#7 Michael Moras

 Sr. • C • R/R • 6-1 • 200
Orange, Conn. • Amity Regional H.S.
Major:  Business Administration

2008:  Will serve as captain this season ... Named catcher on Preseason All-East Coast Conference squad ... All-Star selection in the summer wood-bat New England Collegiate Baseball League ... NECBL Second Team for the North Adams SteepleCats. 

2007:  One of three catchers honored nationally with selection to the Daktronics All-America Third Team ... Second Team All-Northeast Region by both the ABCA/Rawlings and NCBWA ... First Team All-ECC selection for the third straight season ... Led UNH and East Coast Conference with 70 RBI's in 46 games (1.52 per game), breaking school’s single-season record ... Second among all Division II players in RBI's per game ... Drove in a run in 31 of 46 games, and tied NCAA Division II record with two grand slams in a win at Assumption ... Hit three home runs in that game and had 12 RBI's, one shy of NCAA record ... Two other 5-RBI games and a team-best 17 multi-RBI games overall ... Hit in 37 of 46 games, including 25 multi-hit games ... Reached base in 42 of 46 contests ... 24 of his 70 hits went for extra bases ... Defensively, threw out 17 of 36 base runners and handled pitching staff with a 4.46 ERA and 320 strike outs in a metal-bat league. 

2006:  First Team All-Conference selection ... First Team All-Northeast Region pick by the ABCA/Rawlings and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) ... Invited to play in the New England College Baseball All-Star Game in Boston's Fenway Park ... Led UNH with a .571 slugging percentage and 21 extra-base hits ... Over one-third of his hits (61) went for extra bases ... Fifth in the league in slugging ... Second on the team with both 13 doubles and eight home runs ... Fourth on the team with a .349 average ... Had a 15-game hitting streak ... 12 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games ... 31 walks was good for fifth in the league ... 47th nationally in walks per game ... Caught for a pitching staff that was 37th out of 216 Division II schools with a 3.93 ERA ... Threw out 20 runners trying to steal, a league-best total ... Hit .343 with nine doubles and three homers in 27 league games. 

2005:  Named NYCAC Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Conference and All-Northeast Region ... Second on the team in batting average at .364 and in runs batted in with 30.   ... Led the team in doubles with 13.  Recorded team high 183 put-outs while only committing five errors for a .977 fielding percentage ... Drove in three runs on two separate occasions, April 9 at Molloy College and April 14 at Post. 

High School: Local player from Amity High School where he earned All-Conference, All-Area and All-State honors behind the plate. 

Personal:  Major is Management of Sports Industries ...  Son of Melissa and Wayne Moras ... Has one brother.

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