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As a Junior in 2019: Appeared in 47 games for the Ravens, including 45 starts, primarily at shortstop...Finished tied for 15th in the Northeast-10 Conference in at-bats (183)...Led the team in sacrifice flies (4)...Tied for third on the team in runs (28)...Hit .257/.296/.339 (47-for-183) with six doubles and three home runs to tally 62 bases...Drove in 16 runs...Drew 11 walks and was hit by one poitch, against 32 strikeouts...Had four sacrifice hits...Went 5-for-8 in stolen bases...Hit 4-for-5 with a double and a walk and scored three times in the season opener against Felician on 2/21...Went 2-for-2, scored twice and drove in a pair against Bridgeport on 2/22; hit 2-for-4 against St. Thomas Aquinas later in the day...Went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk, and also scored twice, against Mercy on 2/24...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 2/24...Hit 2-for-6 with a double and scored twice against St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/13; went 2-for-5 with a double, stole a base, scored one run and drove in another against Nyack later in the day...Hit 2-for-4 at Felician on 3/17...Went 2-for-3 with a walk, was hit by a pitch, stole a base and scored twice in the front end of a doubleheader at Southern Connecticut State on 3/24; hit 1-for-4 with a solo home run in the second game...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 3/24...Hit 3-for-5 and scored a run against Saint Anselm on 3/27...Hit 2-for-3 in the front end of a doubleheader against Saint Michael's on 3/30...Hit 3-for-5, scored one run and drove in another in the first game of a doubleheader against Le Moyne on 4/6...Went 2-for-4 with a double and a walk and scored twice against Saint Anselm on 4/10...Hit 2-for-6 with a double at Bentley on 4/12...Went 3-for-4, scored a run and drove in a run in the front end of a doubleheader against Stonehill on 4/23...Hit 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, scored twice and drove in three runs agains Stonehill on 4/25.
2019 Statistics

As a Sophomore in 2018: Started all 49 games for the Ravens, primarily at shortstop...Hit .254/.311/.354 (48-for-189) with 10 doubles, three triples and a home run to tally 67 total bases...Scored 33 runs and drove in 24...Walked 16 times against 44 strikeouts...Had one sacrifice fly and four sacrifice hits...Went 8-for-14 in stolen bases...Hit 3-for-6, scored three times and drove in a run in the season opener against Felician on 2/22...Hit 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, scored two runsa nd drove in two others against LIU post on 2/25...Went 2-for-4 at Adelphi on 3/3...Hit 2-for-3 with a walk and scored twice against St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/9...Hit .478 (11-for-23) over a seven-game hitting streak from 2/24 through 3/9...Hit 2-for-5, stole a base and drove in two runs against St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/11...Went 2-for-4 at St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/20...Hit .320 (8-for-25) over a six-game hitting streak from 3/11 to 3/24...Hit 2-for-3 with two walks, stole a base, scored twice and drove in a run against Saint Anselm on 4/5...Went 2-for-5 with a double and drove in a run in the front end of a doubleheader against American International on 4/7...Hit 2-for-5 and scored a run in the first game of a doubleheader at Assumption on 4/14...Hit 2-for-4 with a triple and scored a run at Southern New Hampshire on 4/24...Went 1-for-4 with a double, scored once and drove in three runs at Assumption on 4/26...Hit 2-for-4 with a double and a triple, scored once and drove in three runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Bentley on 4/28...Hit 3-for-5 with a double and his first collegiate home run, stole a base, scored twice and drove in three runs at Saint Anselm on 5/2...Hit 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, walked once and scored a run in the first round of the Northeast-10 Conference Championship against Merrimack on 5/8.
2018 Statistics

As a Freshman in 2017: Appeared in seven games for the Ravens, including one start...Fall Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Went 0-for-5 with one strikeout, scored twice and was successful in his only stolen-base attempt...Started at third in his collegiate debut and went 0-for-2 at Adelphi on 3/2...Pinch ran and stole a base at Adelphi on 3/3...Pinch ran and scored a run in the front end of a doubleheader at Bridgeport on 4/17...Entered as a pinch runner and scored a run in the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Michael's on 5/3.
2017 Statistics

Before Franklin Pierce: Three-year letterwinner at Farmingdale (N.Y.) High School...Team MVP as a junior...Played at the club level for New York Steelheads.

Personal: Son of Jennifer Boria and Phil Kassebaum...A physical therapy major...Has a brother, Torin, and a sister, Casey.