Michael Rounds

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Position:
RHP/DH
Height:
6-4
Weight:
195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Milton, Mass.
High School:
Roxbury Latin

2022 – Senior: Appeared in 16 games for the Minutemen while getting the start six times primarily in the outfield … Posted a batting average of .167 with four hits, three runs and three RBIs … Finished the season with a .933 fielding average with just a single error … Went 2-for-2 at the plate with a double and two RBIs against Georgetown (3/5) … Walked twice and batted in a run during a win over Towson (3/26) … Registered a double in a win over UMass Lowell (4/13).

2021 – Sophomore: Saw action in 36 games, getting the start in 33 played … Finished the season with a .206 batting average and a .957 fielding percentage … Rode a five-game hitting streak on the year and had a reached base streak of five contests to go along with a .299 slugging percentage and a .295 on-base percentage … Tallied 12 RBIs, including driving in a season-high of two in game one at Towson (3/21) and at Saint Joseph’s (4/10) … Totaled 11 runs and 22 hits, including seven doubles and a home run … Recorded a season best four putouts in three contests (at Towson, 3/21; at Sacred Heart, 4/27; vs. Boston College, 5/4) … Appeared in one game on the mound for the Minutemen, allowing one hit, two runs and striking out one in 0.2 innings of work.

2020 – Sophomore: Played in seven games, hitting .235 before the remainder of the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Started five contests in the DH spot ... Singled, walked and scored once at Delaware State (2/22) ... Had his first career three-hit game and scored once in the finale at Navy (3/1).

2019 – Freshman: Started six games and appeared in 15, all at DH or in a pinch-hit situation ... Finished with a .156 average ... Made his collegiate debut in the win vs. Central Connecticut (3/2) ... Was 2-for-3 in the win at Navy (3/2) ... Hit a pinch-hit home run, the first of his career, in a win at home vs. Quinnipiac (4/24) ... Also saw two innings of relief work on the mound, appearing at Incarnate Word (3/12) and Kennesaw State (3/16).