2017: All-ECC Second Team ... Played in 51 games in 2017 (51 starts) … Tied for first on the team in homeruns with seven … Finished third on the team in hitting with a batting average of .286 (55-192) and finished second on the team in RBIs with 41 … Tallied a season-high four RBIs and one homerun against Felician (Feb. 24) … Recorded four hits, three RBIs and two homeruns against Merrimack (Feb. 25) … Had three hits, four RBIs and one homerun against St. Thomas Aquinas (Feb. 24) … Recorded a total of 282 putouts with a .963 fielding percentage

Prior to LIU Post: Transfer from USC Upstate, where hit .235 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 2016 ... played varsity baseball at Christ School ... garnered All-Conference, All-State and Most Valuable Player accolades ... named Western North Carolina Player of the Year in 2015.

Personal: Has three siblings, Rocco, Victoria and Sophia ... son of Anthony and Tina Vaglica ... lists football as one of his hobbies ... his favorite athlete is Yadier Molina ... the person he admires most is Brent Kaneft ... aspires to play professional baseball after graduation ... majoring in business.