Herkimer Baseball Players Moving On 2016 Player Gage Lanning: Canisius, NY-NCAA DI-Scholarship John Novenche: Canisius, NY-NCAA DI-Scholarship Joe Foran: St. Rose, NY-NCAA DII-Scholarship Pat Dorrian: St. John’s, NY-NCAA DI-Scholarship Sal Lovaglio: North Greenville, SC-NCAA DII-Scholarship Jake Rouse: Lynn University, FL-NCAA DII-Scholarship Zach Shaw: St. Rose, NY-NCAA DII-Scholarship Kody Shaw: St. Rose, NY-NCAA DII-Scholarship Dan Nuzzi: Lynn University, FL-NCAA DII-Scholarship Joe DeSarro: Cortland, NY-NCAA DIII Adam Nell: Utica College, NY-NCAA DIII Petar Rumora: Wells College, NY-NCAA DIII Joey Butler: Justin Kiesow: TJ Carola: 2015 Player Jacob Shortslef: Signed with Texas Rangers 26th Round Pick Was committed to Lynn University, FL-NCAA DII-Scholarship Shortslef made his debut on June 24th pitching 2 innings giving up 2 hits but no earned runs. In fact Shortslef ran off 10 straight appearances without giving up an earned run. Shortslef worked long relief, sometime pitching 1 inning or sometimes needed to go 3 or 4 innings. Shortlef went on to throw 35 innings allowing 6 earned runs while striking out 31 batter and only allowing 6 walks. He had a 3-2 record with a save sporting a 1.54 ERA. This was good enough to have the club call him up to Class A after his rookie league season ended. Tashi Terashima: St. Bonaventure, NY-NCAA DI-Scholarship Started 49 games and hit leadoff for the Bonnies. Hit .296 with 9 doubles and a triple with 8 stolen bases. Only had 12 strikeouts over 199 at bats. Marcus Failing: Univ. of Albany, NY– NCAA DI-Scholarship Marcus started 11 games for the Great Danes and went 2-4 including a quality start at South Carolina. Marcus carried a 4.93 ERA as a junior. Joe Nellis: St. Johns University, NY-NCAA DI-Scholarship Threw 35 innings before discovering an arm injury which required surgery and ended his year. Went 2-5 and made 6 starts. Chris Rave: Erskine, SC-NCAA DII-Scholarship Chris was named first team all-conference for an outstanding season as a junior. He played in 49 games and hit .373 over 185 at bats with 16 doubles and 4 HR with 44 runs batted in. Tyler Phillips: Erskine, SC-NCAA DII-Scholarship Tyler started 52 games and hit .302 over 192 at bats with 13 doubles, 3 HR, 38 RBI, and 11 stolen bases. Chad Sinko: Saint Thomas Aquinas, NY-NCAA DII- Scholarship Chad appeared in 12 games and posted a 2.79 ERA over 19 innings with 23 Ks and only 4 BB. Pat Merryweather: College of Charleston, SC-NCAA DI-Scholarship Redshirted Mike Harrington: Erskine, SC-NCAA DII-Scholarship Medical Redshirt Mark Giallanzo: St. Bonaventure, NY-NCAA DI 2014 Player Rob Hardy: Binghamton University, NY-NCAA DI-Scholarship Rob had a strong junior season for the Bearcats going 3-4 as a conference starter with wins over VMI, Hartford, NYIT and also went 5 strong innings against Auburn University allowing only 1 hit and no runs. He finished with 57.1 innings pitched on the year. As a senior Rob moved to a more fitting role in the bullpen and thrived being named All Conference with a 3.88 ERA with 7 saves and 45 K’s with 16 BB in 65 innings pitched. BU won the regular season conference and Rob pitched the final four innings to win conference tournament where he struck out the final two batters and didn't allow an earned run in his outing. He helped Binghamton move on to Texas A&M and the NCAA DI Regionals, their 3rd regional appearance in the last four years. Chris Burns III: Univ. of Arkansas PB, AR – NCAA DI-Scholarship Chris had a great junior year playing in 38 games and hitting .323 with 8 doubles, 1 triple and 22 runs batted in, second most wins in school history with 25, and recorded wins over Missouri, Mississippi State, Kansas and Louisiana Tech. Played in 18 games as a senior and hit .250 with 2 doubles and helped UAPB win 2 SWAC Western Division Championships. AJ Fabrizio: Erskine College, SC-NCAA DII Scholarship-AJ played in 37 games in 2016 and hit .337 with 4 doubles, 4 triples, 1 HR with 21 RBI. Hit his only HR against North Greenville at the end of the season to help lock up the conference title. Dan Colburn: Cazenovia, NY – NCAA DIII-Dan hit .330 with 8 doubles, 5 triples, 1 home run and 18 runs batted in as a junior. He also went 1-2 on the mound. As a senior he played in 29 games and hit .259 with 3 doubles and also threw 21 innings