#22 Christian Scafidi Baseball Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2019 Ivy League Pitcher of the Year
• 2019 First Team All-Ivy League
• 2019 Team Captain
• 2019 Ivy League Pitcher of the Week (April 13)
• 2019 Big 5 Pitcher of the Week (April 7, April 13, April 27)
• 2020 Ivy League Pitcher of the Week (3/7)
• 2020 Academic All-Ivy
  

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021 – Notre Dame) 

• Made two starts to begin the year before an arm injury ended his season.
• Went 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA through 6.0 innings pitched and five strikeouts.
• The Irish won both games that he started that clinched series wins over No. 16 Wake Forest and Clemson on the road.
• Scafidi graduated with a master’s degree in Management in May.

AS A SENIOR (2020 – Penn) 

• Posted a 2-0 record after two starts on the mound in a season shortened by the COVID-19 outbreak
• Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week after a complete game with 11 strikeouts, zero walks, and just one unearned run allowed against FIU (3/7)
• Finished the season with an unblemished 0.00 ERA after 15 innings pitched
• Led the Quakers with 15 strikeouts
• One of two Ivy League pitchers to throw a complete game in 2020
• Academic All-Ivy

AS A JUNIOR (2019 – Penn) 

• Ivy League Pitcher of the Year
• Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy Selection (SP)
• Made 10 appearances with nine starts as a key member of Penn’s weekend rotation
• One of four team captains
• Finished the season 6-1 with a career-low 2.62 ERA after a career-high 68.2 innings pitched
• Struck out 59 batters—fifth-most in the Ivy League—while allowing just 18 walks
• Pitched seven or more innings in six of his ten appearances, including each of his last five appearances
• Second in the Ivy League with 45 strikeouts in conference play
• Posted the lowest ERA (2.16) among starting pitchers in Ivy League play
• Named Ivy League and Big 5 Pitcher of the Week after 8.1 shutout innings with 11 strikeouts against Princeton (April 13)
• Tossed a complete game with one run allowed on five hits with eight strikeouts in Penn’s series opener against Cornell (April 27), earning him a Big 5 Pitcher of the Week honor
• Also named Big 5 Pitcher of the Week after tossing eight shutout innings with seven strikeouts against Dartmouth (April 7).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018 – Penn)

• Appeared in 11 games while making 10 starts on the mound, finishing the year with a 3-4 record (best among starters)
• Ranked second on the team in both strikeouts (52) and innings pitched (61.2)
• Racked up a 4.52 ERA, surrendering 67 total hits and 31 earned runs
• Tossed a career-high seven frames three times, including a complete game against Fairleigh Dickinson (3/17)
• Struck out a career-best eight batters during a four-inning start at Harvard (4/8)

AS A FRESHMAN (2017 – Penn) 

• Made ten appearances, all in relief
• Finished the year 0-1 with a 6.92 ERA
• Struck out 17 in 13.0 innings pitched
• Recorded at least one strikeout in nine of his ten appearances
• Made his collegiate debut at North Florida (3/5), striking out one in an inning of work
• Posted a season-high four strikeouts in two innings out of the bullpen against Valparaiso (3/8)

PREP AND PERSONAL

• Lettered four years in baseball and basketball
• Two year baseball captain
• Played in 2015 New Jersey Top 100 Underclassmen Games as one of the top-20 pitchers in New Jersey
• Named to Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-Northeast Team
• Led Highland Baseball to Group Three Championship game
• Named First Team All-Conference
• Named to All-South Jersey Team
• Tri-Cape Carpenter Cup Team
• Honorable Mention for Athlete of the Year in South Jersey
• Scored over 1,000 points and recorded over 1,000 rebounds in basketball
• Led the state of New Jersey in rebounds, averaging 17.5 rebounds per game, while also scoring 19.5 points per game
• Four-year captain and named First Team All-Conference two years
• Led Highland to Tri-County Royal Division Championship for first time in 15 years
• Named 2016 Top Scholar-Athlete in South Jersey by Albert J. Carino Boys Basketball Club
• Member of National Honor Society
• 2016 South Jersey Coaches Association Male Scholar Athlete of the Year
• Recipient of the Widener University Leadership Award 
• Son of Diane and Anthony Scafidi

Career Highs
Innings Pitched: 9.0 (2x), last at FIU (3/6/20)
Strikeouts: 11 (2x), last at FIU (3/6/20)
Complete Games: 3, (Last – at FIU 3/6/20)