As a Senior (2018)
Appeared in 48 games with 46 starts with 151 at-bats… Tallied 36 hits, 17 runs, 10 doubles and two home runs…. Batted .238 with a .344 slugging percentage… Totaled 90 putouts and six assists with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage as a catcher… Ranks fifth all-time in program history in games played with 186 and ranks seventh all-time in career starts (172) and most at-bats (590) … Ranks fifth all-time with 571 career putouts… Totaled a nine-game hitting streak which tied for the most on the team… Ranked second on the team with six multi-RBI games… Registered a 2-for-2, one run, two-RBI and home run performance April 10, 2018 against Kansas… Logged two-RBI, two-run and a home run while going 2-for-4 against Creighton on May 9, 2018… Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double at North Dakota State (April 28, 2018).. Also went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double against Fort Wayne on March 17, 2018… Recorded seven multi-hit games on the season and a streak of 10 for reached bases…
As a Junior (2017)
Started all 51 games he played in...Batted .208 with four doubles, two triples, three home runs, 24 runs scored and 11 RBI...Led the team with 23 walks and was second on the squad with 10 hit-by-pitches...Had eight multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games...Made his season debut at UNLV (Feb. 17) with a pair of runs scored...Delivered his first homer of the season at UNLV (Feb. 19)...Went 3-for-5 with a triple, three runs scored and two more driven in at Incarnate Word (March 5)...Scored a season-high three runs at Air Force (April 19)...Homered as part of a 2-for-4 day at North Dakota State (April 21)...Finished 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored vs. Fort Wayne (May 5)...Followed with a 1-for-3 afternoon the next day, scoring twice and tallying two RBI...Went 2-for-3 with a home run at Iowa (May 16)...Carried a season-long five-game hitting streak from May 13-19.
As a Sophomore (2016)
Started 55 games, splitting time between left field and catcher...Batted .310 with 10 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 33 runs scored, 24 RBI and 16 walks...Registered 21 multi-hit games, which was second on the team, as well as five multi-RBI games...Put together a 12-game hitting streak, which was the second-longest of any Maverick all season, from Feb. 20 to March 12...Went 2-for-5 with a double and a triple and scored twice vs. Saint Louis (Feb. 26)...Followed with a 3-for-4 day vs. Morehead State (Feb. 27)...Had a career day for hits and runs at South Dakota State (April 9), finishing 4-for-4 while scoring four times with an RBI, bolstered by his first career home run...In the third game of the SDSU series, went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a run and an RBI...Batted .571 (8-for-14) for the weekend vs. the Jackrabbits, compiling six runs, two RBI and four extra-base hits...Added another 3-for-5 performance at Western Illinois (May 14), scoring twice and driving in another run...Matched the 3-for-5, two-run, one-RBI performance vs. Oral Roberts (May 21), homering in the game...Also homered in the opening game of the Summit League Tournament vs. Fort Wayne (May 25) to go 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI.
As a Freshman (2015)
Appeared in 36 games with 24 starts in his freshman season…Batted .238 with two doubles, nine runs scored, 11 RBI, 10 walks and nine hit-by-pitches…Drove in a pair of runs, scored once and went 1-for-2 vs. North Dakota State (March 22)…Pushed across two more runs at Fort Wayne (April 11), going 1-for-3 with two RBI…Finished with a career-high three hits twice, both at NDSU…Went 3-for-5 with an RBI against the Bison on May 16…Followed up with a 3-for-5 day and a run scored on May 16.
Omaha Burke High School
Lettered three years for Coach Scott Hodges...Two-time all-state selection, earning first-team honors as a junior...As a sophomore, hit .466 for the season...Helped his American Legion team to three consecutive state tournament appearances.
Personal
Born July 6, 1995 in Omaha, Neb....Parents are Dan and Denise Caniglia...Has two brothers, Brandon and Justin, and two sisters, Madeline and Anna...Hobbies include fishing and following sports...Majoring in emergency management.
