2023: Started all 42 games he appeared in, missing just one game all season, as the everyday second baseman … Finished the season sixth on the team with a .292 batting average, scattering 38 hits, second most in his career, across 130 at bats … Among his 38 hits were 10 for extra bases, a career-high seven doubles and two triples while hitting his first collegiate home run in a non-conference neutral site win over NE10 foe Adelphi (Mar. 15) in Boca Raton, Fla. … Both of his hits in that game versus the Panthers went for extra bases, adding a double, while scoring three runs … Drove in 25 runs and scored 24 times while working 21 walks, third most on the team, while sacrificing himself seven times and finishing a perfect 4-of-4 in stolen base attempts … Led the team with 80 assists and added 76 putouts, finishing the year with a .987 fielding percentage … Hit safely in 28 games, finishing 10 with multiple hits, including a season-best of four as he went a perfect 4-of-4 at the plate, with two runs scored in an NE10 win over Pace (Apr. 2) … Drove in a season-best three runs as part of a 2-for-4 outing against Caldwell (Apr. 6) … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.
2022: One of three players to play and start all 43 games … Finished the year with a .232 batting average, hitting successfully in 24 games as he scattered 35 hits total for the season … In addition, he drove in 17 runs and scored 27 times, also racking up 20 walks on the year … Among those 24 games, were 10 where he finished with a multi-hit outing, including a stretch of four straight games where eh combined to go 9-of-17, all against non-conference opponents … Set a season-high with three hits in the first half of a doubleheader against West Virginia State (Mar. 5) as he closed out the double dip with five total hits and a pair of RBI on the day … Closed out the season hitting safely in each of the final five games, including racking up four hits across a three-game series against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State (May 6-8) … Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean's List following the Fall 2021 semester.
2021: Named to the Norheast-10 All-Conference Second Team … Led the Chargers in batting average (.348), on-base percentage (.449), runs (18), hits (23), sacrifice bunts (3), total plate appearances (81), and at bats (66) ... Committed only two errors all season at shortstop (.974 fielding percentage) ... Hit safely in 15 of the 19 games with six multi-hit games ... Had five hits, including three doubles, and scored three runs in a win over American International (Apr 28) ... Only struck out six times, while drawing 11 walks ... Scored winning run after singling to start ninth inning in walk-off playoff win over Pace (May 11) … Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters.
2020: Led the team with a .357 batting average while starting all eight games at shortstop in a season shortened by the CoVID-19 pandemic … Second on the team with a .538 on-base percentage … Tallied seven RBI and six runs scored … Tied for second on the team with 11 walks … Went 3-for-5 with two walks and scored two runs in a win over Stonehill (Feb. 23) … Reached base four times with two hits, a pair of walks, three RBI and two runs scored in a win over Saint Thomas Aquinas (Mar. 7) ... Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean's List following the Spring 2020 semester.
2019: Named to the Northeast 10 All-Rookie Team … One of four Chargers to start in all 37 games, serving as the team’s shortstop and leadoff hitter … Finished with a .260 batting average, collecting 39 hits in 150 at bats … Second on the team with 24 runs and 18 walks, and was third with 14 RBI … Also third on the team with eight stolen bases in 12 attempts … Started the season by picking up a hit in each of his first eight games, and 10 of his first 11 overall … Recorded multi-hit games on 10 occasions, the first of which came in his second collegiate game, a 3-for-5 performance with three runs scored against Felician (Feb. 23) … Later the same day, he knocked in two runs on a pair of hits against No. 19 Saint Thomas Aquinas … Tallied another three-hit game with two runs scored against Felician (Mar. 13) … Went 2-for-4 with a walk and three RBI in a 7-1 win over Pace (Apr. 10) … Tallied a pair of hits, a walk, run scored and two RBI against No. 11 Adelphi (Apr. 29) … Delivered a big game-tying, two-run single in the ninth inning at Saint Rose (May 4).
High School: Four-year member of both the baseball and basketball teams at Cromwell High … Helped lead the baseball team to three Shoreline Conference championship titles … Helped the basketball team to the 2018 Division V state championship crown … Second team All-State selection in basketball in 2018.
Personal: Son of Michele and Tony Budzik … Has two sisters, Maddy and Sadie, and one brother, Christian … His grandfather Ted Budzik played in the Cleveland Indians organization, playing the 1957-59 seasons in the New York Penn League and the Northern League … Received his Bachelor of Science in business management in January 2023 and currently pursuing his Master of Business Administration.
