Pace University Athletics

2025: Started in all 50 games for the Setters... Batted .251/.359/.335 with 18 RBIs, and 28 runs scored... Tallied 42 hits, eight doubles, 18 walks, and two home runs... Knocked a walk-off three run home-run against Assumption (3/23/25)... Began the season with a solo home run against Bloomfield (2/23/25)... Posted two hits and an RBI versus Mercy (3/9/25)... Had four straight games with an RBI posting five base-knocks in that stretch... Tallied two hits and an RBI against Molloy (4/29/25)... Had nine multi-hit performances... Finished the season with 89 putouts and two assists in the field ... Academic All-NE10 ... Elite 24 recipient... Earned Academic Distinction on the NE10 Spring Academic Honor Roll... Recieved the Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence.

2024: Saw action in 40 games for Pace drawing 39 starts... Batted .288/.392/.424 scoring 22 runs and driving in 21 RBIs... Posted 38 total hits, with 16 walks, nine doubles, and three home runs... Recorded three stolen bases... Had 35 putouts and 1 assist in the field... Began the season with two hits and an RBI against Slippery Rock (3/1/24)... Produced two hits, a walk, and one RBI against Wilmington (3/2/24)... Knocked a home run and two total hits against Dominican (3/12/24)... Tallied two hits and two RBIs against Adelphi (3/15/24)... Scored three runs with two hits against Caldwell (4/10/24)... Went 3-for-4 with a run and three RBIs against Saint Rose (4/27/24)... Launched a home run with two RBIs against Franklin Pierce (5/9/24)... Posted 12 multi-hit games... Earned Academic Excellence on the NE10 Spring Academic Honor Roll... Earned Academic Distinction on the NE10 Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Earned Academic Excellence on the NE10 Fall Academic Honor Roll. 

Prior to Pace: Played the 2023 season at Monroe College... Hit .359 with an on-base percentage of .478... Went 2-3 with a solo home run against Potomac State (5/5/22)... Drove in a season-high three runs against Rockland (4/2/22).

High School: Ranked in the Top 100 in New York... Rated the 15th-best outfielder in New York... Led Ward Melville to the 2022 NYSPHSAA Baseball semi-finals with a go-ahead three-run home run vs. Commack (5/25/20).

Personal: Parents: Matthew Franco... Major: Finance... School: Lubin School of Business.