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2024 Baseball Roster

Jonathan Broady
Derek Skinner
Luciano Calderone
Luciano Calderone
Dave Janosz
Dave Janosz
Taj Falconer
Taj Falconer
Alejandro Rubin

30 Brent Francisco

30 Brent Francisco

  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    250
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Burlington Township, N.J.
  • Highschool:
    Burlngton Township

Summary

Biography

ABCA/Rawlings All-America First Team (2024)
D2CCA All-America First Team (2024)
NCBWA All-America First Team (2024)
ABCA/Rawling Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year (2024)
D2CCA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year (2024)
NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year (2024)
PSAC East Pitcher of the Year (2024)
All-PSAC East First Team (2022, 2024)
ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region First Team (2022, 2024)
D2CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team (2022, 2024)
NCBWA All-Atlantic Region First Team (2024)
NCBWA All-Atlantic Region Honorable Mention (2022)
NCAA Statistical Champion - WHIP (2024)
PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2021-24)

ESU School Records (PDF)

R-Senior (2024) (Season Stats): ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA All-America First Team ... became 8th All-American in program history ...  only player in program history to earn All-America First Team status by the ABCA, D2CCA and NCBWA in a single season ... ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year ... ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA All-Atlantic Region First Team ... PSAC East Pitcher of the Year ... All-PSAC East First Team ... 16th player in school history to be a two-time first team all-conference selection ... NCAA Statistical Champion for WHIP (.78) ... started all 15 appearances ... 12-1 record and 1.91 ERA across 89.1 innings ... five complete games, three shutouts ... 84 strikeouts and 10 walks ... fired 26.0 consecutive scoreless innings from March 29 to April 20 ... two-time PSAC East Pitcher of the Week (4/8, 4/15) ... NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Week on April 9 ... departs with school records for innings pitched (292.1), strikeouts (326), wins (30) and games started (53) as well as single-season marks for punchouts (116 – 2022), innings pitched (89.1 – 2022, 2024), games started (16 – 2022) and wins (12 – 2024) ... lead the NCAA Division II in WHIP while ranking second in victories, third in ERA, third in strikeout-to-walk ratio (8.40), fifth in complete games, fifth in walks allowed per nine innings (1.01), seventh in hits allowed per nine innings (6.04), 21st in games started and 44th in strikeouts ... helped ESU set the single-season wins record, capture the PSAC East regular season title, finish as the PSAC Tournament runner-up and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season.

R-Junior (2023) (Season Stats): Appeared in 16 games, making 14 starts ... 8-4 record with a career-low 3.33 ERA ... 58 strikeouts, 20 walks ... pitched a season-high 7.0 innings vs. Shippensburg (3/24) ... recorded seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings vs. Kutztown (4/28) ... ranked 2nd in PSAC and 43rd in NCAA Division II with eight victories ... helped ESU advance to the PSAC and NCAA Tournaments for the second consecutive season. 

R-Sophomore (2022) (Season Stats): All-PSAC East 1st team SP selection ... D2CCA All-Atlantic Region 1st team ... ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region 1st team ... NCBWA All-Atlantic Region honorable mention ... PSAC East Pitcher of the Week (May 2) ... set ESU single-season record for strikeouts (116), innings pitched (89.1) and games started (16)  ... 6-3 with 3.63 ERA ... 17 appearances, 16 starts, 2 complete games, 2 shutouts ... 13 walks, 85 hits ... 14 strikeouts vs. Saint Rose (2/20) ... 13 strikeouts at Bloomsburg (4/11) ... fired back-to-back complete game shutouts (7 K's, 3 hits at Kutztown & 6 K's, 4 hits vs. Lock Haven) ... helped Warriors to school record 41 wins, reach PSAC championship game and advance to NCAA Atlantic Super Regional.

ESU single-season ranks: 1st in strikeouts (116) ... 1st in innings pitched (89.1) .. t-1st in games started (16) ... 3rd in K/Walk ratio (8.9) & K's/9 inn. (11.7) ... 4th shutouts (2) ... t-11th wins (6) ... t-21st in games (17)

Redshirt Freshman (2021) (Season Stats): Pitched in 7 games and made 6 starts ... 2-2 with 5.86 ERA in 27.2 innings (46 strikeouts, 18 walks, 31 hits) ... recorded the fifth most strikeouts by a freshman in a single-season ... matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts against Kutztown in game two. 

Freshman (2020) (Season Stats): Threw 13.0 scoreless innings over 4 games (2 starts) ... had 2-0 record ... 22 strikeouts, 7 walks ... 6 hits allowed and .133 batting average against ... also picked up one save.
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Historical Player Information

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    2021Redshirt Freshman

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    2022Redshirt Sophomore

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    2023Redshirt Junior

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    2024Redshirt Senior

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