Joseph LaCugna
Manalapan, N.J.
Class Of: 2014

Campus: Old Westbury
Major: B.S., Criminal Justice

Member of: Baseball

AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: Did not play.

AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY: Played one season of baseball in 2009-2010 ... played short stop for the Knights ... registered a .319 average, which was the highest among freshmen in a min. of seven games ... was on pace for NJCAA Academic All-American (3.6 GPA) before transferring to Maryland.

AT MANALAPAN HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 graduate … lettered in baseball for two years as a third baseman … was a North Conference champion in 2009 … won the Peter Gellati scholarship award as a senior … member of the Baseball Factory ... played for Rick Sofield (USC Beaufort) in the Under Armour National Tournament team ... batting .810 in the Fall National Tournament for the Baseball Factory Blue with three doubles, a three-run homer and six RBIs ... also lettered in wrestling for four years and for football for three years.

PERSONAL: Son of Linda and Joseph … plays the guitar on his free time … a Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and MLB's Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer supporter … his father, Joseph LaCugna, played baseball for NYIT from 1979-1982, was ninth in the nation in doubles in 1982 and holds the No. 2 spot for most consecutive hit streak (22) … majoring in criminal justice.