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"Jon has tremendous power potential at the plate. He will play a big role in handling our pitching staff."
Dan Simonds
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2005 Appeared in 37 games and started 22 ... batted a career-best .310 and also set single-season career highs in RBIs (14), hits (28), doubles (7) and runs scored (14) ... drove in three runs with a home run versus Bowling Green (May 6) ... put together a seven-game hitting streak from April 20-May 10 ... went 2-for-4 with three RBIs versus Quinnipiac in the NCAA Tournament (June 4) ... was 4-for-8 as a pinch hitter ... went 1-for-1 with a run scored in the season finale versus Texas (June 5).
2004 Played in 34 games for the Red and White and made 13 starts ... hit an average of one home run every 9.63 at-bats over the past two years for Miami's best home run:at-bats ratio ... hit six home runs and knocked in 13 RBIs ... hit a game-tying pinch-hit home run in the top of the ninth inning at Indiana (April 21) to start a seven-run rally ... went 2-for-5 from the plate in his next game against Akron (April 24) with a career-high five RBIs and two home runs ... ended an 11-game home run drought with a solo shot against Butler (May 19) for his sixth home run of the season.
2003 Played in 18 games and made six starts behind the plate ... had one multi-hit and one multi-RBI game ... was a perfect 2-for-2 from the plate against Bucknell (March 14) ... hit his first career home run at Ohio (March 30) as a pinch-hitter ... went 1-for-3 with his second home run and two runs scored at Wright State (May 6).
HIGH SCHOOL Served as a team captain at Barrington High School and lettered four times ... set the school home run record with 18 his senior year ... hit .465 with 41 hits and 50 RBI in 2002 ... was an all-conference, all-area, and all-state selection his senior year.
GENERAL Sister, Jenny, played softball at Harvard, and brother, Nick, played baseball at Northwestern.
PERSONAL Born February 22, 1984 ... son of Peggy and James Franzese ... majoring in engineering.
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