2010 Baseball Roster
John Gianis
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Summit, N.J.
- High School:
- Morristown-Beard HS
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
As a junior (2011)
• Won the job as the starting right fielder to begin the season and responded with a solid season
• Batted .290 with nine doubles in 29 ACC games
• Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs on March 9 in the second game of the Radford series
• Had a single and a double and drove in two runs in five at-bats March 20 in the final game of the Georgia Tech series
• Went 3-for-3 and drove in a run March 22 vs. Northwestern
• Matched his career high in hits with a 4-for-5 game April 17 in the final game of the North Carolina series
• Had three hits, including a home run, and tied a career high with four runs scored April 20 at UNC Wilmington
• Hit a pair of doubles and drove in three runs in five at-bats April 24 in the finale of the Virginia series
• Had a seven-game hitting streak snapped May 6 in the first game of the East Tennessee State series, and batted .357 (10-for-28) with four doubles, a home run, seven runs scored and four RBIs during the streak
• Went 3-for-5, scored twice and drove in three runs May 15 in the final game of the Florida State series
As a sophomore (2010)
• Batted .407 (33-for-81) with eight doubles and two home runs in his final 30 games
• Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, four walks, five runs scored and two RBIs in the season-opening series vs. La Salle, Feb. 19-21
• Went 2-for-2, scored four runs, doubled, tripled, walked twice, stole a base and drove in a pair of runs in the finale of the La Salle series
• Went 4-for-6 with a triple, three runs scored and an RBI on March 16 at NC Central
• Hit his first college home run, a three-run shot, March 17 at UNC Wilmington
• Matched his career high with four hits April 7 vs. Coppin State
• Had a six-game hitting streak April 2 through April 13, and batted .500 (9-for-18) during the streak
• Went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs, including the game-winner, April 21 at East Carolina
• Went 8-for-13 with two doubles, five runs scored and four RBIs in the Towson series, May 7-9
• Had a 10-game hitting streak April 17 vs. Maryland through May 9 vs. Towson, and batted .450 (18-for-40) with five doubles and 11 RBIs during the streak
• Led NC State in hitting June 4-5 at the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional, collecting four hits in seven at-bats
As a freshman (2009)
• Batted .385 through the first month of the season to force his way into the starting lineup
• Started 18 of the Wolfpack's final 33 games
• Had a team-best 10-game hitting streak from March 14 vs. Maryland through April 1 vs. East Carolina, and batted .467 (14-for-30) with eight RBIs during the steak
• Had a season-high three hits and drove in a run in five at-bats March 24 vs. UNC Greensboro
• Went 5-for-11 with five RBIs during the Virginia Tech series March 28-29
• Matched his season high with three hits in six at-bats on April 5 in the finale of the BC series
• Had three hits, scored twice and drove in two runs in the Duke series April 11-12
• Went 2-for-4 and scored twice on May 14 vs. Clemson
Summer league
• Played for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod League in 2011
• Played for the Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate League in 2010 and batted .370 to lead the team
• Played for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods
League in 2009 and batted .256 with eight RBIs
High school
• Named to The Newark Star-Ledger's all-prep team in 2008 after batting .350 for head coach Bill McQuade at The Hun School of Princeton
• Named to the all-area first team by nj.com website
• Named the Colonial Hills Conference Player of the Year as a junior at Morristown-Beard High School in 2007
• Batted .525 with 10 doubles, six triples and one home run, and set a school record with 48 stolen bases in 49 attempts
• Stole a school-record 108 bases in three seasons at Morristown-Beard
• Belted eight home runs as a sophomore to set a school single-season record
• Also played soccer and set career and single-season school records at Morristown-Beard for goals scored
• Was conference player of the year in soccer at The Hun School in 2008
MLB Draft
• Taken in the 26th round by the Los Angeles Angels in the 2011 MLB draft
Personal
• Majoring in history