2019 Baseball Roster
Turconi, Michael
Jersey Number 6
Michael Turconi
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Beaver Falls, Pa.
- High School:
- Blackhawk HS
Bio
Career Accolades
ACC Player of the Week (May 24, 2021)
Perfect Game/Rawlings Player of the Week (May 25, 2021)
Career Overview
Made 170 career appearances, including 163 starts at shortstop... Posted a career average of .302 to go along with 199 hits, 27 doubles, seven triples, 26 home runs, 318 total bases, 155 runs scored and 12 stolen bases... Tallied a slugging percentage of .483 as well as an on-base percentage of .395... Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays with the No. 458 pick in the 15th round of the 2022 MLB Draft.
2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Named a 2022 team captain... Finished as only player on squad to start every game... Posted a career year, setting bests in batting average (.314), hits (76), home runs (15), walks (42), triples (five), RBIs (68), slugging percentage (.587), on-base percentage (.419) and stolen bases (five)... Led team in runs scored and triples while ranking in the top five in RBIs (third), home runs (third), bases (third), at-bats (third), hits (third), sacrifice flies (third), walks (fourth) and on-base percentage (fifth)... Led team with 20 multi-RBI games while posting the second-most multi-hit games (24)... Recorded a career-high four hits, a career-high tying two doubles and a career-high tying six RBIs at Boston College (April 2)... Also drove in a career-high tying six runs against App State (May 17)... Tallied multi-home run performances against Longwood (April 30) and Liberty (May 3)... Launched an extra-inning walk-off home run to even Wake Forest's series versus Clemson (April 16), the first walk off by a Demon Deacon since Will Simoneit on March 7, 2020... Scored a season-high three runs in five contests... Posted an average of .318 with seven hits, one double, one triple, one home run, five RBIs, a slugging percentage of .591 and an on-base percentage of .400 in five postseason contests.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared and started in 42 games at shortstop, second base and designated hitter... Finished second on team with .292 batting average... Posted career highs in hits (50), home runs (eight), RBIs (30), doubles (eight) and slugging percentage (.480)... Tied for a team-best 16 multi-hit performances... Had a career day in the series opener versus Pitt (May 20), tallying a career-high three home runs and six RBIs... Contributed to a pair of six-home run performances by the Deacs this season against Davidson (April 27) and Belmont (May 9)... Launched first long fly of the season at Duke (April 17)... Went on a seven-game hit streak from April 17-April 27... Drew a season-high two walks at Virginia (May 15).
2020 (Sophomore - Season shortened by COVID-19)
Started all 18 games at shortstop, finishing with a .351 average, five doubles, a home run and 12 RBIs ... Made just one error for a .978 fielding percentage ... Finished second on the team in batting average and first with 26 hits ... Ended the year on an 11-game hitting streak, with two hits in seven of those games ... Went 2-for-3 with a homer, walk and a career-high four RBIs against Milwaukee (feb. 15) ... Reached base four times on three singles and a walk against UNCG (Feb. 18) ... Doubled in three straight games against Brown and Sacred Heart (Feb. 29-March 3) ... Went 5-for-12 in only ACC series against No. 3 Louisville (March 6-8) ... Collected a pair of doubles and pair of RBIs in season finale at Coastal Carolina (March 11).
2019 (Freshman)
Played in 49 games during his rookie campaign, making 42 starts, including 33 at second base, seven at shortstop and two at designated hitter ... Batted .273 with three doubles, two triples, two homers, 24 RBIs and four stolen bases ... Drew 30 walks for an on-base percentage of .379, tied for the eighth-most walks by a Deacon freshman in program history ... Reached base four times in his collegiate debut against Sacred Heart (Feb. 15), finishing 2-for-3 with a double, two walks and three RBIs ... Both home runs came against ACC foes, Boston College (March 16) and NC State (Apr. 20) ... Reached base in eight straight plate appearances in that game against the Wolfpack and the next against Charlotte (Apr. 23), going 6-for-6 with a homer, five singles and two walks ... Had a nine-game hitting streak from March 10-26 ... Recorded four three-hit games, tied for third-most on the team ... Helped the Amsterdam Mohawks reach the PGCBL title game in the summer, batting .284 with a .392 OBP, nine doubles, two triples, two homers, 18 RBIs and eight stolen bases.
Background
Rated as a top-500 prospect by Perfect Game, as well as the No. 19 prospect from Pennsylvania ... Prep Baseball Report rates him as the No. 20 prospect from Pennsylvania ... Named the TribLive HSSN Player of the Year as a senior after hitting .571 with 24 RBIs, and going 5-1 with a 0.71 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 39.1 innings on the mound ... Named the Blackhawk County Times Player of the Year as a junior, leading his team in average (.523), doubles (13), and homers (five), also breaking program records with 45 hits and 42 RBIs; also recorded a team-record eight saves with a 0.00 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 14 innings ... Lettered four times in baseball, hitting .380 or better every season, and had two varsity letters in golf ... Picked Wake Forest over Louisville, Kentucky and Penn State.
