*Drafted by Pittsburgh Pirates (Round 16, Pick #470) in 2022 MLB Draft*
2022 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Third Team
2022 NCBWA All-America Third Team
2022 NCBWA District Player of the Year
2022 All-Big Ten Second Team
2022 ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region First Team
2022 Rutgers Athletics Werblin Award
Led Big Ten in 2022 with .385 AVG, .707 SLG% and 1.199 OPS
Ranked Top 10 in the Big Ten in BB, AVG, Hits, HR, OBP, Runs, SLG%, OPS, Total Bases
2x MAAC Preseason Player of the Year
2019 Freshman All-American
2019 MAAC Rookie of the Year
2019 All-MAAC First Team
Why Rutgers? "Rutgers is a great academic school where I can advance my career in the classroom. In addition, the Rutgers baseball program is great, and I want to be a part of it."
2022 (Redshirt Junior)
- ABCA/Rawlings All-America Third Team
- NCBWA All-America Third Team
- NCBWA District Player of the Year
- All-Big Ten Second Team
- ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region First Team
- Rutgers Athletics Werblin Award
- Led Big Ten with .385 AVG, .707 SLG% and 1.199 OPS
- Ranked Top 10 in the Big Ten in BB, AVG, Hits, HR, OBP, Runs, SLG%, OPS, Total Bases
2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI against Indiana in Big Ten Tournament (5/28) ... 3-for-3, 3 runs, 3 RBI, two doubles, home run and a walk against Michigan (5/21) ... 4-for-5 with 4 runs, 3 RBI a double and two home runs in win over Bowling Green (5/13) ... 2-for-3 with 2 runs, 3 RBI a home run and two walks against Maryland (5/8) ... 4-for-6 with 2 runs, 2 RBI a double and two home runs against Ohio State (5/1) ... 2-for-5 with a run scored in win over Penn (4/13) ... Started at DH and was 2-for-4 with 3 runs scored, two RBI and two walks in Lafayette win (4/12) ... 4-for-12 in Nebraska sweep, including towering home run in Friday night win. Finished series with 3 runs scored, four RBI, a walk and a HBP (4/8-4/10) ... 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and an RBI in win over Monmouth (4/5) ... Went 3-for-9 with a home run, double, 3 RBI and 4 runs scored in Minnesota series (4/1-4/2) ... Went 1-for-2 with a 2-run home run against Saint Peter's (3/30) ... 2-for-4 with a double and RBI against NJIT (3/29) ... Had a hit, run and RBI in every game of Penn State series, went 2-for-4 in series opener, closed out series with 4-hit performance and tied career highs with four hits and 3 runs scored (3/25-3/26) ... Reached base at least twice in every game of Omaha series. Was 3-for-5 with a solo home run and a double in the series finale, went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI on Saturday and walked twice on Friday night (3/18-3/20) ... Went 6-for-15 with four walks in series at Hawaii, clubbing his team-best fourth home run of the season while scoring 5 runs and adding 4 RBI (3/11-13) ... Crushed a home run and walked twice in home opener versus Wagner (3/8) ... homered, singled and walked with three runs scored at VCU (3/6) ... banged three doubles with three runs scored at Richmond (3/5) ... hit two singles at Saint Joseph's (3/1) ... doubled, singled and drew two walks in the first win at UNCW (2/26) ... blasted a 451-foot homer at Coastal Carolina (2/25) ... totaled five hits, five walks and five runs in season-opening sweep at Houston Baptist (2/18-20).
Manhattan College
Career at Manhattan: Started all 103 games played … holds a .319/.404/.487 slash line … totaled 123 hits, 70 runs, 21 doubles, 14 homers, 68 RBIs, 40 walks and 17 times hit by pitch … accumulated a .980 fielding percentage with 14 runners caught stealing … twice named MAAC Preseason Player of the Year … earned
Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-America, MAAC Rookie of The Year and All-MAAC First Team in 2019.
2021 (Junior)
Started all 30 games … a Johnny Bench Award nominee … named MAAC Preseason Player of the Year … hit .284/.395/.523 with 31 hits, 29 runs (10th MAAC), six doubles, six home runs (t-9th MAAC), 19 RBIs and 15 walks … notched eight multi-hit and six multi-RBI games … caught five runners stealing … collected a double, homer, three runs and two RBIs in doubleheader sweep versus Saint Peter's (5/16) … went 2-for-5 with a double, home run, three runs, two RBIs and a walk in doubleheader at Marist (5/9) … picked up five hits, five runs and two RBIs in three games against Niagara (5/1-2) … registered a hit in all four games against Fairfield (4/23-24), batting .462 (6-of-13) with two doubles, two home runs, four runs, five RBIs and four walks … went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and two walks in game two, before crushing a three-run homer in game three ... named MAAC Player of the Week after hitting .500 (7-of-14) with a triple, two home runs, four RBIs and six runs with a .588 on-base percentage and a 1.071 slugging clip in series victory at Siena (4/17-18) … singled and scored a run in the opener, before going 3-for-5 with a triple, home run and two RBIs 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 ... 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)
Started all 14 games … named MAAC Preseason Player of the Year ... hit .259 (14-of-54) with five runs, three doubles, one home run, 13 RBIs, one stolen base and five walks … registered three multi-hit and four multi-RBI performances … posted a .365 on-base percentage … finished as the toughest player to strike out in the MAAC (one every 13.5 bats) … went 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 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 RBIs and run against the Islanders (3/1) … 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)
Started all 59 games … named a
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American … selected as First Team All-MAAC as an outfielder, MAAC Rookie of The Year and to the MAAC All-Rookie Team … ranked third in the MAAC with a .350 average (78-of-223) with 78 hits (third MAAC), 12 doubles, seven home runs (ninth MAAC), 36 RBIs, 36 runs and 20 walks … posted a .498 slugging percentage and a .417 OBP (fifth MAAC) with 111 total bases (fourth MAAC) … registered a team-leading 28 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games … had a team-best 15 game hitting streak … caught 6-of-11 attempted base stealers … during league play, hit a MAAC-best .404 and placed second with 36 hits ... hit safely in 23-of-28 games against league opposition … batted a blistering .412 (7-of-17) with a home run, double, six RBIs and four runs over four games at the MAAC Tournament … began the tournament by going 2-for-4 with a home run and a career-high four RBIs 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 rookie year with a double and a run versus Fairfield (5/25) … 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) … batted .636 (7-for-11) in series victory at Monmouth (4/27-4/28), finishing up with six RBIs, three multi-hit performances and two runs … fueled by a pair of three-hit performances, batted .500 (7-of-14) with three runs and three RBIs against Marist (4/19-4/20) … 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 RBIs … had three hits in series sweep of Iona (4/6-4/7) and in doubleheader at Army West Point (4/10) … hit .455 (5-of-11) over three games at Canisius (3/31-4/1) with two home runs, a double, three runs and two RBIs … 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 … 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 RBIs … 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 … went 5-for-9 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs in doubleheader split at Appalachian State (2/24) … opened career with a back-to-back multi-hit performances against Sam Houston State (2/15) and Virginia Tech (2/16).
Prior to College: Played 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 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 … a three-time All-League selection … played travel ball for the Rockland Royals under the tutelage of Jared and Vinny Randazzo.
Personal: Son of Kelly and William Cimillo … father went to St. John's, played football and was named to the Hall of Fame in 2020 ... has two older sisters, Samantha and Taylor … plans to study economics.
