Baseball
#10

Tony Balisteri Season 2009

PositionINF
Weight178 lbs
Height5-10
ClassSophomore
HometownLexington, Va.
High SchoolRockbridge County

10 - Tony BalisteriPosition: Infield
Class: Sophomore
Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 178 lbs.

High School: Rockbridge County
Hometown: Lexington, Va.

 
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“Tony is one of our most talented infielders. He can make plays that no one else can make, but he needs to make the routine plays, and we need him to put the ball in play more consistently at the plate. He had a very productive summer offensively and he made advances in both areas this fall. He will make us a really good defensive team if he can settle in at shortstop; it would give us more options. We're looking for him to keep growing and to become the player that we recruited, and he's shown spurts of that.”

- Coach Pete Hughes

2008: Made 32 starts at shortstop, finishing the year with a .220 average ... Committed a team-high 17 errors, but was second on the team with 79 assists ... Made his first collegiate start in the opener against Pitt and went 1-for-3 with a run scored ... Also had a hit and a run scored in the second game with the Panthers ... Walked twice and smacked a double in an extra-inning loss to Coastal Carolina ... Was 2-for-3 with two RBIs in second game with CCSU ... Also had two hits in third meeting with the Blue Devils ... Had a two-run triple against JMU ... Delivered an RBI single in game one with FSU ... Had a two-run single against Longwood ... Tallied a career-high three RBIs in game two with Maryland ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs against VCU ... Was Fox Sports television's player of the game for game two with Wake Forest after going 3-for-5 with two runs, two RBIs and his first collegiate home run ... Also doubled in game two ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs, three RBIs and a triple at Liberty ... Went 2-for-4 in game one at Clemson with a double.

High School: Played his junior and senior seasons for Coach Paige Owens at Rockbridge County High ... Batted .482 as a senior with five home runs and 22 stolen bases, earning all-district recognition and All-Timesland honors by The Roanoke Times ... As a junior for the district champs, regional runners-up and state quarterfinalists, he hit .442 to earn the team's slugger and co-MVP awards in addition to another All-Timesland nod ... Was also selected for the Virginia Commonwealth Games in the summer of 2006 ... Played his freshman and sophomore seasons in New York, earning first-team All-Catholic honors while playing for a team ranked in the top five in the state among small schools.

Personal: Anthony Michael Balisteri, III ... Born 12/29/88 in Buffalo, N.Y. ... Son of Tony and Michelle Balisteri ... Enrolled in university studies.

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