2015: Named Second Team All-ECC… Appeared in 37 games making 34 starts… Ranked second on team with .314 average… Finished with 33 hits, 16 runs, 12 RBI, five doubles and two home runs in 105 at bats… Second on team with .419 slugging percentage and led Mavericks with 20 walks and .434 on base percentage… Threw out 20 runners from behind the plate… Finished 3-for-7 with an RBI against East Region champions Wilmington (Del.) on March 12th…Threw out a season-high three runners against LIU Post on March 24th… Ended game versus Caldwell on April 1st 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI… Went 1-for-3 with a home run and RBI in Mavericks second game against Caldwell on April 15th… Concluded season with at least one hit in seven of the last eight games, capped by a 1-for-3, two RBI Senior Day outing against Queens on May 3rd.
2014: Played in 35 games, starting 32...Batted .247 (24-for-97) with nine RBI, ten runs, a home run, five doubles and a triple... Had .351 slugging percentage and .345 on base percentage... Drew 13 walks on the season and stole two bases... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored in Mercy's 6-3 win over Queens on March 21st... Finished 1-for-4 with a homer and two RBI against Queens on March 23rd.
2013: Played in 37 games, starting 35…Hit .141 (14-for-99) with five runs, two RBI’s ,and one double…Recorded a .152 slugging percentage, and a .213 on base percentage, while having a .983 fielding percentage…Was 2 for 2 on stolen bases...Went a perfect 2-2 at Queens on March 30.
2012: Played in 26 games, including 19 starts…batted .145…drew six walks and two hit-by-pitches to post a .250 on-base percentage…scored four runs…batted five runs in…posted a .950 fielding percentage in over 100 chances…was 2-4 with a walk, one run and two RBI against No. 20 Franklin Pierce on March 18…went 0-1 with two walks and one run against Dowling on March 23…was 1-4 with a walk, RBI and stolen base against C.W. Post on April 27.
Prior to Mercy: Holds the single-season record for pickoffs and home runs in one inning...played for Head Coach Tony Frasdogna...played club ball for the Dix Hills Dodgers.
Personal: Born in Stony Brook, N.Y....son of Carmelo and Brenda Palumbo...has two sisters, Lena (31) and Amanda (29)...majoring in criminal justice.
