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30 Kellen Croce

30 Kellen Croce

  • Position:
    LHP
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 205
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Cheshire, Conn.
  • Highschool:
    Gunnery School
  • Prev School:
    University of Maine
  • Major:
    Marine Affairs, Biology & Environmental Science

Summary

Biography

2018:
Third Team All-Conference...Selected to NEIBA Joe Walsh All-Star Game...Made 23 appearances on the mound, primarily as the closer...Compiled a 5-1 record through 27.0 innings pitched...Finished with a 2.33 ERA...Recorded 10 saves which finished first in the NE10...Struck out 35 batters...Had a season-high three strikeouts in 2.0 innings vs. Merrimack (3/25)...Struck out two batters in 1.0 innings pitched on 11 occasions...Did not allow a hit in 1.0 innings pitched on eight occasions...Was a part of three shutouts.

2017:
NE10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Made 19 appearances on the mound…Posted a 2.49 ERA over 25.1 innings of work…Posted a 1-1 record with 41 strikeouts…Had a season-high seven strikeouts at Southern New Hampshire (4/9)…Had three strikeouts in seven different games… Struck out the side in 1.0 innings of work against Queens (2/23), Bentley (3/25), Bridgeport (3/30), Goldey-Beacom (4/14), and Le Moyne (5/9)…Struck out at least one batter in 18 of his 19 appearances…Finished second in the NE10 in saves with six...Pitched 2.0 innings in the NE10 Championship game with one strikeout.

2016:
Made nine appearances, all of them starts….Went 4-4 with a 3.20 ERA and 44 strikeouts…Had nine strikeouts at Queens in a complete game effort innings (3/06)….Pitched a season high 8.0 innings against Southern Connecticut State (4/13)…Pitched 45 innings throughout the season…Struck out at least six batters in three consecutive games…. …Pitched six or more innings in four times…Pitched 7.0 innings in a win against Dowling (3/12).

2015:
Northeast-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Finished with a 2-1 record and a 3.09 ERA…Finished second on the team in strikeouts with 28 in just 23.1 innings of work…Struck out at least one batter in every game in which he appeared…Closed the season allowing just one earned run in his last nine outings, spanning 15.1 innings (0.59 ERA)…Tied the New Haven single-game season-high with six strikeouts in a three inning performance against Pace (4/14)… Tallied two saves against Adelphi (3/15) and Le Moyne (3/26)…Pitched two hitless innings against Southern Connecticut State (4/8) and Le Moyne (4/26).

2014:
Member of the football team at the University of Maine…Made one appearance against Boston College.
 
High School:
Two-time First Team All-New England performer at The Gunnery School…Two-Time First Team All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference…As a senior set school single-season strikeout record with 80 punchouts in 44 innings…Went 7-0 with a 1.02 ERA…Recorded a 15-1 mark in two seasons at The Gunnery…1.09 ERA in career with 174 strikeouts in 99 innings…Prior to The Gunnery, helped lead Pomperaug to the 2010 state championship…Also played football.
 
Personal:
Kellen Winslow Croce…Son of Steve and Kelly Croce…Hails from a very athletic family…Father was a student-athlete at New Haven…Uncle Pete Diatelevi played football at the University of  Wisconsin…Another Unicle, Chris Flook, swam for Bermuda in the 1992 Olympics…Brother Michael Croce played football at Bryant University…Aspires to get both a masters and a doctorate in marine biology.
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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2015Sophomore

    LHP
    6'3" 190 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2016Junior

    LHP
    6'3" 190 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2017Senior

    LHP
    6'3" 190 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2018Senior

    LHP
    6'3" 205 lbs
    30