Mercyhurst University Athletics

Accolades
2014 - All-PSAC West First Team
2014 - ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region Second Team
2014 - NCBWA All-Atlantic Region Second Team
2014 - Daktronics All-Atlantic Region Second Team
2014 - ECAC Second Team All-Star

2016: Started in just four games before a season-ending injury.

2015: Started 27 of 30 games...hit .342 (25 of 73) with eight doubles, 21 RBI, and 18 runs scored...named to the PSAC West Division First team as a designated hitter. 

2014: Started all 45 games in his first season at Mercyhurst, splitting time at catcher and designated hitter...led team with a .403 batting average (56-for-139) and tied for team lead with 37 runs scored...also led team in doubles (15), runs batted in (41), and walks (32) and tied for team lead in total bases (71)...led team with .511 slugging percentage and was second on team, and fifth in the country, with a .525 on-base percentage...named to All-PSAC West First Team and was an All-Atlantic Region Second Team member from three different organizations...was also a Second Team All-Star by the ECAC...was second on team in stolen bases (7-for-8) and did not commit an error in 119 total chances...batted .452 with runners on base and was 30-for-66 (.455) with runners in scoring position...hit .474 (37-for-78) with 25 runs scored and 27 RBI in 28 league games...posted a .604 on-base percentage and a .603 slugging percentage against league opponents...tied for team lead with 18 multiple-hit games and led squad with 13 multiple-RBI contests...went 4-for-4 with four runs scored, three doubles, and five runs batted in in first game of doubleheader against Indiana (Pa.) on April 22...was named NCBWA Atlantic Region Hitter of the Week on May 1 after hitting .611 (11-for-18) with 11 runs scored, ten RBI, and a .720 on-base percentage in a six-game stretch...had at least one hit in 30 of 45 games and reached base in 41 of his 45 contests...GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

Prior To Mercyhurst: Played one season at Youngstown State University

High School: Was an All-State selection in both football and baseball at Boardman High School ... holds the school's single-season batting average record (.537) and holds the school's record for most career tackles (281) ... was a member of the National Honors Society

Personal: Born July 25, 1993 ... majoring in exercise science ... son of Mike and Martha Popio ... has one brother, Michael, and one sister, Celeste ... cousin, Brendan Doran, was a former Mercyhurst lacrosse player