Rutgers single-season strikeout record (90) set in 2022
2022 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
2022 All-Big Ten Third Team
2020 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll
Hartford single-season games started record (15) set in 2018
2018 America East All-Second Team
2018 America East All-Academic Team
Career Highs
IP: 8.0, 2x, last vs. Penn State (5/27/22)
SO: 12, vs. Central Connecticut State (3/31/18)
Why Rutgers? "Rutgers is a really good academic and athletic graduate-year fit for me. I am familiar with and have respect for the coaching staff as well."
2022 (Graduate)
- Set Rutgers single-season strikeout record (90)
- Big Ten All-Tournament Team
- All-Big Ten Third Team
Named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team after flirting with complete game shutout against Penn State, finished game with 8+ IP, 3 H, 1 ER and 10 strikeouts (5/27) ... Set a Rutgers-best mark with 10 strikeouts across 5.0 innings of work in Senior Day win over Bowling Green, allowing just one hit and no runs (5/14) ... Picked up win to clinch series at Ohio State, going 5.0 innings and allowing 2 ER and four hits with nine strikeouts and just one walk (4/30) ... Tossed a 5.0 inning gem at Nebraska, not allowing a run and striking out seven batters with just one hit and one walk allowed (4/9) ...
Earned the win in first game of doubleheader against Minnesota, going 6.0 innings and allowing just 1 run on four hits and four strikeouts (4/2) ...
Had seven strikeouts in 4.0 innings of work in start against Omaha (3/20) ... Struck out six over 5.1 scoreless innings to defeat VCU (3/6) ... beat UNCW (2/26) with nine strikeouts and just two hits allowed over five scoreless innings ... struck out four with only one run allowed over three innings in Rutgers debut at Houston Baptist (2/20).
University of Hartford
Career at Hartford: Pitched in 42 games with 36 starts … logged 197.2 innings … owns 211 strikeouts … named America East All-Second Team in 2018 … started a game in the NCAA Regionals in 2018 … pitched two summers in the Cape Cod League.
2021 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in and started nine games on the mound … worked three seven-inning complete games with a shutout … totaled 51 innings with 64 strikeouts … had at least seven strikeouts in seven games … pitched in the summer for Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod League … beat Maine (5/14) with only one run allowed in six innings … fanned nine at Stony Brook (4/3) … tossed seven shutout frames with nine strikeouts in a complete-game win over NJIT (3/27) and earned America East co-Pitcher of the Week (3/29) … surrendered just one run in seven innings to top Binghamton (3/21) in season debut.
2020 (Redshirt Junior)
- America East Commissioner's Honor Roll
Made three starts … named to America East Commissioner's Honor Roll … logged 14.2 innings and struck out 12 … tossed six scoreless innings and struck out six en route to win at North Florida (2/29).
2019 (Junior)
Missed season due to injury. Received medical redshirt.
2018 (Sophomore)
- Set Hartford record with 15 starts
- America East All-Second Team
- America East All-Academic Team
Made 15 starts, setting a new program record for starts in a season … named to the America East All-Second Team … earned America East All-Academic Team honors … logged 84.2 innings … accumulated a 3.78 ERA … led the America East with 93 strikeouts, the second-most strikeouts in a season in program history … pitched in the summer for the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod League and part of championship run … started game two of the NCAA Tournament against USF (6/2) at the Deland Regional, pitching five innings and striking out six batters … tossed a career-high eight innings, allowing just one run and striking out seven in win over UMBC (5/6) … selected America East Pitcher of the Week (4/4) … tossed seven innings of shutout ball while striking out 12 batters against CCSU (3/31).
2017 (Freshman): Appeared in 15 games with nine starts … named to America East Commissioner's Honor Roll … led the team in strikeouts (42), and batting average against (.240) … logged 46.1 innings … tallied six games with four or more strikeouts … struck out six in 4.2 innings at Army (5/6) … beat UMass Lowell (4/29).
Prior to College: Won 13 games during his varsity career at Minnechaug High School … finished with a 1.75 ERA and 165 strikeouts … struck out 16 batters during a no-hitter as a senior … two-time MBCA State All-Star selection … two-time PVIAC All League Team Member … two-time All Western-Mass selection … honored among the MassLive "Super 7" in 2016 … member of the "AP" Prospect Team that won the Diamond Nation Super 17 Tournament in 2015 … a gymnast for 13 years and competed for Daggett Gymnastics … qualified for and competed in the National Junior Olympics in 2012.
Personal: Son of Michelle and Bill Florence … has an older brother, Josh.
