Baseball
9 - Wayne Russo
| Born: | 06/20/1983 |
| Height: | 5-9 |
| Weight: | 165 |
| Year: | RS Senior |
| Hometown: | Warwick, R.I. |
| High School: | Toll Gate |
| Position: | INF |
Registered one hit, one RBI and one run against Old Dominion on March 3 ... had one hit and one RBI against Old Dominion on March 4 ... registered two hits, three RBI and one run against Columbia on March 16 ... had three hits and one RBI against Manhattan on March 16 ... had two hits against Long Island on March 21 ... had one hit and one run against Xavier on March 25 ... had two hits, two runs scored and three RBI against Northeastern on March 29 ... had one run scored and one hit George Washington on March 31 ... registered one hit, one run and one RBI George Washington on April 1 ... had one hit and one run against La Salle on April 09 ... registered one hit, one RBI and two runs scored against Quinnipiac on April 11 ... had two hits, two RBI and one run scored against Temple on April 14 ... registered four hits, three runs and two RBI against Temple on April 15 ... had two hits and two RBI against Temple on April 16 ... registered two hits and one RBI against St. Bonaventure on April 21 ... had two hits, three runs scored and one RBI against Harvard on April 26 ... had two hits and two runs scored against Dayton on April 28 ... had two hits and one RBI against Dayton on April 29 ... registered one hit and two runs scored againts Dayton on April 30 ...
2005:
Second-team All-Atlantic 10 ... named to CoSIDA District I Academic All-America Team for the second-straight year and earned Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference honors for third-straight year ... named Atlantic 10 Championship's Most Outstanding Player and earned spot on All-Championship Team after hitting .636 (7-for-11) with two doubles, two runs scored and two RBIs ... leads the team in walks (32) and on-base percentage (.480), is third in batting average (.350), slugging percentage (.506) and doubles (13), fourth in total bases (81), hits (56) and home runs (4), and fifth in RBIs (34) ... has 17-multi-hit games ... had two hits against No. 12 Florida on Feb. 25 ... registered two hits against Kentucky on March 13 ... recorded two hits against George Washington on March 27 ... had two hits and two RBIs in the second game against Dayton on April 3 ... recorded three hits, two runs and two RBIs against Iona on April 12 ... had two hits against Central Connecticut on April 21 ... recorded two hits and two runs scored against St. Bonaventure on April 23 ... had two hits and two RBIs in the second game against St. Bonaventure on April 24 ... recorded two hits, three runs and two RBIs vs. Saint Joseph's on May 1 ... posted two hits vs. Quinnipiac on May 5 ... registered two hits and four RBIs in A10 East clinching win over Fordham on May 9 ... had three multi-hit games in the A10 Tournament with two hits vs. Dayton, three hits vs. Richmond and two vs. GW in title game.
2004:
Named to the CoSIDA District I Academic All-America Team and the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team ... started the first 45 games of the season, all at second base, before breaking his hand and missing the rest of the season ... finished fifth on the team in hitting (.329), fifth in runs scored (33), sixth in hits (49), second in walks (28) and is third in on-base percentage (.455) ... had 14 multi-hit games, including three games with three hits ... led team with a .980 fielding percentage with just four errors in 45 games.
2003:
Played in 47 games, starting 46 for the Rams ... led the Atlantic 10 with 19 hit by pitch and 15 sacrifices ... hit .277 with a team leading 23 walks ... second on the team with 38 runs scored and a .448 on base percentage ... was outstanding in the field committing only six errors and posting a .967 fielding percentage ... drove in tying run and scored winning run in dramatic come from behind versus Miami (Ohio) ... had two hits and scored four runs in win over Fordham ... made a dramatic game-winning diving catch to secure win over Duquesne in Atlantic 10 Tournament.
2002:
Played in five games starting one, trying to play through shoulder injury suffered in high school before ending his season to recover.
High School:
Four-year letterman at Toll Gate High under coach Greg Marcello ... posted a .374 batting average in his senior year ... three-time first team all-division selection ... two-time first team all-state selection ... honorable mention all-American as a junior ... helped lead Toll Gate High to the 2001 Rhode Island state championship.
Personal:
Wayne Franklin Russo ... born June 20, 1983 in Springfield, Mass. ... son of Wayne and Cindy Russo of Warwick, R.I. ... named a University College Scholar for being in the top 10 of the nearly 3,000 in the class of 2005 ... has been on the dean's list every semester since he has been in college ... majoring in business.

