UIC Athletics

2017: Selected by the San Francisco Giants in MLB First-Year Player Draft (Round 10 | Pick 306) ... Collegiate Baseball All-America Second Team ... American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-America Third Team ... Perfect Game/Rawlings All-America Third Team ... ABCA All-Mideast Region First Team ... Horizon League Player of the Year ... All-Horizon League First Team selection ... Led UIC in batting average (.353), slugging percentage (.583), hits (72), doubles (23), RBI (53), and total bases (119) ... Hit a career-high eight home runs, including a grand slam in an NCAA Regional game at Southern Miss (June 2) ... Was batting .091 after seven games (Feb. 26) and .121 after 10 games (March 5) ... Batting averaged peaked at .382 (May 14) ... Named to NCAA Championship All-Region Team (Hattiesburg) after driving in five runs in two games for Flames ... Batted .383 and slugged .591 in Horizon League games with 15 doubles, three home runs and 26 RBI ... Led the League and ranks tied for 14^th in the NCAA with 23 doubles ... Led Flames with 21 multi-hit games and tied for the lead with 14 multi-RBI efforts ... Posted a 16-game hitting streak between April 15 - May 14, the longest for anyone on team this season ... Collected 28 hits and drove in 18 runs during the hitting streak ... Reached base safely in 42 consecutive contests between Feb. 25 and May 14 ... Longest such streak since UIC Hall of Famer Justin Johnson reached in 39 straight games to conclude the 2006 season ... Started all 56 games, including 52 behind the plate ... Worked closely with pitching staff that boasted the nation's second-best ERA (2.65) and set record for shutouts in a season with 11 ... Threw out 42 percent (14-of-33) of would-be base stealers during the regular season and 50 percent (7-of-14) during Horizon League play ... Matched a season high with 12 putouts during NCAA Championship regional game against Mississippi State (June 4) ... Hit two doubles in a game on three occasions, most recently vs. Milwaukee (May 6) ... Collected a career-high five hits, eight RBI, two home runs and 12 total bases at Northern Illinois (April 11) ... Hit first home run of season in victory at then-No. 7 Vanderbilt (Feb. 25).

2016: Hit .216 (19-88) with two home runs and 20 RBI in 25 games … home runs and RBI were both career highs … made 16 starts at catcher and nine as the designated hitter … tied for third on team with two triples … compiled a .992 (1 E/120 TC) fielding percentage … matched career high (third time) with three RBI on 4/26 at Northern Illinois ... was a perfect 4-4 in stolen base attempts … hit game-winning two-run single in comeback win on 4/17 vs. Milwaukee ... recorded first collegiate home run with three RBI on 3/8 vs. Northwestern.

2015: Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team ... competed in 33 games and got the start 24 times, with 23 of those coming at catcher ... recorded 19 hits in 82 at-bats for a .232 batting average ... produced three doubles ... walked 14 times, with a season-high three at Oakland (05/08) ... had four game with two hits ... caught a total of seven runners stealing ... tabbed 10 or more putouts on three occasions ... did not commit a single error.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner and starter at Poly Prep County Day High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... exited high school with a four-year team record of 104-11 (28-1, 25-3, 24-4, 27-3) ... helped his team to a state championship his freshmen and sophomore seasons and a #19 ranking in the US ... earned a #12 national ranking during his senior year and #1 in the city of New York ... named to the All-Conference team in three consecutive seasons along with earning All-City first team laurels ... selected as the All-City MVP his senior year ... hit .380 his junior year and bumped that figure to .430 in his final season ... led the team in batting average and RBI (40) in 2014 ... son of Joseph and Dawn Calabrese ... major is currently undecided.