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Players S. PASSATEMPO | E. PAUL | B. RILEY STEVE PASSATEMPO 1B • 5’11” • 200 • R/R Sophomore, University of Massachusetts Lowell Hometown: Medford, MA MLB Draft: Undrafted COLLEGE PERSONAL In high school, , was a three year letter winner… Named team captain junior and senior season… Led the team in home runs, runs batted in, and batting average… Named Catholic Conference All-Star senior season… Achieved the highest batting average in the Catholic Conference… In college, started all 52 games of the season… Led the team and was ranked second in the conference with 11 home runs on the season… Posted a .481 slugging percentage and held a team high 46 RBIs, which finished 4th in the America East Conference… Finished in the top 10 in the league with 89 total bases… Had 3 games with 4 RBIs each… Earned back to back America East Rookie of the Week honors… Named River Hawk of the Week the first week of March… Earned a spot on the America East All-Rookie team…Grandfather, Peter played Center Field for the Boston Red Sox… Son of Steve and Camille Passatempo… ETHAN PAUL 2B • 5’10” • 175 • L/R Sophomore, Vanderbilt University Hometown: Bellevue, WA MLB Draft: Undrafted PERSONAL In high school, named an All-American by Perfect Game in 2014 and 2015… In 2014, named All Area Code Games Team… Was a three year letter winner in baseball and a one year letter winner in basketball… Named 4A All-State infielder for 2014 and 2015 by WSBCA… Was 2014 Newport High School Team MVP… Senior season, helped team to League and District titles while finishing as a state runner-up… Graduated wit a 3.92 GPA… In college, freshman season was named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball… Matched a Hawkins Field record with 3 doubles in a career best 4 hit game… Scored 3 runs in NCAA Regional loss to Washington… In NCAA Regional loss to Xavier, singled twice and drove in a run… Recorded his second multi hit game with a double and a run against South Carolina… Matched a career best with three RBI and set a new career high with three hits against Missouri… Played summer ball for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League… Named to the Cape Cod League All-Star team… Achieved a summer average of .252 with 3 home runs, and 14 RBIs in 35 games… Majoring in Psychology… Has one sibling, Mason… Son of Lael and Greg Paul… Born on August 27th, 1996. BRANDON RILEY OF • 6’0” • 178 • L/R Sophomore, UNC Chapel Hill Hometown: Burlington, NC MLB Draft: Undrafted PERSONAL In high school, was a four time All-Conference performer… Named first-team All-State as a senior… Senior season, held a .460 average… Ranked No. 11 outfielder and No. 36 overall player in North Carolina by Perfect Game… Named No. 146 outfielder nationally… In 2014, earned Underclass High Honorable Mention from Perfect Game… In 2012 was named to the All-Tournament team at the Perfect Game WWBA Underclass World Championship… In college, started 51 games freshman season as an outfielder and a designated hitter… Achieved a batting average of .294 with a team high 16 doubles, 3 triples, and 1 homerun… Had 17 multi-hit games, which included a season high 4 hits against Fairfield and Davidson… Had 8 games in which drove in multiple runs, including season best 4 runs against William and Mary… Opened collegiate career with a two run double at UCLA… Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll… Played summer ball for the Holly Springs Salamanders of the Coastal Plain League… Uncle also played baseball for UNC… Son of Linda and Jay Riley… Born on December 13th, 1996. | 37 | ORLEANS FIREBIRDS 2017 YEARBOOK OrleansFirebirds.com Born on May 3rd, 1996. G AVG R RBI HR SB FLD% 2016 52 .270 25 46 11 1 2017 40 .268 24 30 5 1 .983 COLLEGE G AVG R RBI HR SB FLD% 2016 54 .305 33 31 4 9 2017 34 .242 23 20 4 1 .970 SUMMER – CCBL WITH THE ORLEANS FIREBIRDS 2016 34 .252 10 14 3 5 COLLEGE G AVG R RBI HR SB FLD% 2016 54 .294 27 35 1 3 2017 45 .309 32 35 4 6 .964 SUMMER – COASTAL PLAINS LEAGUE 2016 48 .272 29 22 4 7


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