UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT - UConn Huskies

UNIVERSITY JUNIOR PROFILES OF CONNECTICUT
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John
FOLINO
Junior » Pitcher
Quincy, Mass. » Quincy HS
Height: 6-4 Weight: 187 Bats: L Throws: R
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Julian
GESTEWITZ
Junior » Outfielder
Panorama City, Calif. » Los Angeles Valley College
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 Bats: R Throws: R
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2007 SEASON: Made three appearances including one start for the Huskies throwing 5.0 innings
... registered four strikeouts on the year while going 0-1... had two strikeouts two times; at Western
Carolina (Feb. 23) and in his start
against Western Michigan (Mar. 8).
2006 SEASON: Drew a pair of starts
and appeared in one game as a reliever
as a freshman... finished the
season with a 0-3 overall record and a
5.87 earned run average...hurled 15-
1/3 innings and recorded 10 strikeouts...
made his first career start in an
8-7 loss to Yale (Mar. 8)... struck out a
season-high four batters against Yale
(Mar. 8) and at Hartford (Apr. 18)...
pitched a scoreless two innings in a
relief appearance in a 19-6 win at
Marist (Apr. 5).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from
Quincy High School in Quincy, Mass.
...earned three varsity letters under
head coach Mike Drachio...a member
of the All-Scholastic team in his junior
and senior years... registered a 14-7 record and 220 strikeouts in his three years on the varsity
squad... also earned four varsity letters in golf and three in basketball ... league champion in
basketball as well as a scholastic team member... honor roll student.
2007 SEASON: Led Los Angeles Valley College with a team-high .407 batting average while
playing in and starting 37 games... recorded 55 hits in 135 at-bats... added 31 runs scored and
27 runs batted in for his team... posted a team-high .556 slugging percentage as well as a .500
on-base percentage... stole five bases in nine attempts on the season.
2006 SEASON: Made 125 appearances at the plate... recorded 38 hits, including 16 doubles and
seven homeruns to lead his team during the season... recorded 31 runs scored and 22 runs batted
in... hit .304 on the season while posting a team-high .600 slugging percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif...also lettered in
football... led his team to the CIF Southern Section Championship title... his team was ranked as
high as one of the top-10 teams in the national polls.
PERSONAL: A psychology major... born January 11, 1986.
GESTEWITZ’S CAREER HITTING STATS
YEAR AVG. GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA
2006* .304 34/34 125 31 38 16 0 7 22 0-1
2007* .407 37/37 135 31 55 11 0 3 27 5-9
CAREER .358 71/71 260 62 93 27 0 10 49 5-10
* At Los Angeles Valley College
PERSONAL: An exploratory major... born January 15, 1987.
FOLINO’S CAREER PITCHING STATS
YEAR ERA W-L APP/GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
2006 5.87 0-3 5/2 0 0 15.1 26 14 10 7 10
2007 9.00 0-1 3/1 0 0 5.0 10 9 5 4 4
CAREER 6.72 0-4 8/3 0 0 20.1 36 23 15 11 14
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2008 UCONN BASEBALL