2019 (Junior)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 12th round (356th overall) in the 2019 MLB Draft ... Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Third Team All-American Utility Player ... ABCA All-Northeast Second Team relief pitcher ... NEIBA All-New England First Team Utility ... NEIBA All-New England Second Team Reliever ... All-NEC First Team First Base ... All-NEC First Team Reliever ... Semifinalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year award ... Named to NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List ... Started all 60 games at first base and also served as Bryant's closer, appearing in 21 games ... Hit .297 with 14 doubles, six home runs, 51 RBI and 45 runs scored ... Also walked 29 times ... Fielded at .991, committing just five errors in 530 chances ... On the mound, went 1-1 with a DI single-season program record 13 saves ... Posted a 2.36 ERA and struck out 64 batters in just 34.1 innings ... Allowed just 16 hits, holding opponents to a .140 average ... Averaged 16.78 strikeouts per nine ... Led the NEC in saves ... Set career highs for hits, doubles, home runs, RBI and runs scored ... First Bryant player to earn All-American honors as a Utility Player ... First Bryant player to earn All-NEC honors at multiple positions in the same season ... Posted four hits, two doubles and three RBI in series at No. 1 LSU ... Homered and drove in four at Winthrop on Mar. 12 ... Homered three days later at Richmond ... Hit two home runs and drove in four at LIU Brooklyn on Mar. 29 ... 3-5, a double, a home run, two RBI and three runs scored at CCSU on Apr. 18 ... Posted four hits vs. Boston College ... 3-4, four RBI vs. Mount on May 4 ... Record 18 of his first 25 outs via the strikeout ... Earned his first save on opening day ... Struck out three of the four batters he faced at No. 1 LSU ... Struck out five of the seven batters he faced in two appearances (both saves) at Virginia Tech ... Struck out all four batters he faced at Elon on Mar. 9 to earn a save ... Struck out six over 2.2 innings of the relief the following day to earn the win at Elon ... Struck out seven in a three-inning save vs. Quinnipiac on Mar. 16 ... Fanned five in a three-inning save at LIU Brooklyn on Mar. 31 ... Earned a pair of saves in a weekend series at Wagner ... Struck out eight in three innings of relief at Sacred Heart on May 17 ... Struck out four and didn't allow a hit or a run in a three-inning save vs. CCSU in the NEC Tournament ... Ranks seventh in DI program history in games started, ninth in hits, 10th in home runs, eighth in RBI, sixth in walks and third in saves.
2018 (Sophomore)
All-NEC Second Team ... All-New England Third Team ... Appeared in and started 52 games at first base ... Hit .313 (61-195) with 10 doubles, five home runs, 36 RBI and 32 runs scored ... Second on the team with 27 walks and finished with a .405 OBP ... Posted 18 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games ... Enjoyed a career-high 14-game hitting streak during the year ... Also made three relief appearances, posting a 6.75 ERA in 1 1/3 innings of relief ... Didn't allow a hit, walked three and struck out two ... Posted a .987 fielding percentage ... Hit his first home run of the year at Auburn (Feb. 23) ... Doubled and two RBI in Bryant's win over Maryland ... Homered and drove in two at Delaware (March 16) ... Three hits, including a home run at LIU Brooklyn (April 6) ... Doubled, homered, drove in two and scored three times in series finale at LIU (April 7) ... Started a stretch in which he doubled in six-straight games ... Homered vs. UMass (May 5) ... Came on with the bases loaded vs. Auburn and recorded the third out ... Struck out two in a scoreless inning of relief at UConn (April 11).
2017 (Freshman)
Took over as Bryant's everyday first baseman as a rookie in 2017 ... Appeared in and started 54 of a possible 55 games ... Made 43 starts at first, nine at DH, two in left field and eight as a pitcher ... Hit .273 (51-187) with two doubles, a triple, four home runs, 31 RBI and 33 runs scored ... Also walked 30 times and posted a .406 OBP ... Made 11 appearances and eight starts on the mound ... Posted a 9.45 ERA in 26 2/3 innings ... Allowed 29 hits, walked 27 and struck out 31 ... His 10.46 K/9 ratio was third on the team ... Committed 10 errors in 379 total chances (.974) ... Reached base safely in 21-straight games at one point ... Opened the season as the starting first baseman and went 1-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in his collegiate debut ... Went 3-for-6 with a double and two RBI in the second game of the series ... Went 4-for-6 with two home runs in a three-game series at Arkansas ... Hit his first-career home run on Feb. 24 at Arkansas ... Hit a two-run homer in the series finale with the Razorbacks ... Drove in three runs in back-to-back games against LIU Brooklyn ... Reached base safely in 10-straight at-bats during a three-game stretch in late April ... Went 4-for-4 with two walks and two RBI vs. FDU on Apr. 28 ... Homered in the first game of the NEC Tournament against Sacred Heart ... First collegiate pitching appearance came as the starter in the fourth game of the year ... Struck out eight over 4 1/3 innings against Brown on Mar. 19 ... Struck out four and allowed one run on two hits in two innings at Quinnipiac ... Earned his first collegiate victory on May 12 at Sacred Heart ... Struck out four over 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief ... Named NEC Rookie of the Week three times during the year.
Before Bryant
Three-year member of the varsity baseball team at local Cumberland High School … Captained team as a senior ... Member of Upper Deck Post 86/14 American Legion baseball team that apperaed in the American Legion World Series in the summer of 2016 ... Appeared in 10 innings as a sophomore and didn't allow a run … Went 7-1 with a 1.54 ERA, 69 strikeouts and a 1.26 WHIP in 50 innings as a junior … Named USA Today Second Team All-State and Providence Journal Second Team All-Division as a junior … Selected to the RI Underclass All-Star Game and was named to the WWBA Underclass Championship All-Tournament team … 2016 Rawlings Preseason All-New England selection ... Ranked No. 17 in New England and No. 1 in Rhode Island at his position via Prep Baseball Report … Member of Cumberland Little League team that advanced to the Little League World Series in Williamsport ... Played for L&M, a local travel ball organization in Rhode Island.
Personal
The son of Matthew and Michele Wright ... Has one brother ... Mother played volleyball at Quinnipiac ... Uncle, Joseph Peluso Jr., swam and played water polo at Massachusetts.
