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Bronx, N.Y. – (July 7, 2021) - As the Atlantic 10 Conference celebrates its 45th anniversary, this season also marks a special occasion for Fordham Athletics, marking the 25th anniversary of joining the Atlantic 10.
 
Fordham has seen some outstanding student-athletes come through the Rose Hill gates over the last 25 years, and to mark that window in history, the Rams will be announcing 25th anniversary teams of each Atlantic 10 sponsored sport.  In deciding the teams, Fordham fans will vote on who the best of the best over the last 25 years is on FordhamSports.com.
 
Our final team vote is here!  We wrap up the baseball vote with the pitching staff.  We broken it down into two separate pitcher votes – starting & relief pitchers.  For the reliever vote, a pitcher must have at least 60% of their appearances come in relief and not been a starting pitcher for more than one season. please make sure to vote for SIX.  The vote will go to Friday. 
 
Here is the list along with some background on each Ram: (KEY – APP – appearances, ERA – earned run average, W – wins, SV – save, IP – innings pitched, K - strikeouts)
 
Andrew Paolillo (2001-04)
  • Career stats: 76 APP, 2 CG, 6.01 ERA, 9 Ws, 2 SVs, 164.2 IP, 112 K
  • Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American (2001)
  • 2001 – 6 Ws, 3.41 ERA, 2 SV, 58.0 IP, 37 K
  • Career rankings – APP (T-5th)
 Craig Tscherednikov (2003-06)
  • Career stats: 67 APP, 2 CG, 4.60 ERA, 12 Ws, 6 SVs, 186.0 IP, 127 K
  • 2005 – 3Ws, 3.59 ERA, 1 SV, 28 K
  • Career rankings – APP (13th)
Jamie Sammut (2005-07)
  • Career stats: 76 APP, 4.40 ERA, 6 Ws, 19 SVs, 86.0 IP, 87 K
  • 2006 – 30 APP, 2 Ws, 4.25 ERA, 8 SVs, 29.2 IP, 37 K
  • Career rankings – APP (T-5th), SV (T-2nd)
  • Single season marks – 8 SVs in 2006 (T-6th best)
 Peter Kennelly (2006-08)
  • Career stats: 42 APP, 4.32 ERA, 5 Ws, 5 SVs, 91.2 IP, 87 K
  • 2007 – 16 APP, 1.26 ERA, 5 SVs, 28.2 IP, 30 K
  • 2009 MLB Draft Pick (Minnesota – 38th Round)
Chris Kaible (2005-09)
  • Career stats: 56 APP, 5.05 ERA, 4 Ws, 16 SVs, 76.2 IP, 38 K
  • 2008 – 19 APP, 10 SVs, 30.1 IP, 12 K
  • Career rankings – SVs (4th)
  • Single season marks – 10 SVs in 2008 (T-2nd best)
 Jordan Grangard (2008-11)
  • Career stats: 53 APP, 3.54 ERA, 4 Ws, 5 SVs, 114.1 IP, 63 K
  • 2010 – 22 APP, 2 Ws, 3 SVs, 1.74 ERA, 41.1 IP, 26 K
  • Single season marks – ERA (14th best)
Rich Anastasi (2010-13)
  • Career stats: 93 APP, 3.56 ERA, 10 Ws, 9 SVs, 174.1 IP, 157 K
  • 2012 – 27 APP, 2.45 ERA, 2 Ws, 4 SVs, 47.2 IP, 51 K
  • Career rankings – APP (1st)
 Tim Swatek (2011-14)
  • Career stats: 45 APP, 4.02 ERA, 7 Ws, 6 SVs, 109.2 IP, 83 K
  • Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America (2011)
  • A10 All-Rookie Team (2011)
  • 2011 – 17 APP, 1.85 ERA, 2 Ws, 6 SVs, 34.0 IP, 28 K
  • 1st Team All-A10 (2014)
  • 2nd Team All-A10 (2011)
  • A10 All-Championship Team (2014)
  • Single season marks – 6 SVs in 2011 (T-9th best)
Joseph Serrapica (2013-16)
  • Career stats: 58 APP, 4.39 ERA, 8 Ws, 5 SVs, 172.1 IP, 164 K
  • 2016 MLB Draft Pick (Tampa Bay – 24th Round)
  • 2015 – 23 APP, 1 Win, 4 SVs, 35.1 IP, 35 K
 Anthony Zimmerman (2016-19)
  • Career stats: 59 APP, 3.67 ERA, 5 Ws, 3 SVs, 68.2 IP, 81 K
  • 2019 – 27 APP, 0.99 ERA, 3 Ws, 3 SVs, 36.1 IP, 56 K
  • A10 Champion (2019)
  • MLB Free Agent signee (Cincinnati)
  • Single season marks – 27 APP (T-5th best) & 0.99 ERA (2nd best) in 2019
Kyle Martin (2017-19)
  • Career stats: 83 APP, 2.25 ERA, 15 Ws, 21 SVs, 116.0 IP, 166 Ks
  • Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2017)
  • A10 All-Rookie Team (2017)
  • 1st Team All-A10 (2019)
  • A10 Champion (2019)
  • A10 All-Championship Team (2019)
  • 2019 MLB Draft Pick (Baltimore – 15th Round)
  • Career rankings – APP (2nd), ERA (3rd), SVs (1st)
  • Single season marks – 30 APP & 10 SVs in 2018 & 2019 (T-2nd best)
 Alvin Melendez (2017-21)
  • Career stats: 55 APP, 2.36 ERA, 8 Ws, 14 SVs, 91.1 IP, 104 K
  • NCBWA Freshman All-American (2017)
  • A10 All-Rookie Team (2017)
  • A10 Champion (2019)
  • A10 All-Championship Team (2019)
  • 2017 – 17 APP, 0.76 ERA, 3 Ws, 6 SVs, 23.2 IP, 22 K
  • Career rankings – ERA (7th), SVs (T-5th)
Joseph Quintal (2018-21)
  • Career stats: 39 APP, 3.49 ERA, 5 Ws, 3 SVs, 77.1 IP, 87 K
  • A10 All-Rookie Team (2018)
  • A10 Champion (2019)
  • 2021 – 17 APP, 2.36 ERA, 3 Ws, 2 SVs, 26.2 IP, 27 K
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