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2025 Baseball Roster

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23 Dean Ferrara

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wyckoff, N.J.
  • Highschool Ramapo

Biography

2025: All-MAAC First Team…All-Northeast Second Team...MAAC All-Tournament Team…Fairfield University Co-Men’s Athlete of the Year…Set a conference and program single-season record with 99 hits which ranked fourth in the country…Finished second in the MAAC in batting average (.374) and runs scored (65)…Set the school record with a 29-game hitting streak by recording a base knock in the first 18 games of the season while hitting .458 during that span (2/14 – 3/19)…Led the team with 29 multi-hit games which included 12 three-hit contests and three four-hit outings…Slugged three home runs and drove in six in the finale against Merrimack (4/19)…Recorded a RBI in eight-straight games, totaling 11 over that span (2/23 – 3/8)…Swiped a career-high 21 bases including back-to-back games with two steals twice…Hit a big grand slam as part of his three-hit game in the winner’s bracket final against Rider (5/24)…Had another 17-game hitting streak which featured nine multi-hit games while hitting .392 (31-for-79) with 25 runs scored, five homers, and 19 RBI (4/11 – 5/10).

2024: All-MAAC First Team…Broke the conference and school single-season record with 96 hits, ranking eighth in the country and fifth in hits per game…Had 29 multi-hit games including 15 with three or more…Hit for the cycle in his first four at-bats and tied the school’s single-game record with six hits at Mount (4/20)…Crushed three home runs in the series against Saint Peter’s including hitting a pair in the finale while also driving in nine RBI (4/12 – 4/14)…Reached base in 52 of his 56 starts…Scored a season-high four runs in the finale against the Peacocks (4/14).

2023: Appeared in 22 games with six starts tallying a .226 batting average with one homer and eight RBI…Had a pinch hit single and scored a run at William & Mary (3/4)…Drove in two runs with a hit and walk against Quinnipiac (4/11)…Launched his first career homer, a three-run shot against Sacred Heart (4/25).

2022: All-MAAC Rookie Team…MAAC Rookie of the Week (3/29)…Picked up 13 hits while scoring seven runs and driving in seven during his rookie season…Named the MAAC Rookie of the Week after collecting seven hits and recording a .412 average (3/19 – 3/27)…Had back-to-back multi-hit games against Niagara (4/2)…Tallied a season-high three hits in the series opener against Marist (3/25).

BEFORE FAIRFIELD: First Team All-League after batting .467 with 31 runs, 18 RBI and 10 stolen bases…Holds the Ramapo High School single game record with six hits… Named All-State Third Team and Second Team All-County after finishing fourth in the state with 43 hits.
 
PERSONAL: Parents are Lea and Chris…Major is undecided.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Freshman

    Infielder
    5'10" 175 lbs
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    2023Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'10" 175 lbs
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    2024Junior

    Infielder
    5'10" 175 lbs
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    2025Senior

    Infielder
    5'10" 180 lbs
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