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2022 Baseball Roster

Dave Schofield '71

17 Vinny Chiarenza

  • Position First Base/Outfield
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 210
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Grand Island, N.Y.
  • High School Canisius
  • Prev School Niagara County Community College
  • Twitter ChiarenzaVinny
  • Instagram vinny_chiarenza

Biography

AWARDS
ALL-MAAC FIRST TEAM (2021)
MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (2021, 2022)
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3-3x, Last: vs Iona (4/9/22)
RBI: 6, at Monmouth (5/15/21)
Runs: 4, at Charleston Southern (3/12/22)
Longest Hit Streak: 8, 5/8/21 - 5/25/21 (.410 - 9-for-22)
2022 • GRADUATE SEASON (Updated May 31)
• Appeared in 46 games, making 42 starts
• Hit .256 with 41 base knocks, including 13 extra-base hits, in 153 plate appearances
• Ranked fourth on the squad with 36 RBI
• One of six players with 20 or more walks to his credit (26)
• Named MAAC Player of the Week on May 23 after hitting three home runs during the final series of the regular season against Monmouth
• Went 3-for-6 with two runs scored and four RBI in victory at Manhattan (March 26)
• Was 3-for-5 with two RBI in win against Iona (April 8)
• Reached base three times in NCAA Tournament Coral Gables Regional elimination game against Arizona, drawing two walks and being hit by pitch once 
• MAAC All-Academic Team selection
2021 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
• Started in all 35 games played
• Batted .330 while recording team highs in home runs (9) and RBI (33)
• Drew 25 walks, also a team-high
• Had 225 putouts and was included in 14 double plays, both of which were also team highs
• Recorded 13 multi-hit performances in season
• Tallied multiple RBI on eight occasions
• Reached base in a career-long 21 consecutive contests
• Hit two home runs at Monmouth (May 15), one of which was a grand slam
• Hit program's first grand slam since 2018, also had team's first multi-HR game since 2018
• Drew a pair of intentional walks, tied for the seventh-most in a single season
2020 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
• Made five starts in 13 appearances in first year with Griffs
• Drove in two runs, while also scoring twice in team debut on Feb. 15 vs. UMass Lowell
• Recorded season-high 10 putouts at Radford (March 7)
BEFORE CANISIUS
• Played two seasons at NCCC after redshirting his freshman year at Mercyhurst
• Hit .419 over his two years with the Thunderwolves, belting 16 home runs to knock in 97 RBI while scoring 111 runs and swiping 33 bases
• Was a Third Team All-American in 2018 and First Team All-American in 2019
• Named an All-Region 3 Gold Glove in 2018
• Won the 2018-19 NCCC Chancellor’s Award and the NCCC President’s Cup
• Earned three varsity letters at Canisius High School, winning Georgetown Cup in 2014 and 2016
• Named First Team All-Catholic and All-Western New York Honorable Mention in his junior and senior seasons
PERSONAL
• Son of John and Maria Chiarenza
• Has one brother, John, and one sister, Alexa
• Majoring in finance

Statistics

Season:
2022

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2020Redshirt Junior

    First Base/Outfield
    6'2" 210 lbs
    34
  • 17

    2021Redshirt Senior

    First Base/Outfield
    6'2" 210 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2022Graduate Student

    First Base/Outfield
    6'2" 210 lbs
    17