Biography
2020 Senior Year
One of the top pitchers in the MAAC … Went 1-1 with 27 strikeouts, against just eight walks, with a 2.42 ERA over 26.0 innings ... Limited opposing hitters to a scant .196 average … Made five appearances, earning four starts … MAAC Pitcher of the Week after firing a complete game win in game two against UAlbany (3/7) ... Struck out eight Great Dane hitters over 7.0 innings of three-hit ball … Fanned seven while yielding one run on seven hits over 6.0 innings at Stetson (2/14) … Surrendered just two hits and two earned run with six strikeouts over 6.0 innings at Texas A&M CC (2/29) … Punched out six while not walking a batter over and scattering two runs over 7.0 innings at USC Upstate (2/22).
2019 Junior Year
Second Team All-MAAC (P)
One of the top pitchers in the MAAC for a second-straight year, ranking second in the MAAC with eight wins ... Finished up 8-5 with a NCAA-leading eight complete games, 86 strikeouts (5th MAAC), against 40 walks, with a 4.08 ERA and a save over 86.0 innings (7th MAAC) ... Limited opposing hitters to a .232 average (5th MAAC) ... Saw action in 16 games, making 12 starts, with Manhattan going 11-5 during that time ... Registered complete games in seven of his nine games against MAAC opposition ... Saved his best for last, tossing a complete game, 135-pitch win over top-seeded Canisius (5/22) in the MAAC Tournament ... Set career-highs in strikeouts (9) and innings (9.0) while yielding just four hits and two earned runs ... Struck out five in 2.0 dominating innings to close out victory over Stetson (2/17) ... Struck out eight in firing a complete game shutout over Iona (4/6), while scattering just five hits ... Followed that up with six strikeouts in win against Siena (4/13), surrendering just three hits over 7.0 innings in a complete game effort ... Fanned nine over 7.0 innings in a complete game victory over Saint Peter's (5/11) ... Allowed just one earned run with five strikeouts in 7.0 innings to cement a series win at Rider (5/3) ... Scattered two runs with six strikeouts over 7.0 solid innings in victory at Monmouth (4/27) ... Picked up the win over UAlbany (3/24), striking out six over 7.0 innings of three-run ball with six strikeouts ... Fanned six over 5.0 innings at NCAA College World Series participant Michigan (3/17) ... Also struck out six over 5.1 innings of one-run ball in victory at George Washington (3/3) ... Followed that up with 6.0 innings of three-hit ball at George Mason (3/10) ... Collected the save, thanks to striking out four over 2.1 innings at Appalachian State (2/24).
2018 Sophomore Year
Second Team All-MAAC (P)
Went 6-2 with a school-record and MAAC-leading 10 saves while also pacing the circuit with 2.57 ERA over 63.0 innings … Limited opposing hitters to a MAAC-low .178 average while registering 50 strikeouts, against just 27 walks, while scattering 38 hits … Appeared in 25 games (3rd MAAC), making two starts … Manhattan went 18-7 in his outings, including winning 14-straight at one point ... MAAC Pitcher of the Week after earning saves at LIU Brooklyn (3/14), La Salle (3/16) and Villanova (3/17) while striking out four over 5.0 scoreless frames of one-hit ball … Became the first player in school history to notch double-figures in saves in a season with his 10th stop at Niagara (5/17), striking out two in a perfect inning of work … Followed that up with a career-high 6.2 innings of scoreless relief in the finale against the Purple Eagles (5/19) … Fanned three while yielding four hits and a walk … Struck out three over 2.0 innings of scoreless ball in win at VCU (3/2) before clinching the series with a pair of strikeouts over 3.0 innings in notching a save against the Rams (3/4) … Earned the save in the opener against Fairfield (4/14) with two strikeouts in a perfect inning of work … Followed that up by fanning five over 6.0 innings of two-run ball in earning the victory in the finale (4/15) … Struck out a career-high six over 5.0 innings while surrendering two runs in picking up the series-clinching victory over Rider (4/22) … Worked out pf a bases-loaded, no-out situation in series-opening win vs. Marist (5/5), yielding just one hit over 3.0 scoreless frames in setting a school record with his ninth save of the year … Notched a four-out save against Canisius (5/13) in the opener, fanning a career-high matching six … Struck out in two-inning save at Fordham (3/31) … Yielded one run on two hits over 5.0 innings in picking up the series-clinching victory at Siena (4/8) … Fanned three over 2.2 innings of one-hit ball in win at UNC Asheville (3/9) … Earned a save at Stony Brook (3/20) with 2.0 innings of relief before picking up the win at Columbia with a strikeout over 3.0 innings ... ... MAAC All-Academic Team honoree.
2017 Freshman Year
Made an immediate impact as a rookie out of the bullpen ... Went 1-1 with 22 strikeouts, against 10 walks, and a 4.19 ERA over 19.1 innings … Limited opposing hitters to a .278 average … Was unscored upon in 12 of his 17 appearances, including five-straight to end the year … Notched a 1.53 ERA over his final 12 games with 21 strikeouts over 17.2 innings … In two games of series sweep of Saint Peter's (5/18; 5/20), struck out two over 2.2 hitless frames … Fanned three over 2.0 scoreless innings at Iona (4/22) … Struck out two in scoreless innings of relief in wins at Maine (4/14) and Army West Point (4/11) … Also fanned a pair in an inning of work against Quinnipiac (5/6) … In the series finale at Maine (4/15), fired a season-high 3.0 innings … Notched 2.0 scoreless innings at Rider (4/29) … Against UAlbany (4/12), struck out the side before working another scoreless frame in the second meeting with the Great Danes (5/2).
Scholastic/Personal
Played his prep ball at Joseph A. Foran High School under the direction of Garrett Walker … Earned three letters for the Lions … All-State Honorable Mention as a senior … Team MVP … Also was an All-Southern Connecticut Conference selection and team captain … Played travel ball for Baseball U under Pat Viglio … Born on November 6, 1997 ... Son of Tom and Donna Stuart … Has a brother Colby ... Is majoring in marketing at Manhattan.