton College, 5/27/17)
- Became just the second player in program history to be named a three-time All-Region selection
- Holds the program record for career games played with 173
- Sits second all-time in career at-bats with 686 and at-bats in a season with 206 (2017)
- Became just the third player in program history to record 200 career hits and first since Mark McCormack ‘12
- Sits tied for first for career wins with 17 while is 2.23 career ERA is third-best in program history
- Ranked second in program history for career strikeouts with 159
2016 Was selected as a member of the NCAA Regional Mid-Atlantic All-Tournament team ... Named a D3Baseball.com, NEIBA, and ABCA All-Region selection for the second straight year … Earned Little East Conference Second Team honors as a utility player … Named one of the top players in Division III in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper D3Players to Watch For at the beginning of the season … Appeared in all 46 games for the Beacons and finished fifth on the team with a .300 average … Ripped 54 hits, second most on the team, in 180 at-bats for a .300 average … Had 39 run scored seven doubles, and six home runs … Also had 79 total bases and was walked a team-leading 29 times … Ended the year with a .439 slugging percentage and a .410 on-base percentage … Was 8-for-10 on the year in stolen bases and had two sac-fly and two sac-hits … Totaled 73 putouts and 35 assists to finish the year with a .982 fielding percentage … On the hill he finished with a 2.23 ERA and a 4-2 record … Made 12 appearances and started in 11 games … Picked-up a pair of combined shutouts … Led the team in innings pitched with 60.2 and held opponents to a .174 average … Totaled 51 strikeouts and allowed just 15 earned runs … Had 15 multi-hit games … Had his best offensive showing when he went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI in the May 12 conference tournament win over Southern Maine … Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in the win over UMass Dartmouth in the conference tournament … Combined for five hits, three RBI and five runs scored in the Little East Conference sweep of Plymouth State University on April 30 … Went seven innings or more a total of five times … Allowed two runs, both unearned, on six hits and had five strikeouts in the 4-2 win over Haverford College on May 18 in the first round of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament … Totaled a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven innings of work and allowed one run on three hits in the March 26 walk-off win over Framingham State University … Totaled nine K’s and allowed three hits against UMass Dartmouth on April 16 … Tallied seven strikeouts and allowed just one run on six hits in the May 12 Little East Conference Tournament win over Southern Maine.
2015 Posted one of the best seasons in recent memory in his first year as a captain of the Beacons … Became the first player in program history to be named a Capital One/College Sports Information Director of America (CoSIDA) First Team Academic All-District selection … Named to the First Team All-Region Team by the America Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) … Tabbed as a First Team All-Region pick by the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) … Recognized by D3Baseball.com as a First Team All-Region selection … Named to the Little East Conference First Team as the Third Baseman … Honored as the Little East Conference Pitcher of the Week on March 16 … Served as one of the Beacons top two starting pitchers and the team’s everyday starting third baseman or second baseman … Ended the year as one of two players to have started all 38 games … Led the Beacons with 59 hits, 161 at-bats, 15 doubles, 36 runs batted in, 29 runs scored and 84 total bases … Posted a .366 batting average, .421 on-base percentage and a .522 slugging percentage … Totaled two triples and two home runs … Tied for sixth in program history with his 15 doubles in a single-season … Finished 11-for-16 on the base paths … Totaled 41 putouts, 61 assist and 14 errors for an .879 fielding percentage … Finished the season 4-2 on the mound with a starting-pitcher best 3.38 earned run average in eight starts … Made nine total pitching appearances and finished second on the team with his 56 innings pitched … Led the Beacons and finished second in the Little East with a .222 opponent’s batting average … Ended the year second on the roster with his 43 strikeouts … Hit safely in 31 of 38 games and finished the season with 18 multi-hit games … Allowed three runs or less in seven of his nine pitching outings … Opened the season by allowing just two hits and one unearned run over six innings against nationally ranked Heidelberg University … Recorded a career-high four RBI and added one run March 14 in an 11-7 win over Muskingum University … Tacked on four hits (4-for-5), three runs and one RBI March 15 in a 15-3 win over SUNY New Paltz … Shut down eventual national champion SUNY Cortland by allowing just five hits, three runs, two earned and striking out a career-high seven over eight innings, in a 4-3 walk-off win on March 19 … Dominated conference rival UMass Dartmouth in a doubleheader split on March 30 by going 6-for-11 with two runs scored and six RBI … Earned his first win of the season April 4 by going seven shutout innings while allowing just four hits and one walk in a 4-3 win over Rhode Island College … Registered four hits in five at-bats and added a run scored April 6 in a 7-5 win at Framingham State … Allowed just five hits over six scoreless innings and struck out three to shutout Western Connecticut State 9-0 on May 1 … Finished the season with four-straight two hit and one RBI games, including three in the Little East Conference Tournament.Â
2014 Named to the Little East Conference Second Team and was a two-time Little East Conference Rookie of the Week honoree … Hit an impressive .317 in his first season with the Beacons … Finished the year with a .400 on-base percentage and a .403 slugging percentage … Totaled 44 hits, 24 RBI, and 27 runs scored in 139 at-bats … Ripped 10 doubles and one triple … Started in all 39 games for the Beacons, which also included seven appearances on the mound … Finished the year with 49 putouts and 84 assists as the Beacons go-to third baseman … Made his collegiate debut on March 14 against Edgewood College in Fort Myers, Florida … Recorded his first hit and multi-hit game on March 18 against St. Joseph’s College (L.I.) when he went 3-for-4 with three runs scored … Was walked a career-best four times and stole three bases in game two of the doubleheader with St. Joseph’s (L.I.) … Had a huge day at MIT when he went 3-for-6 with three RBI and a runs scored … Was 3-for-4 with a double and a triple and had three RBI and two runs scored in game one of the Little East Conference doubleheader with Rhode Island College on May 2 … Made his first collegiate debut on the mound on March 15 against SUNY Plattsburgh … Ended the year with 26.0 complete innings of work and struck out 15 … Allowed 12 walks and ended the year with a 2-0 record … Went a career best six complete innings twice and struck out a career high four batters in back-to-back appearances.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Hopedale Jr./Sr. High School in 2013 … Two-sport athlete in high school (basketball, baseball) … Named a Team MVP and was named the Dual Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year … Earned four varsity letters at Hopedale High School … Led his team to a District Championship in 2011 and 2013 and the State Tournament Finals in 2013 … Named to his high school’s National Honor Society … Son of John and Theresa Mantoni … Has one brother, Joe … Currently majoring in Electrical Engineering.
