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Jersey Number 13
Sonny Fauci
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 210
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Old Bridge, N.J.
- High School:
- Old Bridge
- Prev School:
- St. John's
Why Rutgers? "I wanted to come home and compete at this high of a level for my home state's team."Ā
2024 (Senior): Entered in relief and pitched out of a jam,Ā striking out two to earn win at St. Joe's (2/27) ... tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts to earn win at Old Dominion (2/24) ... got the final two outs of the 10th inning to earn the win in extra-inning victory at Winthrop (2/18) ... made Rutgers debut with a scoreless eighth inning in Saturday win at Winthrop (2/17).
St. John'sĀ
2023 (Junior):Ā BIG EAST Academic Honor Roll ... appeared in 14 games, starting 11 ā¦ accumulated a record of 3-2 with a 5.13 ERAĀ ā¦ earned one BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll ā¦ picked up a win in his last start of the season, pitching seven innings and surrendering two runs to go with six punchouts against Butler (5/19) ...Ā gave up one run in 3.1 innings while ringing up two batters against Richmond (3/26) ā¦Ā
claimed his first win of the season after going six innings and giving up one run on three hits with eight strikeouts against Quinnipiac (3/19).
2022 (Sophomore):Ā Returned from Tommy John surgery to pitch in eight games, three of which were startsā¦ went 2-2 with 10.26 ERAā¦ struck out 16 batters and walked 12 in 16.2 innings ...Ā struck out two batters in 1.1 shutout frames against Marist (5/3) ... improved to 2-0 by allowing only one run in 2.0 relief innings against Quinnipiac (3/27) ...Ā made his season debut against Wagner, striking out six in 3.0 perfect innings to pick up the win (3/23).
2021 (Freshman):Ā Missed most of the campaign due to season-ending Tommy John surgery in Aprilā¦ went 1-0 with a 7.00 ERA in four appearances, two of which were startsā¦ struck out 11 and walked nine in 9.0 innings of workā¦ help opposing hitters to a .258 batting average ... picked up his lone win of the season with 4.0 frames of one-run work against Sacred Heart (3/7) ...Ā struck out three in 2.0 innings of one-hit relief against UMass Lowell (2/26).
2020 (Freshman): Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American ...Ā made five appearances, one of which was a start, during the Red Stormās shortened season ... went 1-0 and did not allow an earned run over 12.2 innings of work ... struck out nine batters and walked only three ...Ā held opponents to a .200 batting average ...Ā made his first career start against Saint Peterās, striking out five, walking one and allowing just one hit over 6.0 innings of work (3/10) ...Ā struck out three in 3.0 frames of one-hit work at Charlotte (2/28) ...Ā made his collegiate debut with 2.0 scoreless innings at Georgia State (2/15).
Prior to College:Ā Ranked No. 26 overall prospect in New Jersey and No. 9 RHP by Perfect Game ... ranked No. 36 overall prospect in New Jersey and No. 17 RHP by Prep Baseball Report ... three-year letter winner at Old Bridge High School ... NJ.com Greater Middlesex Conference Player of the Year as a senior ā¦ GMC Baseball Coaches Associationās Zach Attianese Memorial Cy Young Award winner ... led the Knights to a GMC Tournament Championship as a team captain his senior seasonā¦ allowed just five earned runs in 67 innings pitched, striking out 74 and scattering 26 hits ... graduated in the top 10 percent of high school class.Ā
Personal: Son of Billy and Tara Fauci ... has one sister, Alyssa ... pursuing a master's in financial analysis.
St. John'sĀ
2023 (Junior):Ā BIG EAST Academic Honor Roll ... appeared in 14 games, starting 11 ā¦ accumulated a record of 3-2 with a 5.13 ERAĀ ā¦ earned one BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll ā¦ picked up a win in his last start of the season, pitching seven innings and surrendering two runs to go with six punchouts against Butler (5/19) ...Ā gave up one run in 3.1 innings while ringing up two batters against Richmond (3/26) ā¦Ā
claimed his first win of the season after going six innings and giving up one run on three hits with eight strikeouts against Quinnipiac (3/19).
2022 (Sophomore):Ā Returned from Tommy John surgery to pitch in eight games, three of which were startsā¦ went 2-2 with 10.26 ERAā¦ struck out 16 batters and walked 12 in 16.2 innings ...Ā struck out two batters in 1.1 shutout frames against Marist (5/3) ... improved to 2-0 by allowing only one run in 2.0 relief innings against Quinnipiac (3/27) ...Ā made his season debut against Wagner, striking out six in 3.0 perfect innings to pick up the win (3/23).
2021 (Freshman):Ā Missed most of the campaign due to season-ending Tommy John surgery in Aprilā¦ went 1-0 with a 7.00 ERA in four appearances, two of which were startsā¦ struck out 11 and walked nine in 9.0 innings of workā¦ help opposing hitters to a .258 batting average ... picked up his lone win of the season with 4.0 frames of one-run work against Sacred Heart (3/7) ...Ā struck out three in 2.0 innings of one-hit relief against UMass Lowell (2/26).
2020 (Freshman): Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American ...Ā made five appearances, one of which was a start, during the Red Stormās shortened season ... went 1-0 and did not allow an earned run over 12.2 innings of work ... struck out nine batters and walked only three ...Ā held opponents to a .200 batting average ...Ā made his first career start against Saint Peterās, striking out five, walking one and allowing just one hit over 6.0 innings of work (3/10) ...Ā struck out three in 3.0 frames of one-hit work at Charlotte (2/28) ...Ā made his collegiate debut with 2.0 scoreless innings at Georgia State (2/15).
Prior to College:Ā Ranked No. 26 overall prospect in New Jersey and No. 9 RHP by Perfect Game ... ranked No. 36 overall prospect in New Jersey and No. 17 RHP by Prep Baseball Report ... three-year letter winner at Old Bridge High School ... NJ.com Greater Middlesex Conference Player of the Year as a senior ā¦ GMC Baseball Coaches Associationās Zach Attianese Memorial Cy Young Award winner ... led the Knights to a GMC Tournament Championship as a team captain his senior seasonā¦ allowed just five earned runs in 67 innings pitched, striking out 74 and scattering 26 hits ... graduated in the top 10 percent of high school class.Ā
Personal: Son of Billy and Tara Fauci ... has one sister, Alyssa ... pursuing a master's in financial analysis.
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