Rutgers University Athletics

2019 (Junior): Pitched in six games with three starts ... logged 16.2 innings on the season ... walked only two batters ... made start at USC Upstate (3/9) and retired first nine batters faced, working 4.2 innings overall ... did not allow an earned run in 2.2 innings at Old Dominion (3/1) ... pitched two relief frames at New Orleans (2/23) ... worked three scoreless innings out of the bullpen in season debut at Miami (2/16).

2018 (Sophomore): Appeared in 15 games with one start ... worked to a 3.60 ERA over 30 innings ... struck out 24 ... dealt a perfect inning with a pair of strikeouts against Monmouth (5/15) ... went 3.1 innings at Maryland (5/12) ... logged two scoreless frames against No. 13 Michigan (5/5) ... recorded four outs with a strikeout against Columbia (5/1) ... picked up two outs at Purdue (4/27) ... logged 3.2 innings out of the bullpen against Nebraska (4/21) ... worked five innings of relief over two appearances at No. 18 Illinois (4/13, 4/15) ... struck out three in two scoreless frames versus La Salle (4/8) ... returned to the mound at Michigan State (4/1) and worked a scoreless inning ... stranded two inherited runners at Old Dominion (3/3) ... earned first career win in first start versus Wagner (2/27), allowing two earned runs over five innings with no walks ... pitched a scoreless frame with one strikeout in the win over St. Bonaventure (2/24) ... struck out four with one run allowed in three innings of relief at No. 9 Miami (2/17).

2017 (Freshman): Appeared in 14 games out of the bullpen ... struck out 19 batters in 15.0 innings ... held opponents to a .268 average against ... did not allow a run in final six games pitched ... came in as a pinch runner at Northwestern (5/19) and scored a run ... fanned three in 1.2 scoreless innings at Nebraska (5/6) ... struck out the side in an inning against Wagner (5/2) ... tossed a scoreless frame versus No. 17 Michigan (4/28) ... logged two scoreless innings with two strikeouts in win at Iowa (4/23) ... fanned two in 1.1 scoreless innings at Seton Hall (4/19) ... worked two innings versus Purdue (4/14) ... retired all four batters faced with two strikeouts against Maryland (4/2) ... struck out two in a scoreless inning at USC Upstate (3/25) ... pitched two scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts at North Florida (3/10) ... made collegiate debut at No. 17 Miami (2/18) and struck out only batter faced.
 
Prior to Rutgers: Pitched for Mainland Regional and was winning pitcher for 2014 Group III state championship game … team won back-to-back South Jersey Group III sectional championships (2014-15) … named first-team All-South Jersey and all-conference … a second-team all-state selection … listed as a Rawlings Top Prospect at the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Showcase … awarded Press of Atlantic City Male Athlete of the Spring … Mainland Regional High School MVP … played travel baseball for the South Jersey Sandsharks for two years … also played three years for Atlantic Shore and was a Babe Ruth World Series contender in 2011 and 2013.
 
Personal: Son of Craig A. Gerace and Lisa Gerace … has an older brother, Ryan, and a younger sister, Anna ... a sport management major.