Baseball
2 - Joe Viscuso
| Born: | 09/29/1983 |
| Height: | 5-10 |
| Weight: | 165 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Farmingdale, N.Y. |
| High School: | St. Anthony's |
| Position: | Infield |
In second-season as the Rams' starting shortstop ... played in 49 games, starting 47 of them ... only struck out 18 times in 160 plate appearances ... hit safely in 25 games with seven multi-hit games ... leads the team with eight sacrifice bunts ... has a .910 fielding percentage ... only commited seven errors in his last 31 games ... scored a run and recorded a hit in two games agianst No. 12 Florida ... had one hit against IPFW on March 11 ... registered one hit, one run and one RBI against Kentucky on March 13 ... had one hit and one RBI in two games against Miami (Ohio) on March 18 ... recorded one hit, one run and one RBI against Long Island on March 22 ... had two hits and two runs in two games against George Washington on March 26 ... recorded one hit, one run and one RBI against Hartford on March 30 ... had one hit and two runs in the first game of a double-header against Dayton on April 3 ... registered one hit and one run in the second game against Dayton on April 3 ... scored a run in the first game of a doubleheader against Richmond on April 9 ... had one hit and one run in the second game against Richmond on April 9 ... had one hit and scored one run against Richmond on April 10 ... drove in a run against Iona on April 12 ... scored a run against Fairfield on April 13 ... had two hits, one run scored and one RBI against Central Connecticut on April 21 ... had a hit against St. Bonaventure on April 24 ... had two hits, three runs and one RBI against Harvard on April 28 ... recorded two hits and two RBIs in the first game of a double-header against Saint Joseph's on May 1 ... had a hit in the second game against Saint Joseph's on May 1 ... registered two hits and two RBIs against Saint Josephs on May 2 ... had one hit, one run and one RBI against Holy Cross on May 3 ... had two hits in win over Massachusetts on May 14 ... doubled against Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Tournament on May 27.
2004:
Started at shortstop for first half of season before suffering a broken hand ... returned to line-up at the end of the regular season and started three games in the Atlantic 10 Championship ... had 24 hits and drew eight walks in 31 starts ... drove in a run in the Ram's win over Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
2003:
Appeared in six games, starting three ... hit .308 with two stolen bases ... went 2-for-2, driving in a run vs. Fordham..
2002:
Appeared in nine games starting two as a position player and pitched in two games for the Rams.
High School:
Played four years under coach John Newman at St. Anthony's High ... also an accomplished player for the Long Island Tigers, a highly successful AAU team, playing for coach Don Wiston ... earned all-league and all-state honors during his senior season ... notched a perfect 8-0 record during his sophomore campaign.
Personal:
Joseph James Viscuso ... born Sept. 29, 1983 in Farmingdale, N.Y. ... son of Joe and Donna Viscuso of Farmingdale, N.Y. ... Joe's brother is an infielder at the College of St. Rose in New York ... majoring in communications studies.
