Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2024-25 (Graduate Student)

BIG EAST All-Academic Team

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)

2023-24 (Graduate Student)

BIG EAST All-Academic Team

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

2022-23 (Graduate Student)

BIG EAST All-Academic Team

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

Villanova Career: A strong right-handed reliever out of the bullpen … In his three seasons, posted a 4-3 record with an ERA of 6.66 … Two-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Five-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
2025: Appeared in 17 games out of the bullpen … Went 2-1 while recording a 10.91 ERA over 15.2 innings pitched … Threw two hitless innings with a season-high-tying three strikeouts against Bucknell (April 22) … Made seven scoreless appearances of at least 1.0 inning pitched.
 
2024: Appeared in 25 games as a reliever with a 1-1 record … Had a 6.12 ERA in 25 innings of work … Against 119 batters he held them to a .316 batting average … Allowed 31 hits, 20 runs (17 earned), walked 13 and struck out 24 … Had a season high three strike outs against Bucknell on April 23.
 
2023: Appeared in 29 games as a reliever … Had a 1-1 record with an ERA of 5.06 in 42.2 innings pitched … Against 167 batters he held them to a .305 batting average … In those at-bats he recorded 42 strikeouts, eight doubles, 22 walks, and seven home runs … In 2.2 innings pitched vs Iona he recorded a season high five strikeouts on March 24^th.
 
Career (Franklin & Marshall): Fourth-year member of the Franklin and Marshall baseball team who has played in 28 career games with one start … Owns a 2-4 record with six saves and a 5.61 ERA with a total of 33.2 innings pitched … Has 32 strikeouts while allowing 39 hits, 28 runs (21 earned), and two home runs to go along with 13 walks issued … He averaged 8.55 strikeouts per nine innings… Had the fifth most saves in school history and second in pitching appearances in a single season … Two-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022) … Graduated with Cum Laude Honors
 
2022 (Franklin & Marshall): Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Made 20 appearances, including his first career start … Ranked third in the conference in appearances … Had 10 scoreless outings, including three straight from Mar. 19 to Mar. 29 … Pitched a season-high 2.2 innings in the season opener at Guilford (2/26) … Recorded saves in game one against Scranton (3/5) and game two against Muhlenberg (4/9).
 
2021 (Franklin & Marshall): Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Made six appearances out of the bullpen … Led the Centennial Conference with four saves … Logged 7.1 inning and allowed just three hits and one earned run (1.23 ERA) while striking out seven as opponents batted just .130 against him … Picked up saves against Johns Hopkins (3/21), Ursinus (3/27), McDaniel (4/10), and Dickinson (5/8) … Pitched a season-high 2.1 innings at Washington College (4/17), striking out two.
 
2020 (Franklin & Marshall): Appeared in two games out of the bullpen … Tallied two strikeouts in two innings pitched.
 
2019 (Franklin & Marshall): Competed in three games for Division I Lafayette.
 
Vincentian Academy: Played baseball as a right-handed pitcher during his scholastic career earning three varsity letters …Class A State Champions in 2016 and 2018 … Class A WPIAL Champions in 2018 … Senior season stats include owning a record of 9-0 with a 1.04 ERA over 53.2 innings pitched striking out 59 … Named to the All-WPIAL team as a pitcher … Threw a perfect game against Eden Christian Academy on May 2, 2018.
 
Personal: Born 12/28/99 in Wexford, Pa. … Son of Michael and Linda Turzai … Has two siblings, Andrew and Matthew … Choose to come to Villanova because of the prestigious academic reputation, the high-caliber athletics, and the family atmosphere on campus … Plans to get his master’s degree in human resource development.