2011-12 Baseball Roster

27 George Piccirilli

  • Position First Baseman
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Manassas, Va.
  • Highschool Osbourn Park

Biography

George Piccirilli's Career Stats

2012: Tied for the team lead in doubles with 14, ranked 10th in the Big South…hit .342 during 10-game hitting streak that ran from 2/24 until 3/11…went on to hit safely in 13 of his next 14 games after that point, helping his average reach a season-high .352…homered in back to back games for the first time March 24-25…posted season-best three RBI April 6 against Winthrop…had yet another hitting streak, this one six games, April 20-April 27…went 2 for 5 with two RBI in season-ending win at VCU.

2011: Hit .332 with 13 doubles and 34 RBI as VMI's primary first baseman and #3 hitter…moved into the starting lineup 2/22, with a 2 for 4 effort against William & Mary…went on to raise his average to .438 after March 4 game with Bucknell…had two hits at #10 Virginia Feb. 23…posted four straight multi-hit games, including a 2 for 4, three RBI game 3/4 that included a home run…went 2 for 5 in VMI's win over James Madison (3/8) in Harrisonburg…had a career day at Winthrop March 20, going 4 for 5 with two doubles, four RBI and a home run…had three-hit games against Gardner-Webb (4/6) and Radford (4/10)…went 3 for 5 with two RBI in middle game of CSU series (4/16)…was a perfect 3 for 3 in win over James Madison (4/26), sealing VMI's first season sweep of JMU ever…homered April 30 at Coastal Carolina…went 6 for 13 in mid-May series with UNC Asheville, including 5 for 8 in final two games…was 2 for 6 with a home run and three RBI in regular season finale against High Point…that included two hits in the 10-run sixth inning, VMI's first 10-run inning in five years.
    Summer: Played with teammates Andrew Montague and Travis Thomas on Lexington's Rockbridge Rapids, making the South Division's All-Star Team…also played on the league's All-Star team that faced All-Stars from the Cal Ripken League…hit .337 with 11 doubles.

2010: Saw time at three different positions (2B, 1B, DH) and played in 27 games on the year…hit his first career home run in game three against Lafayette (2/28), a three-run shot…had a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning of game three at Liberty (4/18)…nailed an RBI single in the series finale against #7 Coastal Carolina (4/25)…went 1 for 2 against #18 Virginia Tech (4/27)…had a two-run triple in game two against Presbyterian College (5/21).
    Summer: Hit .248 with 15 RBI for the Herndon Braves of the Cal Ripken League.

2009: Played in 18 games, making 13 starts, mostly at designated hitter…had an eight-game hitting streak in early March, hitting .440 (11-for-25) during the run…made his first start in the field at first base in game one at Virginia Tech (3/17)…was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored in game two at Presbyterian (3/15); plated the eventual winning run in the seventh with a single to right field…in the series against Rider, hit .600 (6-for-10) with six RBIs and five runs scored.
    Summer: Hit a team-best .296 for the Carney Pirates of the Clark Griffith League…led the team with nine doubles and a .443 slugging percentage…helped the team to a 29-10 record and a runner-up finish in the Jacobs Cup Playoffs.

High School/Personal: Four-year letterman at Osbourn Park… was ranked the 18th best player in the state of Virginia by Impact Baseball…honored as First Team All-Region as a catcher and Second Team All-State…also named Second Team All-Met by the Washington Post and First Team All-District as a senior…named Honorable Mention All-State as a utility player as a junior…hit .517 with five home runs and 24 RBIs while striking out only three times…also went 6-1 on the mound with 51 strikeouts in 38 innings…earned First Team All-District and All-Region honors as a utility player and Honorable Mention All-Met accolades as a catcher… as a junior, hit .472 with a .536 on-base percentage while also striking out 37 batters in 31.3 innings, going 4-1 with a 1.79 ERA…earned a Bronze Medal at the Virginia Commonwealth Games…National Honor Society member and three-time Scholar-Athlete Award winner...son of George and Gina Piccirilli…selected as a 2007 Team One Pre-Season All-American…listed as the top prospect at Perfect Game's Mid-Atlantic Showcase in Fall 2006…majoring in economics and business.
    Summer ‘08: Played for the Carney Pirates of the Clark Griffith League…led the team with a .400 batting average, eight doubles and 19 RBIs.

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Historical Player Information

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    2008-09Freshman

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    2009-10Sophomore

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    2010-11Junior

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    2011-12Senior

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