Holy Cross Athletics

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2011: Missed most of the season due to injury … Played in and started 19 games … Batted .224 with 13 hits in 58 at-bats … Recorded one hit in 10 of the 19 games played … Scored three runs after going 2-3 against Albany (3/18)… Had an RBI in seven of the 19 games played … Hit a home run against LSU (2/26) … Finished with an on base percentage of .378 and a slugging percentage of .328 … Did not record any errors on the season.

2010: Named second team All-Patriot League … Started in 51 of the team’s 52 games as a catcher and designated hitter … Ranked fifth on the team with a .333 batting average, to go along with 37 runs scored, 64 hits, 21 doubles, seven home runs and 44 RBI in 192 at-bats … His 21 doubles set a school single-season record and ranked 74th in the nation … Placed third on the school single-season list for at-bats and home runs, while ranking fourth in RBI and seventh in hits … Hit safely in 37 games, including 19 multi-hit outings … Had 10 multi-RBI performances … Tallied a season-high four RBI twice, in a 3-for-4 game with two doubles against Brown (4/21) and a 2-for-3 day with a home run and a double vs. Lehigh (5/2) … Collected multiple doubles against Army (4/3), Lafayette (4/18), Connecticut (4/22) and Navy (4/25) … Had an eight game hit-streak from April 6-18, gathering 12 hits and 10 RBI in that span … Finished with four errors in 139 chances on the season.

2009: Started 17 games at catcher, making 27 appearances in all … Placed second on the team with a .385 batting average, in addition to totaling 14 runs, 25 hits, five doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI in 65 at-bats … Named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week on April 20 … Recorded seven multi-hit contests, with at least one hit in 15 games … Tallied a season-high three hits in three games … Went 3-for-4, knocking in three runs and scoring a run against Lafayette (4/19) … Went 8-for-14 over the entire Lafayette series, with two doubles and five RBI … Tallied his first-career hit as a pinch hitter against Loyola Marymount … Notched his first-career RBI at Harvard (4/1), to go along with a double and two runs scored … Knocked in four runs over two games against Navy (4/25), while going 4-for-7 with his first home run in a Crusaders uniform … Went 2-for-3 in the first game of the Patriot League tournament against Army … Finished with a .600 slugging percentage, the second-highest on the team … Made one error and recorded 104 putouts.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played varsity baseball for four seasons at Bourne H.S. ... Team captain (2008) ... Team MVP (2008) ... Team Most Improved (2007) ... Team Rookie of the Year (2005) ... South Coast Conference All-Star (2007, 2008) ... SCC honorable mention (2006) ... Cape & Islands All-Star (2008) ... C&I honorable mention (2007) ... Two-time SCC batting champion (2007, 2008) ... Member of the Team Cape Cod club team ... New England regional champions (2008) ... New England representative in the 2008 Babe Ruth World Series ... Played varsity basketball for three seasons ... Team captain (2007-2008) ... SCC All-Star (2006-2007, 2007-2008).

PERSONAL: Son of Jack and Colleen Tkowski ... Has one sister (Silena) ... Majoring in Computer Science.

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