Joe Mercadante - 2019 Baseball - LIU Brooklyn
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Joe Mercadante
Height: 5-10
Class: Senior
Hometown: Feeding Hills, Mass.
Previous School: Agawam
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2019: Started all 53 games for LIU… Posted a .270 batting average on the season… Posted a team-best .421 on-base percentage from the leadoff spot… Ranked second on the team and third in the NEC with 38 walks… Finished fourth in the NEC with a team-high 12 hit by pitch… Registered 51 hits, five doubles and two home runs… Tallied a team-best 30 game on-base streak from March 2 to April 27… Went 4-for-6 with two runs scored in win over Villanova on March 22… Recorded a six-game hitting streak from May 1 to May 7… Finished third on the team with seven stolen bases… NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll Member.
2018: Saw action in 32 games starting 13 in junior season… Contributed to 14 hits for the Blackbirds… Ended the season with a 1.000 fielding percentage… Went 2-for-4 with a double, one run scored, and a walk in victory over FDU in March… Names to the 2018 NEC All-Tournament Team after helping the Blackbirds win the title by going 3-for-6, with one walk (a .571 on base percentage), three runs scored, and three RBI’s… Named to the NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC Academic Honor Roll.
2017: Started all 50 games for the Blackbirds… Finished the season with a .282 batting average, 31 RBI and 28 runs scored… Had 11 stolen bases, eight doubles and two home runs… Was walked 27 times… Had four hits and two RBI against Southern… Went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored versus NYIT… Went 3-for-5 in wins over Mount St. Mary’s and at St. Peter’s.
2016: Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll… Played in 28 games for LIU, starting 24… Finished the season hitting .278… Had seven RBI… Also made four relief appearances on the mound, pitching 2.2 innings in total… Finished with a 3.38 ERA and two strikeouts… Had three two-hit games and scored a pair of runs four times during the season …Went 3-3 with a walk and three runs scored at Sacred Heart.
Background: Four-year letter winner at Agawam as an outfielder… Named team captain in his senior season… Named first team All-Northeast Region in 2015… Was a Perfect Game All-American honorable mention in both 2014 and 2015… Ranked as the top outfielder in Massachusetts by Perfect Game in 2015… Was named a 2014 Western Massachusetts Super 7 Selection... Played for the New England Royals (2014) and Western Mass. Storm (2013) in the summers… Also earned two varsity letters in hockey, and was named first team All-Western Massachusetts as a senior.
Personal: Son of Keith and Laurie Mercadante… Has a sister, Nicole… Majoring in Business-Marketing.
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