Biography
AWARDS/HONORS
• D2CCA All-America Honorable Mention – 2024 (designated hitter)
• CSC Third-Team Academic All-American – 2024 (designated hitter)
• PSAC West Athlete of the Year – 2024
• ABCA First-Team All-Region (designated hitter)
• NCBWA First-Team All-Region (designated hitter)
• D2CCA First-Team All-Region (designated hitter)
• All-PSAC West First-Team – 2024 (designated hitter)
• PSAC Spring Top 10 – 2024
• CSC Academic All-District – 2024
• 2x PSAC West Athlete of the Week (2.27.24, 3.11.24)
• D2ADA Academic Achievement Award – 2023, 2024
• PSAC Scholar-Athlete – 2022, 2023, 2024
• AD Honor Roll – Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
2024 | JUNIOR
Voted D2CCA All-America Honorable Mention … chosen CSC Third-Team Academic All-American … selected PSAC West Athlete of the Year … tabbed consensus first-team all-region … named ABCA First-Team All-Region … selected NCBWA First-Team All-Region … chosen D2CCA First-Team All-Region … tabbed All-PSAC West First-Team … voted PSAC Spring Top 10 … named to CSC Academic All-District Team … started 35 games (24 designated hitter, 11 first base) … finished with a .469 average / .526 on-base percentage / .663 slugging percentage with six doubles, two triples, three homers, 23 RBI and 16 runs scored … led PSAC and ranked second in NCAA Division II in average … broke single-season school record for average … finished second in league and No. 20 in the country in on-base percentage … ranked third in PSAC in slugging percentage … tied for team lead with 15 multi-hit games … hit at a .377 clip with runners on base, including .375 mark with runners in scoring position … posted a .419 average with two outs … tied for second on team with 14 two-out RBI … led team with .462 average in PSAC West play … posted a .478 average in non-conference games … hit at a .462 clip in home games … selected PSAC West Athlete of the Week twice (Feb. 27, March 11) … registered four hits, including a grand slam, seven RBI, five runs scored, one walk, two steals and three hit by pitch in Wheeling series … collected two hits in Game 2 of doubleheader against Hillsdale … tallied two hits versus Hillsdale … posted three hits, one run scored and one walk against Assumption … finished with three hits, two runs scored and one walk at Barry … recorded three hits, two RBI and one steal versus Assumption … collected two hits with a two-run homer in Game 2 of twinbill against West Liberty … finished with three hits, two RBI, two runs scored, one steal and two hit by pitch in doubleheader versus Clarion … posted two hits, including a solo homer, in Game 1 of twinbill at Seton Hill … registered two hits, one RBI and one walk in Game 1 of doubleheader against Gannon … reached base five times (three hit by pitch, two hits), drove in two runs and scored one run in twinbill at Gannon … tallied two hits and one RBI in Game 1 of doubleheader versus Slippery Rock … collected two hits in Game 1 of twinbill at IUP … finished with five hits and one RBI in doubleheader against Mercyhurst … earned D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2023-24) … received PSAC Scholar-Athlete laurels (2023-24) … member of AD Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
2023 | SOPHOMORE
Appeared in 42 games with 41 starts (34 first base, six third base) … finished with a .301 average / .347 on-base percentage / .412 slugging percentage with 12 doubles, one homer, 28 RBI and 26 runs scored … tied for second on team in doubles … led team with 237 putouts … hit at a .377 clip with two outs … led team with 15 two-out RBI … collected three hits, four RBI, three runs scored and one walk against Lake Erie … posted two hits and one run scored versus Carson-Newman … tallied three hits, three RBI and one run scored against Winona State … registered two hits, one RBI and one run scored versus Alderson Broaddus … finished with two hits and one RBI in Game 2 of twinbill at Slippery Rock … posted one hit, three RBI, three runs scored and two walks in doubleheader at IUP … recorded one hit and two RBI in Game 1 of twinbill at Fairmont State … collected two hits in Game 1 of doubleheader at Mercyhurst … totaled one hit and two RBI in Game 1 of twinbill at Pitt-Johnstown … finished with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored in Game 1 of doubleheader against Pitt-Johnstown … lined a two-run single and scored one run in Game 1 of twinbill at Clarion … finished with three hits, including a game-winning solo homer in extra innings, versus East Stroudsburg in PSAC Tournament … collected two hits, three RBI and one run scored against IUP in PSAC Tournament … received D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2022-23) … earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors (2022-23) … member of AD Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
2022 I FRESHMAN
Appeared in 30 games with 29 starts at first base … finished with a .310 average, five doubles, two home runs, 16 RBI and 12 runs scored … ranked second on team in putouts (172) … hit at a .393 clip with runners in scoring position …tallied two hits and one run scored against Ohio Dominican … collected a two-run single versus Wheeling … posted two hits, one RBI, one run scored, one walk and one steal against Saint Rose … registered one hit, one run scored and two walks versus Alderson Broaddus … finished with two hits and one RBI against Salem … totaled two hits, including a three-run homer, and logged 1.0 inning of relief versus West Liberty … posted two hits, two RBI, one run scored and one walk in doubleheader against IUP … recorded three hits, including a two-run homer, two runs scored, three walks and one steal in twinbill at IUP … tallied two hits, three RBI, one run scored and one sacrifice fly in Game 1 of doubleheader versus Clarion … drew two walks and scored one run in Game 1 of twinbill at Clarion … received PSAC Scholar-Athlete status (2021-22) … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at California under head coach Lou Pasquale … earned Herald-Standard All-Area laurels as a seniors … received all-section honors in 2019 … member of district championship team as a sophomore … also member of basketball team
PERSONAL
Son of Mike and Jamie Conte … has one brother and two sisters … brother Louden played baseball at California from 2018-22 and serves as the athletic operations manager at California … sister Nina is a freshman volleyball player at California … father Mike is the current head baseball coach at California and was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 1989 MLB Draft … majoring in exercise science
