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  Vin Avella

Vin Avella

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Matawan, NJ

High School:
CBA

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 205

Position:
1B

B/T:
R/R

2008 Sophomore Season
All-NEC Second Team ... Team MVP ... Hit a team-best .316 (61-193), including a team-leading .365 during NEC-play, while also pacing the squad in hits (61), doubles (12), home runs (10), RBI (35), total bases (103), slugging percentage (.534) and OBP (.374) while setting a school-record with 441 put-outs ... Among NEC-players, ranked third in home runs and 10th in slugging ... Over a 14-game span, ranging from April 2 - April 19, hit .479 (23-48) with four home runs, 14 RBI, 12 runs, five doubles and a mammoth .833 slugging percentage ... In upset of No. 22 St. John's (4/9), his walk-off RBI single highlighted 4-5 day at the plate ... He also recorded two doubles and scored two runs in 4-3 win over the Red Storm ... Hit his first career grand slam while adding a three-run blast in 13-4 game-three win at FDU (4/19) ... Finished the contest 3-4 with two homers, seven RBI and one walk ... Also had a big performance in game-one at FDU (4/18), going 3-4 with a double and a home run ...Collected his second multi-home run game of the year in game-three win at Mount St. Mary's (4/26), going 3-4 with two home runs, three runs and a double ... Hit .500 (7-14) with four RBI, three runs, two doubles and a home run over final three games at Florida International (3/1-3/2) ... In doubleheader sweep of Sacred Heart (5/17), was 4-6 with five RBI, three runs, a home run and a double ... Helped Wagner to a 5-3 win at Villanova (3/11), going 2-3 with a two-run home run and two intentional walks ... Blasted a solo home run at Winthrop (3/21) ... In NEC-opening four-game sweep of LIU (4/5-4/6), was 6-13 with four runs and one double ... Had four hits, three runs and two doubles in four-game sweep of Quinnipiac (5/2-5/4) ... Went 2-3 with a two-run home run in 4-3 game-three win over Monmouth (4/12) ... Was 3-5 with two runs and a RBI in win at NYIT (5/14) ... Paced Wagner with 18 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games ... Hit .336 against right-handed pitching, including .400 during NEC-play ... Ranks ninth in school history with 17 career home runs and is 35th with 102 hits.

2007 Freshman Season
Hit .265 (41-155), including .269 during NEC play, with 10 doubles, seven home runs, 22 RBI, 24 runs and 14 walks ... Went 2-5 with two runs in 12-7 win over Winthrop (3/17) ... Was named Akadema NEC Rookie of the Week for the week of April 2-8 after hitting 429 with two doubles, two home runs, three runs scored and five RBI ... Wrapped up the award hitting .471 as Wagner took three-of-four from LIU (4/5-4/7) to begin NEC play ... Blasted a two-run homer in a 5-1 game-one win over the Blackbirds in the first of two games ... Laced a double and hit a solo shot in the nightcap as the Seahawks completed the sweep with an 8-5 win ... He also recorded a career-high four hits and scored a run in game four ...Was a force at William & Mary (3/31-4/1) reaching base safely in his first nine trips to the play on the way to going 3-6 with his first collegiate home run, five walks, two runs and two RBI ... Drove in a career-high four runs and was 2-3 at the plate with a home run in 11-1 romp at Sacred Heart (5/4) ... Helped the Green & White to a four-game sweep of FDU (4/28-4/29), going 3-11 with five RBI, three runs and a home run over the last three games ... Homered against Stony Brook (4/10) ... Went 2-4 with a home run, double and two RBI at Quinnipiac (4/22) ... Had two hits in game-two against CCSU (5/12) and against Seton Hall (4/18) ... Hit safely in eight-straight games and 13-of-14 at one point ... Recorded nine multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games.

Scholastic / Personal:
Played his prep ball at CBA High School under the direction of Marty Kenney ... Helped the Colts to the Parochial A South Championship as a junior ... Also was a major force in CBA's three-straight Parochial A North Championships, during which time they went 70-14 ... Concluded his career with a Third Team All-State accolade ... Also was selected First Team All Shore, All Parochial and All North as a senior ... Voted the best hitter in the A North Conference ... Hit a home run in the final at bat of his prep career ... In the summer of 2007, played in the Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL) for Jersey Shore and hit .312 while helping the Tides to the league title ... Has two siblings Danny (18) and Jess (16) ... Is majoring in business with a minor in psychology at Wagner.

Year	G/S	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG.	2B	3B	HR	SB/A
2007	49/43	155	24	41	22	.265	10	0	7	0/0
2008	54/53	193	33	61	35	.316	12	0	10	4/5
Tot.	103/96	348	57	102	57	.293	22	0	17	4/5

 

 
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