Biography
2025 • Senior
John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award semifinalist … John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week on May 12 … Unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection at first base … Second Team All-Ivy selection as a pitcher … Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week, earning the honor in back-to-back weeks … Put together one of the Ivy League’s top offensive seasons in conference play, hitting .386 with a 1.200 OPS over 21 Ivy starts, totaling 32 hits, 17 runs, 19 RBIs, seven doubles, one triple, and seven home runs … Led the Ivy League in home runs, ranked second in slugging percentage (.747) and OPS (1.200), third in batting average (.386) and hits (32), fourth in on-base percentage (.453), and sixth in doubles (seven) … Went 6-for-7 on stolen-base attempts in Ivy play … Also went 3-1 with a 3.10 ERA over seven Ivy League starts on the mound, striking out 29 batters across 40.2 innings while holding opponents to a .195 batting average with a 0.92 WHIP … Among Ivy League leaders, ranked sixth in opposing batting average (.195), ninth in innings pitched (40.2), ninth in walks allowed (eight), 10th in hits allowed (29), and third in home runs allowed (one) … Played in 37 games with 37 starts as a two-way player … Hit .313 on the year with 28 runs, 45 hits, 31 RBIs, seven doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 18 walks, and 11 stolen bases … Made 11 starts on the mound, going 3-5 with a 4.47 ERA over 54.1 innings with 38 strikeouts … Named Ivy League Player of the Week for the second straight week after hitting .556 (5-for-9) with five RBIs, three runs, two stolen bases, a home run, a double, and a .692 OBP while posting a 1.12 ERA over 8.0 innings with four strikeouts in Harvard’s 2-1 series win over Cornell … Earned the win in game one against Cornell, throwing 8.0 innings with one run allowed on four hits, no walks, and four strikeouts while holding the Big Red to a .148 average … Named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week after going 6-for-13 (.462) during Harvard’s weekend sweep at Princeton, including two home runs, a double, four RBIs, and a two-hit pitching start with one run allowed over 4.0 innings … Went 1-for-3 with a home run, four RBIs, three runs, three walks, and a stolen base at Tulane (Feb. 21) … Homered and drove in two runs at Rice (Feb. 27) … Tossed 5.0 innings without allowing an earned run and struck out four at California Baptist (Mar. 13) … Earned the win at Columbia (Mar. 21), throwing 6.0 innings with two hits, one run, and four strikeouts … Hit home runs in back-to-back games at Columbia (Mar. 21-22) … Went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs, and a stolen base at Cornell (Mar. 29) … Went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBIs, three runs, a walk, and two hit-by-pitches at Cornell (Mar. 30) … Threw 7.0 innings with one run and six strikeouts vs. Brown (Apr. 4) … Homered and drove in two runs vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 18) … Went 2-for-3 with two home runs, four RBIs, two runs, and a walk at Princeton (May 2) … Added two hits, an RBI, and allowed one run on one hit with two strikeouts over 4.0 innings at Princeton (May 3).
2025 • Junior
Earned First Team All-Ivy honors as a utility/pitcher (unanimous) and as a first baseman … Gained a spot on the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List … Garnered Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team accolades … Selected as the Ivy League Player of the Week on Apr. 7 … Ranked third in the Ivy League in home runs (10), fourth in slugging (.564), and ninth in total bases (88) … During Ivy only play, stood second in the league in home runs (six), third in total bases (53), third in slugging (.616), sixth in average (.349), sixth in hits (30), and ninth in RBIs (19) … Hit 10 homers on the year, ranking in a tie for fifth on Harvard’s single-season home runs list … Played in and started all 42 games; one of four Crimson to do so … Made 31 starts at first base, nine as a pitcher, and one each at second base and third base … Led the team in OPS (.947), runs (31), home runs (10), RBIs (33), total bases (88), and slugging (.564), while ranking second in average (.314), hits (49), OBP (.383), and stolen bases (10) and third in doubles (seven) … As a pitcher, ranked second on the team in opponents average (.246) and third in strikeouts (36), WHIP (1.58), wins (two), and games started (nine) … Played in and started all 21 Ivy games; one of five Crimson to do so … In Ivy only play, led the team in average (.349), OPS (1.028), hits (30), home runs (six), RBIs (19), total bases (53), and slugging (.616), while ranking second in doubles (five) and third in runs (17) … As a pitcher during Ivy only play, stood second on the team in opponents average (.238) and third in strikeouts (23), ERA (5.57), WHIP (1.43), games started (six), and innings pitched (21.0) … Hit .314 on the year with 31 runs, 49 hits, 33 RBIs, seven doubles, one triple, and 10 home runs … Made 13 appearances, including nine starts as a pitcher … Threw 31.2 innings on the year with a 7.11 ERA, 2-4 record, one save, and 36 strikeouts … During Ivy play, hit .349 with 17 runs, 30 hits, five doubles, six homers, and 19 RBIs … Made six appearances – all starts – as a pitcher in Ivy play … Tossed 21.0 innings in Ivy competition, notching a 5.57 ERA with 23 strikeouts … Totaled 16 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games on the year … Reached base safely in each of the final 32 games of the season … Went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a home run at Massachusetts (Apr. 1) … Finished 4-for-4 with three RBIs, three runs, a double, and a home run in game one at Dartmouth (Apr. 4) … Blasted two home runs in game two against Columbia (May 3) … Tallied two hits and three RBIs, while also earning the save as a pitcher in the Ivy League Tournament against Yale (May 16) … Threw 5.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in the start at Dartmouth (Apr. 6) … Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts in the start against Stonehill (Apr. 15) … Tallied a season-best seven strikeouts in a season-high 6.0 innings in the win at Brown (Apr. 27).
2024 • Sophomore
Missed the season due to injury.
2023 • First-year
Played in 34 games with 29 starts … Made 26 of 29 starts at shortstop … Tallied a .260 average with 14 runs, 27 hits, 14 RBIs, three doubles, 16 walks, and five stolen bases on the year … Notched a .270 average during conference play with 11 runs, 17 hits, and seven RBIs over 18 games and 17 starts … Posted six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … Tallied two hits and two RBIs vs. Holy Cross (Mar. 28) … Registered two hits and two runs vs. Cornell (Apr. 15) … Compiled a pair of two hit-games vs. Yale (May 13-14).
Before Harvard
Participated at East Coast Pro and PG National Showcase … Gained Team MVP honors in 2022 … Helped team win the 2022 NYSAIS State Championship … Hit .413 with five home runs as a senior … Posted a 0.00 ERA over 15.0 innings as a junior … Won school’s Scull Plaque – presented to a senior for excellence in scholarship and athletics … Served team as a captain as a junior and senior … Earned four varsity letters … Competed on the travel level for MVP BEAST … Also played basketball … Son of Gifty and Lorenzo Colasante.
