C Zac Fascia, Free Agent, Signed $20,000, Cleveland Guardians

Hometown: Brampton, Ont.

Bats/Throws: L-R 

Height/Weight:  6’ 1” 225 lbs.

School: Frederick Keys/Purdue University.

Coaches: Derrick May/Mark Wasikowski.

Past Teams: Indian Hills Community College, Brampton Royals.

Past coaches: Greg Goff, Cooper Fouts, Chris Marx, Elliot Cribby, Cam Walker, Steve Kletke, Jordan Camp, Frank Fascia, Jamie Jameson, Jim Torpey.

Drafted: 37th round (1,100th over-all) by the New York Mets.

Most influential people in his baseball life: His parents, Frank Fascia, who played at St. Bonaventure, and mom Allison Fried, who played high school basketball. Brother Dawson played at Humber College

Twitter: @Fascia15

In his MP3 player: Jon Pardi.

Artist He Wanted To See Perform at Purdue: Shania Twain

Most Memorable Game/Moment at Purdue: Purdue upsetting Ohio State in football.

Signing scout: Aaron Etchison.

2021 summer with the Frederick Keys in the Draft League: Hit .359 with three doubles and 13 RBIs. Had an .883 OPS in 11 games.

2021 spring as a red-shirt senior _ Hit .281 with seven doubles, three homers and 20 RBIs. Owned a .727 OPS in 39 games ... Four hits and two RBIs in four-game series Nebraska ... Two hits and an RBI in a three-game set playing Indiana ... Two hits, including a double and an RBI playing Rutgers ... Five hits, including a double, and four RBIs in three game series playing Iowa ... Three hits and an RBI playing Penn State ... Four hits, including a double, with an RBI in four-game series against Michigan State ... Had five hits, including a home run, and four RBIs in five-game set playing Illinois ... Had seven knocks and three RBIs in four-game series playing Ohio State ... Three hits, including a double, and two RBIs against Minnesota ... Three hits and a solo homer against Penn State.

2020 spring as a senior _ Hit .255 with three doubles, a triple, one homer and nine RBIs. His OPS was .813 in 14 games -- a team high behind the plate -- during the COVID-shortened season, also made three starts at 1B and one at DH ... Reached base safely in the first 11 games of the season, hitting safely in the first six ... Had a first-inning home run against Campbell, going deep against Friday starter Cam Cowan, who struck out 15 in 8 1/3 innings the previous week ... His his second career four-RBI game against Western Kentucky ... Led the way in the season-opening series win against Hofstra, finishing the four games 7-for-14 with three extra-base hits and three RBIs ... Drove in go-ahead run in the eighth as Purdue rallied for six runs in a Game 3 comeback win against Hofstra ... Connected for an extra-base hit in four straight games ... Doubled off Duke ace Bryce Jarvis, drafted 18th overall in 2020 draft.

2019 spring as a junior _ Batted .277 with 10 doubles, a triple, four homers and 37 RBIs. Had a .747 OPS in 54 games, starting all but one and made 39 starts behind the plate, eight at first base and six at DH ... Threw out a Big Ten-high 18 (of 49) base stealers ... Posted a team-long 15-game hit streak -- longest by a Boilermaker since 2011, saw him bat .397 with 18 RBIs during streak ... Became sixth Boilermaker of the decade with a double in four consecutive games ... Was 4-for-4 against Xavier, recording three extra-base hits ... Hit the decisive two-run homer in the seventh inning of the 2-0 win over Michigan State, and also homered against NJIT, Nebraska and Xavier ... Drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the ninth of the 4-0 win at Texas ... Caught 79 consecutive innings, helping post a 2.96 ERA during that stretch.

2018 season, as a sophomore at Indian Hills: Batted .364 with 18 doubles, four triples, five homers and d48 RBIs ... Had a 1.072 OPS in 54 games ... Singled facing Iowa Western ... Singled against Marshalltown ...  Run-scoring single playing Southwestern ... Had 12 hits with three doubles, a homer and 10 RBIs in five games playing Marshalltown ... Five hits with two doubles and two RBIs in two-game set facing Des Moines Area ... Double and a single facing North Central Missouri ... Eight hits with two doubles and three RBIs in four-game set faacing Southwestern ... Four hits with a double, triple and RBI in two-game set playing Kirkwood ... Single against Iowa Central ... Two hits playing Iowa Western ... Three doubles and two RBIs in a pair playing Kirkwood ... Run-scoring RBI playing Des Moines Area ... Triple and two RBIs in four-game set against Marshalltown ... Seven hits with a double, a homer and six RBIs playing ... MCC-Maple Woods Two-run single against Ellsworth ... Three hits, including a double, homer and three RBIs in four-game set playing Colby ... Run-scoring single in a four-game set against Iowa Western ... Three doubles with five RBIs in four-game series against Southwestern ... Run-scoring single facing Des Moines Area ... Single against Milwaukee Area Tech ... Run-scoring double in two games playing Southeastern.

2017 summer with Moose Jaw Miller Express _ Batted .281 with four doubles, two triples and 18 RBIs. Had a .687 OPS in 42 games. Had more walks (15) than strikeouts (13).

2017 spring, as a freshman at Indian Hills: Hit .277 with 10 doubles, two homers and 37 RBIs ... Had .709 OPS in 58 games ... Had two hits against Wabash Valley ... Two hits, knocking in a run playing Lincoln Trail ...  Singled against Triton ... Two hits playing Wabash ... Single, knocked in a run against Marshalltown ... Two hits, including a double with an RBI playing Southwestern ... Three hits, including a double and two RBIs facing Des Moines Area ... Two hits with a double and four RBIs playing Marshalltown in a four-game series ... Two hits against Iowa Western in four-game set ... Two hits in two-game set against Iowa Western ... Against Iowa Central with a single ... Single Two hits, including a homer and two RBIs playing Ellsworth ... Two hits, including a double and three RBIs facing Southwestern ... Run-scoring double against Southeastern ... Single against Des Moines Area ... Three hits, counting a double and two RBIs in a four-game series against Marshalltown ... Three hits with a double and two runs knocked in playing Iowa Central ... Three hits and two RBIs in four-game set playing Iowa Western ... Run-scoring double against North Central Missouri ... Two hits, two RBIs playing Eastern Oklahoma State ... Single facing Central Alabama ... Solo homer and a single vs. Georgia Highlands ... Single against Lancaster ... Four hits with a double, a homer and five RBIs in three outings facing CC-Maple Woods ... Six hits with a double and five RBIs in four game series playing Garden City ... Two hits, two RBIs playing Eastern Oklahoma State ... Single facing Central Alabama ... Solo homer and a single vs. Georgia Highlands ... Single against Lancaster ... Four hits with a double, a homer and five RBIs in three outings facing CC-Maple Woods.

Honours: 2020 season _ Named to Buster Posey Award Watch List (formerly the Johnny Bench Award) ... 2019 season _ Purdue’s Offensive Player of the Year ... Named to Buster Posey Award Watch List ... 2018 season _ Gaines First-team All-Region honors ... NJCAA Region XI Defensive Player of the Year behind the plate ... 2017 season _ Earned Second Team All-Region ... NJCAA Region XI catcher Defensive Player of the Year.