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2025 Baseball Roster

Gwen Elsey
Danny Aguilar

28 Julian Costa

  • Position Left-Handed Pitcher/First Base
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Mantua, NJ
  • Highschool Clearview

Biography

2025: Appeared in 14 games with 11 starts…pitched to a record of 8-3 with one save and three complete games, including a no-hitter vs STAC in Cary, N.C. on 2/28…first pitcher since Nicholas Frank in 1947 to throw a no-hitter…second pitcher in team history…carried a perfect game to his final batter of the game before allowing a walk…earned PSAC East, NCBWA Atlantic Region, and NCBWA DII National Pitcher of the Week honors for this effort…allowed 35 runs (31 earned) on 59 hits and 21 walks, while striking out 61 in 60.2 innings of work…allowed a staff-high nine home runs on the season.

2024: Appeared in 16 games on the mound with 13 starts…pitched to a staff best record of 8-3 with a 3.41 ERA and three complete games…authored a complete-game, one-hit shutout vs D’Youville in non-league action on March 30…carried a no-hitter into the final batter of the seventh…allowed 31 runs (27 earned) on 71 hits in 71.1 innings of work, while striking out 73 and allowing just 25 walks…held opponents to a .266 batting average against…did not suffer a regular-season loss after a March 15 setback at Shippensburg…lone losing decision following this came against Charleston in NCAA Atlantic Regional Tournament…posted a .990 fielding percentage…picked off a team-high six…also batted .244 (10-for-41) at the plate with six runs and nine RBI…hit a three-run home run in NCAA Tournament vs IUP for lone home run and one of three extra-base hits on the year…also worked three walks…PSAC East Second Team All-League…ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region

2023: Two-way player for the Golden Rams who was a weekend starter on the mound in the second half of the season and the team's starting first baseman when not pitching ... appeared in 42 games made 20 starts at first base and made nine starts on the mound ... started final 33 games of the season somewhere in the lineup (1B, DH, P) ... made a pair of starts on the mound while also appearing in the starting lineup (Bloomsburg, Shepherd) ... batted .286 at the plate (26-for-91) on the season ... hit nine doubles, one triple and two home runs ... scored 23 runs ... knocked in 15 ... posted a .473 slugging percentage and a .364 on-base percentage ... walked 12 times and was hit by a pitch once ... hit three sacrifice flies ... went 5-for-6 with five RBI in 32-3 win over Salem ... went 3-for-5 with four runs scored against Shepherd ... posted a 6-2 record with a 3.27 ERA in 71.2 innings of work ... logged third-most innings pitched on the team ... ranked second on the team with five saves ... registered a 1.24 WHIP ... completed two starts ... threw a complete-game shutout and combined on another shutout ... allowed 26 earned runs on 65 hits ... led the squad with 75 strikeouts ... walked 24 batters ... opponents hit .243 against him ... first West Chester freshman pitcher to draw the start in the PSAC Championship Game since Michael Dietz in 2016 ... posted a 5-1 record with a 2.96 ERA in PSAC competition ... tossed a 3-hit, 9-inning, complete-game shutout against East Stroudsburg on April 21 ...  struck out a season-high 10 batters in eight innings against Kutztown ... whiffed 10 again in just six innings in a win over Charleston (WV) in the Atlantic Regional ... named PSAC Eastern Division Rookie of the Year ... named PSAC East pitcher of the week on April 24.

2022: Red-shirted ... did not appear in a contest.

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Historical Player Information

  • RS

    2022Freshman

    LHP
    6'1" 250 lbs
    RS
  • 28

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    1B
    6'1" 240 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    1B
    6'1" 215 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Left-Handed Pitcher/First Base
    6'1" 215 lbs
    28