Rutgers-Newark Athletics

PROFILE OF THE WEEK (May 1, 2010)

NOTES: Career .319 hitter who was a two-year starter at first base… amassed 101 hits with 72 RBIs and 74 runs scored… notched a slugging percentage of .524 with 29 doubles, three triples and 10 home runs… drew 42 walks on his way to a .406 on-base percentage… delivered five sacrifice flies… committed just 11 errors in 706 career chances (.984).

SENIOR (2010): Started 41 games at first base for the 22-21 Raiders… fifth on squad with 35 RBIs and tied for third in home runs (5)… hit .299 but had 11 doubles, a triple and five home runs to up his slugging percentage to .490… drew 16 walks to post a .379 on-base percentage… led team with 276 putouts while taking part in 26 double plays… hit safely in 20 games with 14 multiple-hit efforts… drove in four runs with a double and a triple in a 17-3 win over John Jay (3/25)… belted a three-run homer while going two for four in a 20-9 win over Baruch (4/11)… had a two-run home run while going two for four with three RBIs in a 9-8 loss to New Jersey City (4/23)… went three for three with a solo homer, two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk in a 9-0 win over Montclair State (4/16)… went three for four with a pair of doubles in a 12-4 win over Alvernia (4/13)… went three for five with a double and a pair of RBIs in a 9-8 loss to Whittier (3/20)… in a doubleheader sweep of Cal Lutheran (3/19), went three for seven with five runs scored, three RBIs, two walks, a homer and a double.

JUNIOR (2009): Third team ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection… second team All-NJCBA pick… NJAC Player of the Week (Week 3)… started every game at first base, hitting .331 with a .561 slugging percentage… paced Raiders with 23 extra-base hits including a team-high 17 doubles… fourth on the squad with 32 RBIs… tied for home runs with five and added one triple… drew 18 walked to notch a .407 on-base percentage… chipped in three sacrifice flies… made just one fielding error in 368 total chances and took part in 29 double plays… hit safely in 30 games with 14 multiple-hit efforts… had an incredible four for six game with a solo home run, two doubles a single and four RBIs in a 15-11 win over Menlo (3/13)… went four for seven with five RBIs, three runs scored and a home run in each game of a doubleheader sweep of Purchase (3/8)… drove in three runs on a sacrifice fly and two ground balls in a 13-5 win over Redlands (3/22)… had a double in each game, collected three RBIs and scored twice in a doubleheader sweep of Cal Lutheran (3/21)…went three for three with a walk and a run scored in a 9-4 win over New Jersey City (3/30)… went three for five with two doubles, two RBIs and a run scored in a 12-0 win over Rutgers-Camden (4/4)… belted a grand slam, stroked a sacrifice fly, walked and scored in key a 14-10 win over William Paterson (4/5).,

SOPHOMORE (2008): Played in five games as a reserve first baseman… singled, scored and added a fielder’s choice RBI during a 6-run, eighth-inning outburst in a 20-3 win over Lehman (4/10)… walked, scored a run, then drove in a run with an infield grounder in the 8-run eighth inning in an 18-4 win over John Jay (4/15)... no errors in eight chances in the field.

FRESHMAN (2007): Appeared in 12 games and started two as a DH… hit. 417 in 17 at-bats with a double, triple and three RBI… also scored five runs… went Four for four with a run scored against Pomona-Pitzer (3/18) after entering game in the second inning… recorded his first collegiate RBI against New Jersey City (3/30)… went one for two with two RBI against John Jay (4/9).

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at East Pennsboro High School… as a sophomore helped team to the playoffs and a 12-9 record… played for the American Legion (2004-06) as well as the Central PA Capitals (2003-05).

PERSONAL: Son of Robert and Susan Lingo… received his bachelor of science in criminal justice in the spring of 2010… Rutgers-Newark Honors College student… member of the National Honor Society in high school and earned 1st Honors in each marking period.