As a junior:
Was selected in the 39^th round with the 1,183 overall pick of the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Detroit Tigers...Started in eight of the 13 games he appeared in...Posted a 2-5 record with two saves and a 5.01 earned-run average...Had a team-best 10 strikeouts against Mount St. Mary’s on May 17...Led the team in opposing batting average (.271) and strikeouts (55)...Picked up the save against Holy Cross on Mar. 22 after holding the Crusaders to two runs – one earned – on two hits over three innings pitched...Picked up his first win of the year in relief after holding Hartford scoreless on one hit on Mar. 30...In two appearances of a four-game series against Sacred Heart, he recorded a 1-0 record with a save after holding SHU scorless on four hits over eight innings pitched, while striking out eight over two games.

As a sophomore:
Appeared in 13 games, starting nine...posted a 4-2 record with a 4.22 ERA...had 68 strikeouts over 59.2 innings pitched while scattering 54 hits...Held Stony Brook scoreless over five innings while allowing three hits and striking out six...allowed one run on one hit while striking out seven over six innings against Fairleigh Dickinson on Apr. 6...struck out 10 while holding Central Connecticut to one run on two hits over seven innings on Apr. 14...Allowed one unearned run on eight hits while striking out seven over seven innings against Long Island on Apr. 29.