Biography
2021 Junior Year
All-MAAC Second Team (Catcher)
MAAC Preseason Player of the Year … Johnny Bench Award Nominee … Hit .284 (31-of-109) with a team-best 29 runs (10th MAAC), six doubles, six home runs (t-9th MAAC), 19 RBI, 15 walks and one walk … Posted a .523 slugging percentage and a .395 OBP … Notched eight multi-hit and six multi-RBI games … Started all 30 games he played in … Named MAAC Player of the Week after .500 (7-of-14) with a triple, two home runs, four RBI and six runs with a .588 OBP while slugging at a 1.071 clip in series victory at Siena (4/17-4/18) … Singled and scored a run in the opener, before going 3-for-5 with a triple, home run and two RBI in game-two victory … Homered, scored three runs and drove in two in game three win, before going 2-for-3 with a run and a walk in the series-clinching finale ... Also registered a hit in all four games against Fairfield (4/23-4/24), batting .462 (6-of-13) with two doubles, two home runs, four runs, five RBI and four walks … Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two walks in game two, before crushing a three-run homer in game three ... In doubleheader sweep of Saint Peter’s (5/15), finished up 3-for-7 with a double, home run, three runs and two RBI … Had two hits and two runs in the finale against the Peacocks (5/16) … Hit .357 (5-of-14) with five runs and two RBI over final three games against Niagara (5/1-5/2) … Went 2-for-5 with a double, home run, three runs, two RBI and a walk in doubleheader at Marist (5/9) … Hit safely in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of Iona (4/7) while scoring a pair of runs … Also hit safely in both games against Rider (4/3).
2020 Sophomore Year
MAAC Preseason Player of the Year ... Hit .259 (14-of-54) with five runs, three doubles, one home run, 13 RBI, one stolen base and five walks … Registered three multi-hit and four multi-RBI performances, while posting a .365 OBP … Toughest player to strike out in the MAAC (1 every 13.5 bats) ... Started all 14 games ... In win at Texas A&M CC (2/29), finished up 4-for-5 with four run-scoring singles and a walk … Followed that up by going 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and run against the Islanders (3/1) … Was 3-for-4 with a double and a run at CCSU (3/10) … Crushed a solo home run in game two against UAlbany (3/7) … In season-opening southern swing, drove in five runs while hitting safely in all three games against Air Force (2/14-2/15) and Stetson (2/14).
2019 Freshman Year
MAAC Rookie Of The Year | Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American
All-MAAC First Team (Outfield) | MAAC All-Rookie Team
One of the top player in the MAAC … Third in the MAAC with a .350 average (78-of-223), with 78 hits (3rd MAAC), 12 doubles, seven home runs (9th MAAC), 36 RBI, 36 runs and 20 walks … Posted a .498 slugging percentage and a .417 OBP (5th MAAC) with 111 total bases (4th MAAC) … Registered a team-leading 28 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games, with a team-best 15 game hitting streak … Started all 59 games … During league play, hit a MAAC-best .404 and was second with 36 hits ... Hit safely in 23-of-28 games against league opposition ... At the MAAC Tournament, batted a blistering .412 (7-of-17) with a home run, double, six RBI and four runs over four games … Began the tournament by going 2-for-4 with a home run and a career-high four RBI in win over Marist (5/22) … Followed that up with the eventual game-winning two-run single in upset of top-seeded Canisius (5/22) … Went 3-for-4 with two runs against Quinnipiac (5/25), before concluding his stellar rookie year with a double and a run vs. Fairfield (5/25) … Named MAAC Player and Rookie of the Week after hitting a scorching .636 (7-of-11) over three games at George Washington (3/2-3/3), with a double, home run, four runs and three RBI … Reached base safely in five trips to the plate in game one against the Colonials, finishing 4-for-4 with a walk … Followed that up with a solo homer in game two, before going 2-for-4 with two runs and two walks in the finale … Also batted .636 (7-for-11) in series victory at Monmouth (4/27-4/28), finishing up with six RBI, three multi-hit performances and two runs … Registered two hits in all three games of series sweep of Siena (4/13-4/14), going 6-for-11 (.545) at the plate, with a double, home run, four runs and two RBI … Fueled by a pair of three-hit performances, batted .500 (7-of-14) with three runs and three RBI against Marist (4/19-4/20) … Went 5-for-9 with a home run, two RBI and two runs in doubleheader split at Appalachian State (2/24) … Reached base safely in all four games at NCAA College World Series participant Michigan (3/14-3/17), while homering en route to registering five hits …Hit .455 (5-of-11) over three games at Canisius (3/31-4/1) with two home runs, a double, three runs and two RBI … Opened his career with a back-to-back multi-hit performances against Sam Houston State (2/15) and Virginia Tech (2/16) … Had three hits in series sweep of Iona (4/6-4/7) and in doubleheader at Army West Point (4/10) … Notched a pair of hits at Wagner (4/24), in win at Rider (5/3), victory against Saint Peter’s (5/11) and at Quinnipiac (5/17).
Scholastic/Personal
Played his prep ball at Suffern High School under the direction of Chris Mitchie … Earned three letters for the Mounties … Named 1C League Player of the Year in each of his final two years … Named Suffern Athlete and the Rockland County Athlete of the Spring in 2018 … Also earned All-Section honors as a junior and a senior … Three-time All-League selection … Played travel ball for the Rockland Royals under the tutelage of Jared and Vinny Randazzo … Born on February 23, 2000 … Son of William and Kelly Cimillo … Has two sisters: Samantha and Taylor … Is majoring in finance at Manhattan.