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19 Mike Caruso

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-7
  • Weight 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Wallingford, Conn.
  • Highschool Lyman Hall

Biography

2022: MAAC All-Academic Team…Started 47 games while batting .274 and recording career-highs with five homers, 11 doubles, and three triples…Started the season with a five-game hitting streak while reaching base 10 times during that span (2/18 – 2/26)…Had three-straight multi-hit games while batting .545 during that span (4/23 – 4/27)…Scored seven runs in the series against Saint Peter’s including a season-high four times in the middle game (4/22 – 4/24)…Drew 26 walks on the season including grabbing three base on balls against Quinnipiac (5/14)…Launched a home run in back-to-back games against Manhattan (4/15-16) and Siena (5/19-20)…Drove in eight runs and tallied six hits in the series against Siena (5/19-20)…Led the MAAC with 16 hit by pitches.

2021: MAAC Player of the Year…All-MAAC First Team…CoSida Academic All-American Third Team…MAAC All-Tournament Team...MAAC All-Academic Team…Led the MAAC and finished ninth in the country with a .414 batting average…Also led the conference with a .532 on-base percentage, the third best in the NCAA…Tallied 41 hits, scored 31 runs, and drove in 28 in 99 at-bats…Launched a dramatic walk-off home run to move the Stags to 19-0 against Monmouth (4/18)…Drove in the only run, a solo shot, in a 1-0 win at Niagara (5/8)…Had 13 multi-hit games, including three base knocks against Iona (4/2) and at Niagara (5/8)…Drove in five runs at Manhattan (4/24).

2020: Made eight starts in nine appearances behind the plate…Totaled five hits and scored three runs…Had a hit and scored a run in last two contests…Crossed the plate twice against Stetson (3/11).

2019: MAAC All-Academic Team…Started 46 games as Fairfield’s catcher finishing with a .239 average, 37 hits, 27 runs scored, and 15 RBI…Launched the go-ahead home run in the top of the 11th inning, capping off a career-high three hit day in the win over Siena (4/6)…Amassed a five-game hitting streak at the end of the regular season while hitting .375 (6-for-16) during that span…Scored multiple runs in four-straight games as he crossed the plate eight times during that span (4/10 – 4/13).

2018: Made four starts behind the plate with eight appearances…Collected three hits and scored four runs in 14 at-bats…Launched his first career home run, a grand slam, in the home contest against Stony Brook where he also hit a double and scored three times (4/26).

BEFORE FAIRFIELD: A three-time Connecticut SCC All-Orinoque Division selection…Two-time Class S All-State First Team.
 
PERSONAL: Born on May 12, 1998…Parents are Michael and Sharon…Has two siblings: Allie and Anthony…Named a 2017 Lyman Hall High School Varsity Scholar.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    Catcher
    5'7" 185 lbs
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    2019Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'7" 185 lbs
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    2020Junior

    Catcher
    5'7" 185 lbs
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    2021Senior

    Catcher
    5'7" 185 lbs
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    2022Graduate Student

    Catcher
    5'7" 185 lbs
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