Fourth-year starter at shortstop who missed entire 2009 season due to knee injury ... outstanding defensive player who was named as the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year ... earned second team All-CAA honors in 2008 and 2010 ... selected as CAA's best defensive infielder in pre-season poll of CAA coaches by College Baseball Insider ... one of the best shortstops in school history ... has very quick feet and a great arm ... has excellent range ... does a great job turning double plays ... has shown tremendous offensive improvement ... good baserunner who excelled as Tigers' leadoff hitter in 2008 ... has played in 161 career games with 160 starts ... has a .305 career batting average with 118 runs scored ... has 35 career doubles with 93 RBI's ... has 32 stolen bases in 36 career attempts ... has a .944 career fielding percentage with only 45 errors in 803 fielding chances ... good student who was named to the CAA Commissioner's List twice ... needs only 11 base hits to become 14th player in school history with 200 career base hits.
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10 SEASON: Returned to action after recovering from knee surgery in 2009 ... started in all 55 games for Tigers ... Tigers' fifth-leading hitter with a .329 batting average ... second on team with 75 base hits ... had 16 doubles, third on team ... ranked fourth on team with 38 RBI's ... tied for second on team with 9 stolen bases ... named second team All-CAA for the second time ... had 19 multi-hit games, including one 5-hit game and two 4-hit games ... led Tigers to win at Delaware State with 5 hits and 4 runs scored ... had 3 hits, including a grand slam, in win over George Washington ... banged out 4 hits in loss at High Point ... also had 4 hits in loss to Hofstra ... led Tigers to 10-4 win at West Virginia with 3 hits and 4 RBI's ... helped Tigers to 3-game sweep over Georgia State by hitting .462 with four RBI's ... batted .500 in Hofstra series ... helped Tigers to series win at Old Dominion by batting .462 ... banged out 2-run double in 7-2 win at UNC Wilmington ... had 3 hits and scored winning run in 6-5 win at Old Dominion in 12th inning.
2009 SEASON: Named to Pre-Season All-Colonial Athletic Association team ... suffered ACL injury in practice two weeks before the start of the season ... missed the entire season after undergoing surgery.
2008 SEASON: Honored as Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year ... had a very impressive .953 fielding percentage with only 12 errors in 254 fielding chances ... participated in 36 double plays ... named second team All-CAA ... made dramatic offensive improvement, improving batting average by 129 points over freshman year ... starting shortstop in 55 of 56 games ... Tigers' second-leading hitter with a .349 average ... Tigers' leadoff hitter for most of season ... led team with 54 runs scored and a .452 on-base percentage ... stole 17 bases in 19 attempts to lead team and rank fifth in the CAA ... hit 13 doubles ... had 37 runs batted in, fifth on team ... had 25 multi-hit games, including 10 three-hit games ... doubled and drove in 2 runs to lead Tigers to 11-6 win at Maryland ... had 3 doubles and scored 4 runs in win at Delaware State ... singled and drove in 3 runs in 7-6 loss at James Madison ... blasted 3-run homer in 5-4 loss at JMU ... had 3 hits, including 2 doubles, with 2 RBI's at NC State ... batted .750 (9-for-12) with 5 runs scored in 3-game sweep over Albany ... had 3 hits in each game ... had 3 hits with 2 RBI's in loss at Virginia ... hit .364 in 3-game series against George Mason ... hit .500 with 4 runs scored in Old Dominion series ... led Tigers to 13-11 win at George Washington with 3 hits and 2 runs scored ... led Tigers to 10-7 win at Virginia Commonwealth with a 2-run triple ... hit .583 in series at Delaware ... helped Tigers to 8-7 win at Delaware with 3 hits and 2 RBI's ... led Tigers to second place finish at CAA Tournament by batting .353 with 3 runs scored and 6 RBI's ... had a .955 fielding percentage in CAA Tournament ... had 2 hits and 3 RBI's in CAA Tournament win over Old Dominion ... added 2 hits and 3 RBI's in win over William & Mary.
2007 SEASON: Tigers' starting shortstop in 50 of 51 games ... only Tiger to play in 50 games ... hit .220 with 6 doubles, 2 home runs and 18 RBI's ... scored 25 runs ... stole 6 bases in 6 tries ... helped Tigers set school record with 60 double plays ... had .934 fielding percentage with 19 errors in 288 chances ... participated in 44 double plays ... doubled twice to help Tigers beat Albany in home opener ... had 2 hits and 1 RBI in 9-3 win at Delaware ... clubbed first college home run, a 3-run blast, in loss to Northeastern ... had 2 hits, including a 2-run homer, in 19-2 win over George Washington ... led Tigers to a 7-6 win over Maryland in 13 innings with 2 hits and 2 runs scored ... helped Tigers to a win over Delaware State with 2 hits and 2 runs scored ... contributed a 2-run single in Tigers' 8-run rally in 7th inning of 10-4 victory over UMBC ... batted .389 over the final 5 games of the season ... hit .500 in season-ending series against Georgia State ... helped Tigers to a 12-2 win over Georgia State with 2 hits ... went 2-for-3 in 9-2 loss to Georgia State in season finale.
BACKGROUND: Named first team All-Metro shortstop at Mount St. Joseph High School ... batted .388 as a senior with 31 runs scored ... stole 22 bases in 23 tries ... Gaels' leadoff hitter who had 15 runs batted in ... named first team All-MIAA ... hit .426 as a senior ... led the Gaels to a 22-6 record and the MIAA championship ... selected to play in Brooks Robinson All-Star Game as a senior ... member of back-to-back MIAA championship teams ... helped Maryland Orioles earn a berth in the AAABA National Championship Tournament in Johnstown, Pa. during the summer ... honor roll student.
PERSONAL: Has two younger brothers and one younger sister ... lists parents as the people he admires the most ... has worked as a counselor at Camp St. Joseph ... had summer job at a golf course ... favorite actor is Russell Crowe ... lists Jose Reyes of the New York Mets as his favorite athlete ... enjoys listening to The Dave Matthews Band ... favorite meal is chicken parmesan ... parents are graduates of the University of Maryland ... father is an electrician ... mother is an accountant ... son of Tony and Tonya Natoli ... born on January 17, 1988 in Columbia, Md. ... major is Finance.