with 20 strikeouts. Kyle Garrison: Adelphi, NY-NCAA DII Scholarship-Tranfer Oswego-Kyle appeared in 13 games and started 5 games on the mound as a junior. He had 7 walks and 13 strikeouts over 25 innings pitched. Transferred to Oswego for senior year and will pitch in2017. Ben Moxley: Sienna College, NY-NCAA DI-Scholarship-Transferred to DIII Cortland State, NY As a junior Ben suffered an ankle injury but threw 26 innings with a 3-1 record early in the year. Denis Lyman: Lee University, TN-NCAA DII Scholarship-Transferred to DII Bridgeport, CT-Dennis appeared in 15 games posting a 3.07 ERA with 33 K’s and 10 BB over 41 innings pitched and helped Bridgeport to a NCAA regional appearance. Lonnie Cohen: Univ. of Arkansas PB , AR – NCAA DI-Transfer to DIII New England College, NH-As a transfer junior Lonnie played in 31 games for New England College and hit .284 with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 1 homerun and added 15 RBI’s. Mike DeCarlo: Univ. of Arkansas PB, AR – NCAA DI-Scholarship (Transferred to Cortland State) Carlos Almonte: Midland University, NE-NAIA-Scholarship 2013 Players Brandon Overstreet: Erskine College, SC-NCAA DII-Scholarship As a Junior made 2nd Team All Region and 1st team All Conference. Overstreet was tied for the team lead in home runs with 10, while hitting .348 with 15 doubles and 41 RBI's. During his senior year Brandon became the 12th Erskine baseball player in school history to be named an NCAA All-American. Overstreet was named second team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He was also named third team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). Overstreet was a first team All Conference and All-Region selection this season hitting .417 with 22 doubles 11 home runs and 61 RBI's. Joe Kuzia: St. Johns Univ, NY– NCAA DI–Scholarship Was named by Baseball America as the #6 draft prospect in the Big East heading into junior year. Named 1st team All Conference as a junior led the league with 13 saves and has a 0.75 ERA, while finishing the regular season tied for fifth in the league with 27 appearances. The righty has 29 strikeouts and only nine walks, while also allowing just a .171 opponent batting average in 36.0 innings of work. Kuzia had eight saves in BIG EAST action. As a senior was a key piece out of the bullpen in leading St. John’s to a Big East title and advancing to a NCAA regional at Oklahoma State. Kuzia went 3-2 with a 3.78 ERA and 2 saves over 33 appearances. Ryan Watson: Utica College, NY – NCAA DIII Watson earned All Conference honorable-mention honors as a first basemen in his first season at Utica. He led the team in batting average (.341), RBIs (26), and on-base percentage (.431). He played in 26 games, while starting 25 and he recorded nine multi-hit outings. He also led the team in era with 29.2 innings pitched and only gave up six walks during his junior season. As a senior Ryan hit .302 with 5 doubles, 2 triples, 1 homerun and 19 RBI’s. He also went 3-3 on the mound with a 2.83 ERA and 2 complete games over 47.2 inning pitched. Brent Baker: Cazenovia, NY – NCAA DIII Played 31 games at shortstop and hit .250 as a junior. Brent returned his senior year to hit .320 with 5 doubles and 21 runs batted in. Gerald Iglesias: SUNYIT, NY – NCAA DIII Played in 23 games and hit .278 with 5 doubles, helped team to 2nd place finish in conference tournament. During his senior year Gerald hit .333 over 29 games with 8 doubles, 1 home run and 18 runs batted in. Dan Smith: Limestone College, SC-NCAA DII-Scholarship Redshirted his junior year but played in 29 games his senior season and hit .271 with 5 doubles, 2 homeruns and 12 runs batted in. 2012 Players Willie Gabay: Signed with Tampa Bay Rays 15th Round Pick In first two years went 2-2 in professional baseball with a 5.40 ERA over 36 innings, was injured in 2013 missed major time. Gabay put a full season together in 2014 for the Tampa Bay Rays organization and had a big year. Gabay started off in High A ball in Charlotte and did well filling in the roster working 3 games and holding a 1.35 ERA over 6.2 innings. Gabay was then sent to Bowling Green in the Midwest league to get settled in for the year and really took a big step in his development. Gabay worked 42.1 innings with 21 appearances and posted a 2-1 record with 1 save.