Fairfield University Athletics

2022: MAAC All-Academic Team…Made eight appearances and two starts in his fifth season with the Stags…Went 1-for-1 with a run scored in back-to-back games against Saint Joseph’s (3/6) and FGCU (3/11)…Also got a hit and scored a run against North Dakota State (3/19).

2021: Appeared in 15 games with 11 starts and 33 at-bats…Recorded a RBI double against Quinnipiac (4/7)…Also drove in a run at Saint Peter’s (4/21).

2020: Made seven starts and nine appearances in the shortened season…Tallied four hits including two base knocks with two RBI against North Carolina A&T (2/29)…Scored a pair of runs against Harvard (3/6).

2019: Started 34 of his 43 appearances seeing time in right field and DH…Finished second on the team with five homers and drove in 29 runs for a .237 average…Drove in the game-tying and go-ahead run with a two run triple in the bottom of the ninth and down to his final strike at Brown (3/16)…Forced in the game-winning run by drawing a bases loaded walk against St. John’s (3/27)…Launched a grand slam against Hartford (5/1), to help Coach Currier to his 700th career victory as a head coach.

2018: Started 10 games for the Stags in his rookie season…Three of his hits came in back-to-back games at North Florida (3/11) and at Jacksonville (3/16) where he also drove in a run in each game…Drew two walks at Georgia Southern (2/25).

BEFORE FAIRFIELD: Ranked the #1 outfielder in Connecticut on Perfect Game USA, Brancato was an All-FCIAC selection in baseball and basketball at Fairfield Warde…Perfect Game High Honorable Mention All-American and Northeast Region Second Team…Helped his team to the 2014 FCIAC Championship and a second place finish in the Class LL State Championship in 2016…In basketball, he was Fairfield Warde’s all-time leading scorer and the first to finish with 1,000 points.
 
PERSONAL: Born on January 24, 1998…Parents are Mirella and Mario…Siblings are Antonio and Mariella…Maintained a 4.0 GPA during his junior and senior years in high school.