Veteran righthander who should be the ace of the Tigers' pitching staff this season ... enters senior season with a 17-14 career record ... named to All-East first team as a junior ... also named second team All-Colonial Athletic Association ... led CAA with 11 victories ... posted an 11-3 record with a 3.35 E.R.A. ... broke Towson single season record for wins ... has tremendous poise and maturity ... leads all Tiger pitchers with 37 career starts ... has appeared in 15 games in each of his first three seasons ... smart pitcher with a very good curveball ... has excellent command of his pitches and very good control ...local product who attended nearby Calvert Hall High School ... high school teammate of Tiger junior second baseman Pat Fitzgerald.
2012 SEASON: Emerged as one of the top pitchers in the Colonial Athletic Association ... led CAA with 11 wins ... earned second team All-CAA ... also named to All-East first team ... honored as CAA Pitcher of the Week three times ... appeared
in 15 games as a junior ... made 14 starts to set school record.
2011 SEASON: Appeared in 15 games as a sophomore ... tied for team lead with 13 starts ... second on team with 60.1 innings of work ... posted a 3-6 record with a 6.27 E.R.A. ... earned all three victories against Colonial Athletic Association teams ... issued 24 walks ... pitched six innings in first start of season, a no-decision against Gardner-Webb ... suffered first loss of season in 6-1 defeat to Delaware State ... threw two innings of relief in 9-6 win over Wake Forest ... threw four shutout innings with five strikeouts in start against Navy in Tigers’ home opener ... received no-decision against Navy as Mids rallied for 8-8 tie ... earned second loss of season in start at Georgia State ... also struggled in starting effort against UNC Wilmington and sustained third loss of year ... pitched best game of season in 5-3 victory over Northeastern ... threw eight innings of four-hit ball against Northeastern, allowing two runs with one walk and three strikeouts ... dropped 4-0 decision at Hofstra in four-inning start ... gave up two runs on three hits in four innings of 3-0 loss at Old Dominion ... pitched Tigers to doubleheader sweep over Delaware, winning the nightcap by 4-2 ... allowed only two runs on four hits against the Blue Hens ... threw one scoreless inning of relief in Tigers’ victory over Maryland Eastern Shore ... had a no-decision in start at George Mason ... picked up 10-4 win over Virginia Commonwealth by allowing three runs on four hits in 5.2 innings ... pitched two scoreless innings in start at James Madison but came out of game after long rain delay ... suffered loss in regular season finale against William and Mary.
2010 SEASON: Pitched in 15 games as a freshman ... tied for team lead with 10 starts ... finished third on team with 53.2 innings of work ... only walked 15 batters ... recorded 23 strikeouts ... posted a 3-5 record with a 7.04 E.R.A. ... made eight starts against Colonial Athletic Association opponents and earned all three wins in CAA games ... made first career start at Maryland and earned a no-decision in Tigers’ 4-2 loss ... allowed one unearned run on two hits in three innings against the Terps ... pitched five innings of relief at Tulane, allowing three runs on six hits while suffering loss in Tulane’s 10-5 win ... started at James Madison in Tigers’ CAA opener and gave up 6 runs in 5 innings of 11-3 loss ... pitched Tigers to a 7-2 victory at UNC Wilmington to earn first collegiate victory ... allowed one run on six hits in five innings at UNCW ... earned a no-decision in Tigers’ 14-8 win over Georgia State by pitching 4.2 innings as a starter ... suffered losses to Virginia Commonwealth and Delaware in back-to-back starts ... led Tigers to a 4-3 win at Old Dominion in the series finale, earning second victory of year ... pitched five innings and allowed two unearned runs with no walks and three strikeouts ... struck out five in five innings as starter at North Carolina State and received a no-decision in 6-5 loss ... threw one inning of scoreless relief in loss to West Virginia ... posted third win of the season in 19-9 victory over George Mason, allowing 3 earned runs on 5 hits in 5.1 innings of work ... had three strikeouts and walked three against the Patriots.
BACKGROUND: Led Calvert Hall High School to fifth straight MIAA Championship and a 26-4 record ... named second team All-Metro and first team All-MIAA honors ... led the Cardinals with an 8-0 record and a 1.78 E.R.A. ... pitched 63 innings and had 102 strikeouts for Coach Lou Eckerl ... pitched Cardinals to a 4-3 win over Cardinal Gibbons in MIAA championship game ... posted a 10-1 record with one save in scholastic career for the Cardinals ... struck out 137 batters in 84 innings pitched with a 1.62 E.R.A.
PERSONAL: Has one older brother ... lists grandfather as the person he admires most ... favorite athlete is pitcher Josh Beckett of the Boston Red Sox ... lists “Gladiator” as his favorite movie ... favorite actor is Denzel Washington ... hobbies include video games ... father is a University of Baltimore graduate who works as a contractor ... mother is a therapist who graduated from Johns Hopkins ... son of Nick and Karen Trionfo ... born on April 20, 1990 in Baltimore, Md. ... major is Sports Management.
