Graduate student and infielder from Arlington, Mass. … bats left and throws right … enters 2019 season as a .320 career hitter in 114 games, all starts … 148 hits include 19 doubles, five triples and two home runs … 84 runs scored, 71 RBI, .403 on base percentage, .940 fielding percentage … has played for the Watertown Reds of the Intercity League the last five summers, hitting .369 in 114 games … .457 career OBP with the Reds … has also played with the New England Ruffnecks … 2018: had a standout season for the Falcons with his honors including first-team All-Northeast-10, 1st-team D2CCA All-East Region, 2nd-team NBCWA Division II All-East and ABCA Division II All-East … .374 batting average led the Falcons and was second in the NE10 … 67 hits was tied for seventh most in program history and was the most by a Falcon since 2002 … scored a team-high 40 runs and finished with nine doubles, three triples, a homer, 36 RBI and a .444 OBP … batted .364 in NE10 games, .383 vs. NE10 Northeast Division opponents and .416 against East Region foes … hit .388 at home and .568 in neutral site contests … with runners in scoring position, was 27 of 53 (.509) … included was six of eight with bases loaded … generally batted first or second in the lineup … 34 of his starts came at second base with the other seven at third … 21 multiple hit games, including four against Nyack Mar. 4, against Bridgeport Mar. 16 and 17, and at Stonehill Apr. 21 … 4 RBI Mar. 16 vs. Bridgeport and Apr. 26 vs. Merrimack … reached base in 34 consecutive games Mar. 4-May 4 … NE10 Weekly Honor Roll four times … 2017: did not see any game action due to injury … 2016: was one of seven players to start all 40 games, all of those coming at third … batted .296 with his 47 hits including four doubles … .387 on base percentage was second on team … tied for team-high in runs scored (29) … .356 average in Northeast-10 games … hit a sparkling .441(26 of 59) in 14 home games … .311 hitter with runners in scoring position … was the Falcons’ leadoff hitter 28 times … was 5-for-5 in game two of a doubleheader against Saint Anselm Apr. 23 … over the final 12 games, hit .404 (21-52) … five games with at least three hits … Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll twice (Apr. 11, 25) … 2015: selected for the Northeast-10 All-Rookie team after starting every game for the Falcons (16 2B, 15 3B, 2 DH) … 3rd on the team in hitting at .272 … 34 hits included 6 doubles, 2 triples and a homer … drove in 18 runs and scored 15 times … was team’s best with runners in scoring position (15-37, .351) … 2-for-5 with 5 RBI with bases loaded … .300 with runners on base … in 2nd game of an Apr. 12 doubleheader at Assumption, was 4-for-4 with 5 RBI, 3 runs scored and a home run … drove in 3 Apr. 25 at Saint Anselm … named Northeast-10 Rookie of the Week Feb. 5 … Before Bentley: 2014 graduate of Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School where he was a two-year captain and Independent School League All-Star in baseball … was also a team captain and ISL All-Star in football as a senior … won Patricia Biggar award for excellence in athletics and leadership … played with New England Ruffnecks from 2009-13 … Personal: son of Mary Kay and Bill Samko … has two sisters, Tracey (34) and Kristen (32), and one brother, Peter (30) … graduated in May 2018 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in management … minor in psychology … pursuing Masters’ in business analytics … age as of Feb. 1: 23 … mother is Bentley’s longtime swimming coach and was the first woman ever inducted into the Boston College Hall of Fame … father is a longtime college football coach who is now on the Bentley staff … he played football and baseball at UConn … in high school, volunteered at the Boys & Girls Club, and also playing basketball with little kids and helping them to do their homework.
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