Statistics: Career / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
2011: CAPTAIN ... Appeared in 13 games, including 11 as a starter ... Posted a team-high 8-2 record, including five complete games, with a 3.66 earned run average ... Allowed 39 runs (29 earned) on 74 hits in 71.1 innings ... Led the team in strikeouts with 83, while walking just 22 ... Held opponents to a .257 batting average ... Played one game in the field ... Pitched a 9.0 inning shut out of SUNY Cortland, allowing six hits and striking out 7 (3/19) ... Struck out a season-high 13 batters, while allowing two runs on four hits in a 7.0 inning effort vs. St. Lawrence (3/26) ... Pitched a 7.0 inning one-hitter with 10 strikeouts at Clarkson (4/30) ... Allowed two runs on eight hits and struck out seven in a complete game effort vs. St. Lawrence (5/13) ... ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Third Team ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... All-Tournament Team ... Two-time Pitcher of the Week ...
2010: Played in three games, started two in the field ... Appeared in a team high 14 games, started four as a pitcher ... Led the team in a number of categories including ERA (1.07), wins (5), complete games (4), shutouts (3), and opponents batting average (.204) ... Posted 45 strikeouts ... Recorded second win on a season high 11 strikeouts on three hits and one walk at Union (4/19) ... Recorded fourth win on 10 strikeouts and four hits pitching eight scoreless innings against St. Lawrence (5/1) ... Led the Liberty League in earned run average ... Third in the league in opponents batting average ... Liberty League Honorable Mention ... ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Third Team ...
2009: Played in 39 games, 36 as a starter ... Batted .331 with a .547 slugging percentage ... Had 46 hits, including 16 doubles, a triple and four home runs ... Scored 41 runs while driving in 28 RBI ... Had a .397 on-base percentage ... Went 1 for 2 in stolen base attempts ... Fielded at a .916 clip ... Ranked third in the Liberty League in doubles ... Posted a record of 2-0 in 20 relief appearances ... Had a team-best 1.04 earned run average ... Recorded a Liberty League-high five saves ... Allowed just nine runs on 22 hits in 26.0 innings of work while striking out 31 and walking just six batters ... Led the conference in games finished (17) and was second in appearances and games in relief ... Went 2 for 5 with a double and four RBI against St. John Fisher (3/7) ... Had four hits, including two doubles against St. Joseph's (3/10) ... Was 4 for 8 with two doubles and three RBI in a two-game sweep of Vassar (3/28) ... Struck out four batters, allowing just one run on three hits through 2.0 innings against Montclair State (4/15) ... Posted four hits, including a double and a triple, while adding four runs and two RBI in a doubleheader victory over Union (4/19) ... Struck out five batters and did not allow a run or a hit in 3.1 innings in an 8-7 victory over Clarkson in the Liberty League Tournament (5/10) ... All-Liberty League First Team as a relief pitcher ... All-Liberty League Honorable Mention at second base ... Liberty League All-Tournament Team selection ... ABCA/Rawlings Division III All-Region Second Team ...
2008: Made 12 relief appearances ... Went 0-1 with a 4.32 earned run average ... Had 18 strikeouts to eight walks in 16.2 innings ... Allowed a .227 opponents batting average ... Pitched two shutout innings with two strikeouts against St. Lawrence (5/11) ...
High School: Two-year starter in baseball (first base/catcher) … Two-year captain …
Personal: Mechanical engineering major … Son of Susan and Chris Cieszko.