Stonehill College

2012: NE-10Commissioner's Honor Roll (BothSemesters).Athletic Director's Honor Roll (FallSemester). Started in all 49 games for Stonehill,only one of five players to do so on the the squad. Started 25games at designated hitter, 14 at first base and ten at third base.Hit .290 (51-for-176) with 28 runs scored, nine doubles, onetriple, three home runs and 31 runs batted in. Posted a sluggingpercentage of .403 and an on-base percentage of .388. Compiled a.979 fielding percentage in 188 chances (148 putouts, 36 assists,four errors). Hit .386 against left-handed pitching (17-for-44).Batted .352 with runners on (32-for-91), .293 with runners inscoring position (17-for-58), .444 with runners on third and lessthan two outs (8-for-18) and .304 with two outs. Knocked in 12two-out RBI's, third most on the team. Had 12 multi-hit games andsix multi-RBI games. Had a seven game hitting streak spanning fromFebruary 25 to March 9. Collected ten and four RBI's during thatspan. Had home runs against Concordia (N.Y.) on February 26,American International College (April 9) and Saint Anselm College(April 28). Reached base safely in 42 out of 49 games played via ahit, walk or a hit-by-pitch. Went 3-for-6 with one run scored, onehomer and three runs batted in against Saint Anselm College in gametwo of a doublehaeder on April 28. Knocked in three runs againstSaint Michael's College on March 31. Also scored two runs, had adouble and walked in the win versus the Purple Knights. Drew fivewalks in a three-game span from March 24 to March 25 versus PaceUniversity and Adelphi University, respectively. Notched his onlytriple in the second to last game of the season against MerrimackCollege going 2-for-4 with one run scored and two runs battedin.

2011: Appeared in36 games for Stonehill making 32 starts. Batted .208 (25-for-120)with four doubles, one triple and 12 runs batted in. Had asecond-best four sacrifice flies for the team. Reached base at a.458 clip as a leadoff hitter in an inning (11-for-24). Went1-for-3 as a pinch hitter. Batted .500 with a runner on third andless than two outs (5-for-10). Had six multi-hit games highlightedby a season-high three hit performance against Merrimack College onMarch 29. Also scored a season-high three runs versus the Warriors.Drove in a season-high four runs in going 2-for-5 with one runscored and two doubles against the College of Saint Rose on May6.

2010: NE-10Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll. Played in 10 gamesand started four. Had a .402 Batting average (9-for-20), with fiveRBI, and four runs scored. Had two stolen bases on three attempts.Went 2-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored versus BentleyUniversity (4/7). Went 2-for-4 With one RBI, one run scored and twostolen bases in a game against Saint Anselm College (4/25). 

High School: 2008honors graduate of Farmington High School. Four-year letterwinner,serving as captain junior and senior year. Earnedthe Team Connecticut 2004 Michael Zabroski Award. Earned theTeam Connecticut 2007 Golden Bat Award. Member of National HonorsSociety and Spanish Honors Society.

Personal:Born on October 24, 1989 of New Britain, Conn.  Son ofSteve F. Popp Jr. and Judith Flynn of Unionville, Conn. Majors inmath. Supports the New York Yankees. Baseball team'sStudent-Athlete Advisory Committee representative.

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