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#11 Frank Pesanello
Sr. - C - 6'3 - 225
Plainville, Mass. • Bishop Feehan (Maine)

2009: Pesanello finished his senior season hitting .281 with an on-base percentage of .356 and an impressive .527 slugging percentage...Pesanello finished his career at Northeastern with the most home runs ever hit by a Husky at 42...hit a home run in each of the Huskies game against Towson including a towering three-run shot in the ninth in the Huskies come from behind victor on May 16...hit two home runs in the Huskies defeat to Georgia State on April 19...had five RBI against Harvard on April 7...hit the go-ahead run home with a double in the Huskies first CAA win of the season against James Madison...hit his first home run of the season March 2 in the Huskies 10-9 win over Duquesne...drove in what would be the winning run March 5 against Duquesne...had two RBI in the Huskies 6-3 win over Central Michigan...drove in Mike Tamsin with a double to give the Huskies the win March 28 against Hofstra.

2008:
Shattered the NU single season home run mark with 20 on the season, topping the previous record of 15...led the Huskies with 51 RBI on the season, the fifth-highest season total all time by a Husky...finished second on the team with a .639 slugging percentage...currently ranks sixth in NU history with 29 homers...smacked an RBI triple in the Huskies' 10-9 win over Villanova in the season-opener March 1...went 3-4 with a double, two tape-measure home run blasts, four RBI and three runs scored vs. Western Michigan March 2...went 2-4 with a homer in NU's 4-2 win vs. Western Michigan March 6...combined to go 5-7 with a double, grand slam and four runs scored in the Huskies' doubleheader split against IPFW March 8...hit his fifth homer of the year at George Mason March 23...hit the eventual game-winning, pinch-hit, three-run homer in the eighth inning of the Huskies' 8-6 win at URI March 25...belted a pair of two run homers in NU's 8-7 setback vs. Boston College April 1...combined to hit two homers and drove in four in the Huskies' doubleheader split vs. UNC Wilmington April 5...went 3-6 with two homers and a career-best six RBI in NU's 12-11 win at VCU April 11...went 2-4 with a double, homer, two RBI and three runs scored in the Huskies' 9-6 win at UConn April 14...finished 2-4 with a double, home run and two RBI vs. Harvard April 30...tied the Northeastern single-season record with his 15th home run of the season in NU's 6-2 win vs. Hofstra May 3...broke the NU season record with his 16th homer of the season, a three-run shot that was the eventual game-winner in the Huskies' 6-4 win at UMass May 6...belted a pair of three-run homers in NU's 8-1 win at William & Mary May 10, the second time on the season that the slugger drove in six runs in a game...combined to go 5-7 with a double, homer and two runs scored in the Huskies' doubleheader split vs. URI May 13...became the first player to hit 20 home runs in a single season at Northeastern when he hit a line-drive laser to left field in the ninth inning vs. William & Mary May 16...drove in three runs in the Huskies' final game of the season vs. James Madison, giving him a team-best 51 RBI on the season.

2007: In first season with the Huskies, hit nine home runs to go along with 24 RBI...hit a booming two-run homer to left field at Central Florida March 7...smacked a two-run homer to center field in the Huskies’ 5-3 win in game two of a doubleheader at George Mason March 18...went 5-9 with two homers, two doubles, five RBI and five runs scored in NU’s doubleheader sweep at Towson March 24...had his second multi-homer game of the season as he pounded two home runs and drove in three in the Huskies’ 9-3 win at James Madison April 7...went 3-5 with a double, RBI and two runs in the Huskies 7-5 win at James Madison April 8...hit a two-run homer in the Huskies’ 5-4 win at Winthrop on April 14...added a two-run triple and a sacrifice fly in the Huskies’ 17-6 win over UMass in the first round of the Beanpot Tournament...smacked his second triple of the season in the Huskies’ 7-1 win vs. Georgia State April 22...homered and doubled in the Huskies’ 17-12 win over UMass May 9...went 3-4 with his ninth homer and seventh double of the season in the Huskies’ 6-4 win at Hofstra May 11.

Before NU: Saw limited playing-time as a freshman at Maine in 2006, but showed significant power, hitting two homers and picking up seven RBI in just 14 at bats...played varsity baseball all four years at Bishop Feehan...team captain for two years...also played varsity football for three years and was a captain his senior year...set school career home run record, with 24, and led the state with 10 home runs his senior year...played for the Danbury Westerners in the New England College Baseball League in the summer of 2006; named a south division All-Star.

Personal: Born Feb. 10, 1986...Criminal Justice major...Class of 2009.

#11 Frank Pesanello Career Statistics
CAREER     Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2007....  .239  41-35   134   23   32   7   2   9   24   70  .522   7   2  46   3  .285   1   0   0-0     90   8   1  .990
2008....  .278  51-49   194   36   54   8   1  20   51  124  .639  14   1  59   2  .329   1   0   1-1    339  31   8  .979
2009....  .281  52-52   203   31   57  11   0  13   40  107  .527  21   5  61   2  .356   4   0   4-7    347  42   6  .985
TOTAL...  .269 144-136  531   90  143  26   3  42  115  301  .567  42   8 166   7  .329   6   0   5-8    776  81  15  .983

CAA ONLY   Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2007....  .259  24-20    81   15   21   5   1   6   14   46  .568   3   0  25   3  .286   0   0   0-0     10   1   1  .917
2008....  .205  30-30   117   15   24   3   0   9   25   54  .462   7   1  37   2  .254   1   0   0-0    221  21   5  .980
2009....  .340  24-24    94   17   32   7   0  10   23   69  .734   8   1  23   1  .387   3   0   1-4    188  25   2  .991
TOTAL...  .264  78-74   292   47   77  15   1  25   62  169  .579  18   2  85   6  .307   4   0   1-4    419  47   8  .983
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