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2023 Baseball Roster

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4 Kevin Pitarra

  • Position C/IF
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 185
  • Hometown Cary, N.C.
  • High School Green Hope

Biography

2023 (Red-shirt junior): Earned CAA Leadership and Sport Excellence Award ... Named Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators ... P0sted career highs across the board, including batting average (.337), hits (29), RBI's (22) sacrifice hits (8) and stolen bases (3) ... Drove in three runs on three occasions, at Charlotte (3/8), at Towson (3/19) and at Charleston (5/13) ... Hit first career home run against Monmouth (3/11) ... Had 11 multi-hit games, including four three-hit outings.

2022 (Red-shirt sophomore): Started 15-of-24 games played, seeing time in the infield as well as catcher ... Had two hits at Appalachian State (3/4) ... Doubled against VMI (4/3) ... Scored four runs.

2021 (Red-shirt freshman): Saw action in 22 games, including 14 starts ... Split time between catcher and second base ... Had season-high two hits at nationally-ranked Oklahoma State (4/11) ... Doubled at the College of Charleston (3/28) in a pinch-hitting role ... Scored twice and drove in a run against UNCA (4/16).

2020 (Freshman): Played in three games, making one start ... Made collegiate debut against Bryant (2/16).

At Green Hope: Played four seasons on the varsity for coach Michael Miragliuolo and the Falcons ... Helped Falcons to conference championship and 4A State finals his freshman season ... Team went 25-7 that season ... Falcons compiled a 77-33 record during his career ... Played in the NC State games for Region 3 in 2018 ... Earned first-team All-Tri-6 Conference honors his sophomore and senior seasons ... Hit .337, posted a .423 on base average while hitting two home runs his senior season ... Hit .334 for his career and set a school record with an 18-game hitting streak ... Named team's offensive MVP his sophomore season and was the team's defensive MVP as a senior.

Personal: Full name: Kevin John Pitarra ... Son of Jennifer and Paul Pitarra ... Born in Cary, N.C. ... Father played baseball at Penn State and brother, Stephen, played at NC State.

Statistics

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2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2020Freshman

    C
    5'11" 178 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    C/IF
    5'11" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    C/IF
    5'10" 185 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2023Redshirt Junior

    C/IF
    5'11" 185 lbs
    4