Personal
Son of Jim and Cindy Turconi ... Born on June 24, 1999 ... Was an honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society.
ACC Player of the Week (May 24, 2021)
Perfect Game/Rawlings Player of the Week (May 25, 2021)
Career Overview
Made 170 career appearances, including 163 starts at shortstop... Posted a career average of .302 to go along with 199 hits, 27 doubles, seven triples, 26 home runs, 318 total bases, 155 runs scored and 12 stolen bases... Tallied a slugging percentage of .483 as well as an on-base percentage of .395... Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays with the No. 458 pick in the 15th round of the 2022 MLB Draft.
2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Named a 2022 team captain... Finished as only player on squad to start every game... Posted a career year, setting bests in batting average (.314), hits (76), home runs (15), walks (42), triples (five), RBIs (68), slugging percentage (.587), on-base percentage (.419) and stolen bases (five)... Led team in runs scored and triples while ranking in the top five in RBIs (third), home runs (third), bases (third), at-bats (third), hits (third), sacrifice flies (third), walks (fourth) and on-base percentage (fifth)... Led team with 20 multi-RBI games while posting the second-most multi-hit games (24)... Recorded a career-high four hits, a career-high tying two doubles and a career-high tying six RBIs at Boston College (April 2)... Also drove in a career-high tying six runs against App State (May 17)... Tallied multi-home run performances against Longwood (April 30) and Liberty (May 3)... Launched an extra-inning walk-off home run to even Wake Forest's series versus Clemson (April 16), the first walk off by a Demon Deacon since Will Simoneit on March 7, 2020... Scored a season-high three runs in five contests... Posted an average of .318 with seven hits, one double, one triple, one home run, five RBIs, a slugging percentage of .591 and an on-base percentage of .400 in five postseason contests.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared and started in 42 games at shortstop, second base and designated hitter... Finished second on team with .292 batting average... Posted career highs in hits (50), home runs (eight), RBIs (30), doubles (eight) and slugging percentage (.480)... Tied for a team-best 16 multi-hit performances... Had a career day in the series opener versus Pitt (May 20), tallying a career-high three home runs and six RBIs... Contributed to a pair of six-home run performances by the Deacs this season against Davidson (April 27) and Belmont (May 9)... Launched first long fly of the season at Duke (April 17)... Went on a seven-game hit streak from April 17-April 27... Drew a season-high two walks at Virginia (May 15).
2020 (Sophomore - Season shortened by COVID-19)
Started all 18 games at shortstop, finishing with a .351 average, five doubles, a home run and 12 RBIs ... Made just one error for a .978 fielding percentage ... Finished second on the team in batting average and first with 26 hits ... Ended the year on an 11-game hitting streak, with two hits in seven of those games ... Went 2-for-3 with a homer, walk and a career-high four RBIs against Milwaukee (feb. 15) ... Reached base four times on three singles and a walk against UNCG (Feb. 18) ... Doubled in three straight games against Brown and Sacred Heart (Feb. 29-March 3) ... Went 5-for-12 in only ACC series against No. 3 Louisville (March 6-8) ... Collected a pair of doubles and pair of RBIs in season finale at Coastal Carolina (March 11).
2019 (Freshman)
Played in 49 games during his rookie campaign, making 42 starts, including 33 at second base, seven at shortstop and two at designated hitter ... Batted .273 with three doubles, two triples, two homers, 24 RBIs and four stolen bases ... Drew 30 walks for an on-base percentage of .379, tied for the eighth-most walks by a Deacon freshman in program history ... Reached base four times in his collegiate debut against Sacred Heart (Feb. 15), finishing 2-for-3 with a double, two walks and three RBIs ... Both home runs came against ACC foes, Boston College (March 16) and NC State (Apr. 20) ... Reached base in eight straight plate appearances in that game against the Wolfpack and the next against Charlotte (Apr. 23), going 6-for-6 with a homer, five singles and two walks ... Had a nine-game hitting streak from March 10-26 ... Recorded four three-hit games, tied for third-most on the team ... Helped the Amsterdam Mohawks reach the PGCBL title game in the summer, batting .284 with a .392 OBP, nine doubles, two triples, two homers, 18 RBIs and eight stolen bases.
Background
Rated as a top-500 prospect by Perfect Game, as well as the No. 19 prospect from Pennsylvania ... Prep Baseball Report rates him as the No. 20 prospect from Pennsylvania ... Named the TribLive HSSN Player of the Year as a senior after hitting .571 with 24 RBIs, and going 5-1 with a 0.71 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 39.1 innings on the mound ... Named the Blackhawk County Times Player of the Year as a junior, leading his team in average (.523), doubles (13), and homers (five), also breaking program records with 45 hits and 42 RBIs; also recorded a team-record eight saves with a 0.00 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 14 innings ... Lettered four times in baseball, hitting .380 or better every season, and had two varsity letters in golf ... Picked Wake Forest over Louisville, Kentucky and Penn State.
Personal
Son of Jim and Cindy Turconi ... Born on June 24, 1999 ... Was an honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society.
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