Joseph Robert Petosa... all-time hits leader is one of most decorated players in program history.
2014: Second-Team Capital One Academic All-America... First-Team Capital One Academic All-District... Academic All-CACC... CACC Student-Athlete of the Month (May)... Felician Senior Male Student-Athlete of the Year... consensus All-Region... First-Team All-CACC... First-Team All-NJCBA... CACC Tournament MVP... NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team... batted .370 with 12 doubles, four triples, one homer, 29 runs scored and 34 RBI... slugged .497 with a .430 on-base percentage... top 5 in CACC in BA, hits, doubles, triples, runs, RBI, and OBP... 200th career hit at Nyack 4/16... set program record with 218th hit with go-ahead double in CACC Championship Game 5/10... had seven consecutive multi-hit games in March.
2013: Started five games before suffering a season-ending injury... received medical waiver.
2012: Third-Team Capital One Academic All-America... First-Team Capital One Academic All-District... Academic All-CACC... NCBWA First-Team All-Region... First-Team All-CACC... First-Team All-NJCBA... batted .352 with three home runs, 38 runs, 33 RBI and 14 steals... added 33 walks for a .462 on-base percentage... 2nd in CACC in OBP and 6th in BA, runs and RBI... was 19 for 42 (.452) during a mid-season 10-game hit streak... 100th career hit vs. Stonehill 2/24 (G2).
2011: Honorable-Mention All-CACC... Academic All-CACC... hit .277 with three doubles, four triples one homer, and 16 runs scored.... tied for team lead with 18 RBI... Felician-best 22 walks for OBP of .367... stole nine bases... played in 43 games with 40 starts... CACC Player of the Week 3/7... begins junior campaign with 99 career base hits.
2010: CACC Rookie of the Year... First-Team All-CACC... batted .333 (60 for 180) with six doubles, seven triples, two homers, 37 runs, and 28 RBI... played in all 50 games (48 starts)... led CACC in triples... also top ten in hits (4th), runs (t-5th), RBI (T-9th) and slugging (.478, 9th)... two-time CACC Rookie of the Week.
Prior to Felician: Second-team all Group 2 for coach Glenn Fredricks at Spotswood High... three-time all division and two-time second-team all-area... team won 2007 county championship and Group 2 state title... also played football... member of the Iron 9 showcase team.
Personal: Son of Robert and Michele Petosa... received BS in accounting from Felician in 2013 with GPA of 3.79... enrolled in MBA program... younger sister Samantha attends Felician and plays on the women's soccer team... born 11/28/90 in Staten Island, N.Y.
YR | AVG | GP-S | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BI | SLG | BB | SO | OBP | SB-A | PO | A | E | FLD |
2010 | .333 | 50-48 | 180 | 37 | 60 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 28 | .478 | 16 | 40 | .393 | 7-13 | 52 | 3 | 2 | .965 |
2011 | .277 | 43-40 | 141 | 16 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | .376 | 22 | 26 | .367 | 9-11 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .975 |
2012 | .352 | 47-46 | 159 | 38 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 33 | .497 | 33 | 25 | .462 | 14-20 | 53 | 2 | 1 | .982 |
2013* | .250 | 5-5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 2 | .357 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
2014 | .370 | 48-46 | 181 | 29 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | .497 | 18 | 27 | .430 | 6-10 | 76 | 6 | 1 | .988 |
Total | .334 | 193-185 | 673 | 121 | 225 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 115 | .464 | 91 | 120 | .414 | 36-55 | 221 | 15 | 5 | .979 |
* received medical waiver