Coach Aldins says: "AJ makes our team go, both on and off the field. He is one of the top hitters in all of Division III and we are looking forward to another big year from him."
2020: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player to Watch ... Appeared and started in 12 games, batting .205 ... Led team in games played and games started ... 2nd in doubles (4) and walks (10) ... 3rd in at bats (44) and runs (8) ... Went 2 for 4 (R, 2B) in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. Rutgers-Newark (2/16) ... 1 for 3 with a walk vs. No. 24/35 Rowan (2/23) ... Went 1 for 3 (R, 2B, 2 BB) vs. NR/RV Old Westbury (3/11).
2019: Named Second Team All-Empire 8 Conference … Selected as Stevens’ Most Valuable Player … Appeared in 39 games and started 38, batting .333 … Led team in games played (39), starts (38), hits (44), home runs (4), RBI (28), walks (27), and sacrifice flies (5) … Second in at bats (132) and total bases (60) … Third in batting average (.333), OPS (.910), and on base percentage (.446) … Went 1 for 2 (R, 2 BB) vs. Old Westbury (2/18) … 1 for 2 (R, RBI, 2 BB) vs. Middlebury (3/10) … Went 2 for 4 (R, BB) vs. RV/No. 5 Misericordia (3/13)… 2 for 4 (R, BB) vs. NR/RV Tufts (3/16) … Went 1-for-2 (2 RBI, 2 BB) in the first game of a conference doubleheader vs. Elmira (3/23) … 2 for 3 (R, 2B, BB) in a conference game vs. Elmira (3/24) … Went 3-for-5 (R, HR, 4 RBI, SF) vs. RV/RV St. John Fisher (3/30) … Combined to go 2 for 7 (BB, 2 RBI) in a conference doubleheader vs. RV/RV St. John Fisher (3/31) … 2 for 4 (3 R, 2 RBI, HBP) vs. New Paltz (4/3) … Went 2-for-4 (R, HR, 2 RBI) in a conference game vs. Utica (4/6) … Combined to go 4-for-6 (2 R, 2B, 3 RBI, HBP, 2 SF) in a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (4/7) … 1 for 2 with two walks vs. RV/RV Ithaca (4/10) … Went 3 for 5 (3 R, RBI) in the first game of a conference doubleheader vs. Canton (4/13) … 1 for 3 (R, HR, 3 RBI, SF, BB) in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Catholic (4/19) … Combined to go 3 for 8 (3 R, BB) in a conference doubleheader vs. Houghton (4/27) … Went 2 for 4 (2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI) vs. NYU (5/2) … 2 for 4 (2B, BB) in a conference game vs. Houghton (5/6) … Went 2 for 5 in an E8 Tournament contest vs. Utica (5/9) … 3 for 5 in an E8 Tournament contest vs. St. John Fisher (5/10).
2018: Appeared in 10 games and started 6, while posting a .231 batting average ... Drew a key walk in his only plate appearance during a two-out rally that helped lead to a victory vs. Misericordia (4/18) … Went 1-for-3 (R, BB) in the 2
nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (4/28) … Had a pinch hit RBI walk in his only plate appearance in a conference game vs. Utica (4/29) … 2 for 4 (R, 2B, RBI) vs. Scranton (5/1) … Hit a three-run homer vs. #3 Ithaca in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/11) … Went 1-for-3 (R, 2B, BB) vs. #2 St. John Fisher in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/11).
2017: Appeared in 18 games and started 15, posting a .286 batting average ... Collected his first collegiate base hit, a home run, and went 2-for-4 (R, HR, RBI) vs. No. 16/20 TCNJ (3/7) … 1 for 3 (3 R, RBI, BB) vs. Houghton (3/24) … Went 1-for-3 (R, 2B, RBI) in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Houghton (3/25) … 2-for-4 in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Elmira (4/14) … Went 1-for-3 (R, 2 BB) vs. No. 28 Misericordia (4/19) … 3 for 5 (2 R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB) vs. Utica (4/22) … Combined to go 4-for-8 (2 R, 3 2B, RBI) in a doubleheader vs. Utica (4/23).
High School: Earned National Honor Society status … Played varsity baseball for coach Marty Kenney at Christian Brothers Academy … Helped team win a State Championship and two conference titles … Played summer ball for coach Steve Langan of Langan Baseball … Attended Perfect Game tournaments in Georgia and Florida.
Personal: Son of Joseph Falconite and Deborah Maiorani … Has a sister, Samantha … Majoring in Mechanical Engineering … Picked Stevens because of the great academics … Top MLB team and player are the New York Mets and Yoenis Cespedes … Favorite movie is “Lone Survivor”.
Summer Collegiate Baseball: Played his 2017-2019 summer ball for the Felician Falcons of the United States Amateur Baseball League (USABL) (N.J.).
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| Year |
GP-GS |
AVG |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
| 2017 |
18-15 |
.286 |
56 |
12 |
16 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
| 2018 |
10-6 |
.231 |
26 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
| 2019 |
39-38 |
.333 |
132 |
24 |
44 |
4 |
4 |
28 |
27 |
0 |
| 2020 |
12-12 |
.205 |
44 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
| Totals |
79-71 |
.291 |
258 |
48 |
75 |
16 |
6 |
44 |
49 |
1 |
