| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2022-23 (Senior) |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022) |
| 2021-22 (Junior) |
| BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 11) |
Villanova Career: A good 2023 season for the local pitcher whose career record is now 6-4 with an ERA of 6.60…. Nearly doubles his strikeouts total this year to 99 while allowing 106 hits and 83 runs (76 earned)…Opponents are batting .268 against him and he has given up 14 home runs to 474 batters faced… Has primarily been a relief pitcher with 15 starts, and 103.2 career innings pitched… Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall of 2022… Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 11).
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2023: Appeared in 20 games with 6 starts in those games…Went 2-4 with an ERA of 7.21 with 48.2 innings pitched…Gave up 56 hits with 48 strikeouts, held opponents to .299 batting average…Against 187 at bats he recorded 48 strikeouts and  27 walks…Yielded six doubles, one triple and eight home runs with 43 runs(39 earned)…Recorded a season high 7 strikeouts in 4.1 innings pitched at San Francisco…Had four games with at least five strikeouts.
2022: The solid pitcher played in 17 games and started nine…Went 4-0 with an ERA of 5.79 across 51.1 innings… Gave up 45 hits while striking out 47, held opponents to a .234 batting average against him… He averaged 8.24 strikeouts per inning… Yielded 36 runs (33 earned) while issuing 25 walks, six wild pitches, three sacrifice flies, and six HBP… Allowed four home runs, 10 doubles, and one triple to 226 batters faced… Had a career-high of 10 strikeouts throughout seven innings only giving up one hit against Lafayette on April 5 at home.
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2021: Made relief appearances against Saint Joseph’s in the first game of a doubleheader on April 3 and versus Connecticut on May 15 in his only two outings of the year … Pitched one inning and had two strikeouts in a 16-5 win over the Hawks … Worked one inning against Connecticut during the final home weekend of the season … Allowed four hits and four runs while walking one and striking out three on the year.
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2020: Made two relief appearances before the season was halted after Villanova had played 14 games … Logged 1 2/3 scoreless innings with one hit allowed, two walks and one strikeout … Pitched a scoreless inning with a walk and a strikeout in his collegiate debut against Saint Louis … Recorded two outs in the Wildcats lone home game of the season, a 5-1 win over NJIT.
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Hazleton Area High School: Member of the varsity baseball, basketball and golf teams … Was a member of the Ecology Club as a senior.
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Personal: Born 10/1/00 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. … Older of two children of Frank and Lisa DeGaetano … Has a younger sister, Danielle (16) … Father was a collegiate student-athlete at Edinboro … Enjoys spending time with friends, fishing and all outdoor activities in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova both to play baseball and for its great academic opportunities … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and has yet to declare a major.
