John Ziznewski - 2014 Baseball - LIU Brooklyn


 John Ziznewski

Height: 6-2
Class: Senior
Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y.
Previous School: Rockland C.C.
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2013: Named Second Team All-NEC… Also named to the NEC All-Tournament Team, after he went 5-for-5 in LIU’s win over Bryant, tying the NEC record for hits in a tournament game… Finished the tournament hitting .462, the second-highest average of all players at the event… Set LIU single-season record for hits (74)… Also finished tied for sixth all-time for triples in a single season (6)…  Started all 55 games at shortstop for the Blackbirds… Led the team in batting average (.361), runs (43), hits (74), triples (6), home runs (5), total bases (112), slugging percentage (.546), stolen bases (17-for-18) and assists (166)… Also had 31 RBI… Had 20 multi-hit games… Was second in the NEC in triples (6), fifth in the league in batting average and slugging percentage, and fourth in the league in hits…  Went 5-for-5 in first-round win over Bryant at the NEC Tournament (5/23), with three RBI, one double, one stolen base and one run scored… Was 2-for-3 at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/14), with three RBI, three runs scores, a double and a triple… Had four hits against Illinois State (3/18)… Was 3-for-5 versus Sacred Heart (3/2), with two runs scored and two stolen bases… Went 3-for-5 against CCSU, with two RBI and two runs scored, a home run and a stolen base (4/5)… Also went 2-for-5 against Wagner (5/12), with four RBI, two runs scored and a home run... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

Background: Transferred from Rockland County College... Named Mid-Hudson Conference MVP with a .479 batting average and drove in 48 runs as a freshman… Selected as the Region XV Player of the Year… Attended St. Peter’s High School on Staten Island… Named S. I. Baseball Oldtimers Most Outstanding Player as a senior… First Team All-City, Player of the Year of Staten Island and Team MVP in 2009… A member of the Long Island Mustangs summer team.

Personal: Son of Liz and Bobby Ziznewski… Majoring in sports management. 

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