Biography
AWARDS/HONORS
• AD Honor Roll – Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
2024 | SENIOR
Appeared in 29 games with 21 starts (20 at catcher) … finished with a .239 average / .338 on-base percentage / .299 slugging percentage with 10 RBI and 11 runs scored … posted a .297 average in home games … led team with 117 putouts … totaled four hits, one RBI, three runs scored and two steals in series against Wheeling … collected three hits, including a three-run homer, four RBI and two runs scored at Barry … registered one hit, two RBI, one run scored and one hit by pitch in Game 1 of twinbill versus West Liberty … posted two hits, one RBI and one run scored in Game 2 of doubleheader against Clarion … reached base three times (hit, walk, hit by pitch) and scored one run in Game 1 of twinbill at Gannon … tallied two hits in Game 1 of doubleheader versus Pitt-Johnstown … member of AD Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
2023 | JUNIOR
Appeared in 30 games with 26 starts (18 designated hitter, eight at catcher) … finished with a .213 average / .286 on-base percentage / .309 slugging percentage with three doubles, two homers, 13 RBI and 12 runs scored … hit at a .274 clip in non-conference play … posted two hits, three RBI and one run scored against Lock Haven … collected two hits versus Barry … tallied two hits and one run scored against Minnesota Duluth … registered two hits, two RBI and one run scored versus Alderson Broaddus … belted a solo homer in Game 1 of doubleheader at Fairmont State … posted a two-run homer, scored two runs and drew one walk at Frostburg State … member of AD Honor Roll (Fall 2022)
2022 I SOPHOMORE
Appeared in 31 games with 25 starts at designated hitter … finished with a .329 average, four doubles, five home runs, 18 RBI and 17 runs scored … hit at a .481 clip with runners in scoring position … posted a .447 average with four doubles, two homers, 12 RBI and 11 runs scored in non-conference play … tallied three hits, one RBI, one run scored and one hit by pitch against Wheeling … registered two hits, including a solo homer, and three RBI in Game 2 of doubleheader versus Walsh … finished with four hits, including a two-run homer, three RBI, five runs scored, two walks and one steal against Alderson Broaddus … collected four hits, including three doubles, three RBI, three runs scored and one walk at Davis & Elkins … posted two hits and one RBI in Game 1 of twinbill at Salem … totaled four hits, two RBI, one run scored and one hit by pitch in doubleheader at Gannon … recorded two hits, including a solo homer, two RBI and two runs scored in Game 1 of twinbill at IUP … belted a solo homer in Game 2 of doubleheader at Pitt-Johnstown … registered a solo homer in Game 1 of twinbill versus Seton Hill … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2021)
2021 I FRESHMAN
Appeared in seven games with two starts at catcher … totaled nine at-bats … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2020)
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Conestoga Valley under head coach Matt Werts … earned all-section honors in 2019
PERSONAL
Son of Robert and Amy Lynn Taitano … has one brother and two sisters … played for Holman Hurricanes … majoring in exercise science
