AS A FRESHMAN IN 2007: Appeared in four games...pitched 4.2 innings and gave up four runs on eight hits...struck out three...walked one...threw a season-high 2.0 innings and struck out a season-high two batters while giving up three hits and two runs against Brown (4/26).

Before Holy Cross: Two-time Old Colony League All-Star...Two-time Taunton All-Scholastic...Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic...Led Bridgewater-Raynham to three straight Division I state tournaments...Recorded more than 200 career strikeouts, including a 22-strikeout performance in a state tournament game.

PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Laurie Shapiro...has a younger brother, Brian, who also plays baseball for Holy Cross.