Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Villanova Career: Speedy outfielder who has assumed a starting role in each of his first two collegiate seasons … Has played both corner positions and has a strong throwing arm … Uses his speed well both offensively and defensively … Shows power potential from the left side of the plate … A veteran on the 2019 roster who will be in the mix to earn a starting spot in the outfield … Has appeared in 92 games with 84 starts in his first two seasons … Has 26 extra-base hits while slashing .232/.288/.328 in 357 plate appearances … Has 12 career multi-hit games and two career streaks of reaching base safely in at least 11 consecutive games … His 22 career doubles are the most among the returning players to the 2019 team … Tallied five career outfield assists, including four during his freshman year.

2020: Appeared in nine games and made four starts… Slashed .100/.217/.150... Picked up an pinch-hit RBI double and scored a run against Campbell on 2/22… Recorded a hit and a run against Bucknell on 3/8… Made 13 putouts in the outfield… Had an outfield assist cutting down a runner at home at ASU on 2/16… Made zero errors for a 1.000 FLD%.

2019: Appeared in 42 games and made 31 starts… Slashed .190/.295/.267… Showed off power with six of his 22 hits on the season being for extra bases… Opened the season with a four-game hit streak and reached safely in each of the first six games… Hit his lone home run of the season at Virginia on 2/24…

 
2018: Played in 47 games with 40 starts and had a .241/.293/.348 slash line … Second on the team in runs batted in (21) and triples (2), while tying for third with 10 doubles … Recorded seven multi-hit games … Tied for the team’s longest hitting streak of the season, a nine-game streak from April 22 through May 5 during which he batted .353 (12-for-34) with a .410 on-base percentage … The hitting streak came during a larger stretch of 13 straight games in which he reached base safely at least once … Beginning on April 15, he batted .315/.381/.438 with six doubles and 13 RBI over his final 21 games of the year … Batted .276 with a .354 on-base percentage in BIG EAST play … Hit safely in 12 of his 15 conference starts … Went 4-for-11 with three RBI in the series against Seton Hall and was 5-for-11 with two doubles and three walks in three games versus Georgetown … Hit his first collegiate home run and went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, two walks and three RBI in the Wildcats lone conference win of the season against Xavier … Had a career-high four hits, including two doubles, against Wagner on April 20.
 
2017: Started 44 of the 45 games he appeared in during his rookie season … Began his collegiate career with a seven-game hitting streak, batting .292 (7-24) from February 17-26 … Made his debut as a pinch hitter in the season opener against Norfolk State and reached on an infield single … Then proceeded to hit safely in six consecutive starts to extend his streak … Batted .224/.283/.309 overall on the year … His 12 doubles led the team … Doubled in three straight games at the Sooner Baseball Classic in Oklahoma, including twice against the host team … Went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles against Saint Joseph’s on March 21 … Also had two doubles, a run scored and an RBI in a win at Army West Point … Tied his season high with three hits in a win over Iowa … Was 1-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base and the game’s only run in a 1-0 win over Xavier on April 8 … Manufactured a run in the sixth inning when he reached on a one-out single, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and then scored on a two-out infield hit.
 
Club Baseball: Played for the Evoshield Canes Mid-Atlantic 17u team and was named to the WWBA national championship all-tournament team in 2015 … Also named to the WWBA underclass world championship team in 2014 as a member of the Tri-State Arsenal Showcase team.
 
Parkland High School: Earned three varsity letters as a second baseman … Was a second team all-area selection as a junior … Set a single-season school record with 36 hits as a junior … Tied the school’s career triples record during his career and was tied for fifth for most triples in a single season … Also was tied for third in school history with 75 career games played at the time of his graduation … Scholastic stats include a .339 career batting average with 58 hits, 36 runs scored, 31 runs batted in, eight doubles and three home runs.
 
Personal: Born 7/3/98 in Allentown, Pa. … Older of two children of Mark and Kelly Bruno … Has a younger sister, Alyssa (11) … Hobbies include working out, spending time with friends and watching Netflix programs … Chose to attend Villanova for the combination of its elite academic and athletic programs … Noted that the school would give him opportunities to pursue his dreams and set him up for future success … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ... Communication major and Psychology minor.