Mercyhurst University Athletics

Accolades
2013 - ABCA/Rawlings Atlantic Region Gold Glove

2014: Started all 45 games for the Lakers, splitting time between shortstop and third base...batted a career-best .294 (47-for-160) and was third on team with 36 runs scored and fourth on team with 47 hits...six of his hits went for extra bases (four doubles, one triple, one home run)...drove in 21 runs...walked 18 times and was hit by a pitch 12 times to post a .405 on-base percentage...committed just one error in 76 chances (.987) in 28 conference games...batted .320 with runners on base and .302 with runners in scoring position...went 3-for-4 with first collegiate home run, two runs scored, and two runs batted in against Pitt-Johnstown on April 6...had season-high four hits in four at bats against Bloomsburg on March 15...went 3-for-4 with double, triple, three runs scored, and season-high three RBI against Seton Hill on April 19...had 13 multiple-hit games (fourth on team) and five multiple-RBI contests...GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

2013: Played in, and started, 49 of the team's 50 games at third base...batted .281 (41-of-146) with 26 runs batted in...his 26 RBIs ranked second on the team...all but three of his hits (one double, two triples) were singles...led the team with 17 sacrifice bunts batting out of the #2 hole...walked 23 times, finished third on the team with a .390 on-base percentage...scored 19 runs, ranking fourth on the team...made just six errors in 123 chances (.951 fielding percentage) at third base, earning him an ABCA/Rawlings Atlantic Region Gold Glove Award...made just two errors over his final 39 games...had nine multiple-hit games, tying him for fourth-most...led the team with seven multiple-RBI games, including two three-RBI contests...GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

Prior To Mercyhurst: Played two seasons at Erie Community College...was a First Team All-Region selection...batted .376 as a freshman and .350 during sophomore season...also played for the Olean Oilers in the New York Collegiate Baseball League and played for Leibs in the Muny AAA Baseball League in Buffalo...batted .706 in NABF World Series held in Toledo, Ohio.

High School: Played baseball and basketball at Saint Francis High School...was a First Team All-Catholic selection and a Second Team All-Western New York member.

Personal: Born July 18, 1992...majoring in business management...son of Steve and Joanne Pantano...has one sister, Erin, and one brother, Matt.