Bentley University

Team captain … graduate outfielder/first baseman from Springfield, Mass. ... bats right and throws right ... Career Statistics: prior to this season, had been in 71 games with 70 starts … .333 career average with his 80 hits including 16 doubles, two triples and five home runs … 53 RBI, 51 runs scored and 12 stolen bases … Summer Leagues: this past summer, played with the Extra Innings Braves and won the Boston Park League championship …teammates included Steve Rizzuto, Eddy Beauregard and former Falcon Jimmy Hodgson … 2022: led the Falcons in batting average with a .314 average … was one of four Falcons to start every game (31 LF, 6 1B, 3 DH, 2 RF) ... 44 hits was tied for the team high and included eight doubles and three homers … 31 runs scored and 31 RBI … finished season with a 10-game hitting streak … .368 average with runners on base and .396 with runners in scoring position … earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors … 14 multi-hit games included four against Florida Tech Feb. 11, against Assumption Feb. 26, against Caldwell March 15 and at Stonehill May 5 … 10 RBI in a four-game stretch March 15-18 ,,, 2021: earned 2^nd-team All-Northeast-10 honors after hitting .364 (2^nd on the team) with 20 runs scored and 22 RBI … 36 hits included eight doubles, two triples and two homers … had a .545 slugging percentage and only one error in 45 chances … batted .376 in conference games, .365 with runners on base and .350 with runners in scoring position … started 27 games in left and the other in center … 11 multi-hit games, including 4 at Saint Anselm Apr. 3 … 4 RBI vs. St. Michael’s Apr. 11 and 3 RBI in 4 other games … homered against Stonehill, Southern New Hampshire and Assumption … earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors …  2020: did not see any game action during the abbreviated season ... 2019: appeared in one game with one at bat ... Before Bentley: 2018 graduate of Pope Francis High School ... earned nine varsity letters in baseball, basketball and soccer ... played on first-ever Western Massachusetts baseball team to make the high school Super 8 tournament in 2016 ... two-year baseball team captain ... first-team All-Western Mass. and All-League as a senior ... reached the Western Mass. tournament finals in 2018 ... two-year co-captain in basketball and soccer ... played in Massachusetts Senior All-Star baseball game ... Personal: age as of Feb. 1: 22 ... as an undergrad, majored in economics-finance ... had a minor in computer science ...son of Kevin and Molly Sears ... has two younger siblings, Conor (20) and Brennan (17) ... father was a diver at Providence College, as was his uncle Pat Sears, and both still own school records ... cousin Jack Sears played football at Boise State ... volunteered at the Holy Name Social Center and assisted the Holy Name Athletics Association throughout middle school and high school ... also volunteers with New Spirit Inc. ... Holy Cross Book Award ... National Honor Society ... MassMutual Achiever from 2015-18 ... graduated in top 10 percent of class.