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32 Pete Soporowski

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 225
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Sayreville, NJ
  • Highschool Sayreville War Memorial

Biography

2021
- Second-Team All-MAAC.
- MAAC Pitcher of the Week (5/3).
- Played in 11 games on the mound and made ten starts as a graduate student.
- Went 6-3 with a 3.86 ERA and struck out 59 batters in 60.2 innings.
- His 59 strikeouts led the team and was fourth in the MAAC.
- Six victories led the team and ranked third in the MAAC.
- Pitched five complete games, seventh most in the nation.
- Pitched three complete game shutouts.

2020
- Started four games on the mound for the Broncs as a senior.
- Was second in the MAAC and 195th nationally with a 2.13 ERA.
- Struck out 11 batters in 25.1 innings.
- Tossed 6.1 innings, while allowing just a single run and striking out four in a win over Charleston Southern.

2019
- During his junior campaign he made eight starts on the mound for the Broncs before missing the end of the season due to injury.
- Named the Team’s Most Valuable Pitcher.
- In 47 and two-thirds innings of work he went 3-2 with a team-low 2.64 ERA.
- During the year, he struck out a team-high 62 hitters and issued five walks, while posting a WHIP of 1.00.
- Recorded four quality starts during the year.
- He tossed seven and two-thirds innings and struck out a career-high 15 hitters without issuing a walk against Niagara on March 23.
- On March 15, he went six innings and struck out 11 hitters without issuing a walk at Sacramento State.
- He allowed one earned run or fewer in five of his eight starts.
- Tossed seven and two-thirds scoreless innings and struck out seven hitters without issuing a walk in a win over Saint Peter’s on April 6. 

2018
- Made 13 appearances including a team-high 13 starts for the Broncs on the mound as a sophomore.
- Was named the Team’s Most Valuable Pitcher.
- Was once named the MAAC Pitcher of the Week.
- He went 3-7 with a 5.35 ERA. He tossed a team-high 65.2 innings and struck out a team-best 48 strikeouts.
- Tossed six or more innings in six starts. Recorded five quality starts.
- Pitched seven scoreless innings scattering three hits and striking out five batters against Miami (Ohio) on March 3.
- Struck out a season-best seven hitters and allowed just one earned run in six innings to earn his first win of the season against Delaware State on February 26.

2017
- Made 14 appearances on the mound, including 13 starts for the Broncs.
- Was a prominent weekend starter in MAAC play.
- Went 2-5 with a 6.95 ERA and struck out 44 batters in 66 innings of work.
- Third on the team in innings pitched and strikeouts.
- Tossed six or more innings three starts (two of which came in MAAC play).
- Had three quality starts.
- First collegiate win came at Georgia as he pitched six innings and allowed three earned runs.
- Second win of the year came versus Saint Peter's in MAAC play.
- Named the MAAC Rookie of the Week on April 18.

BEFORE RIDER
Attended Sayreville War Memorial High School…Three-year letter winner for baseball as a pitcher and first baseman…First Team All-County…First Team All-League…First Team All-Division honors…won five games as a junior with a 1.68 earned run average…compiled 67 strikeouts in 57 innings, earning First Team All-Conference and Third Team All-Group IV honors…Third Team All-Conference selection, compiling a 1.82 earned run average as a sophomore…plays for the 9ers baseball club.

PERSONAL
Hobbies include fishing and golf…son of Ronald and Florence Soporowski…older brother Ronald.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    2018Sophomore

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    2019Junior

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    2020Senior

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    2021Graduate Student

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