Hometown: Brampton. Ont. Born: Toronto, Ont.

Ht-Wt: 6' 1” 180 lbs.

B-T: L-R

School: Ave Maria University

Coaches: Mike McCormick. Nicholas McCormick, Dylan Moser, Kyle Houts

Previous Schools/Teams: North Iowa Community College, FieldHouse Pirates, Mississauga North Tigers.

Former coaches: Drew Sannes, Travis Hergert, Shawn Schlechter, Brett DeGagne, Lincoln Hochmuth, Neal Kunik. Jimmy Richardson, Vincent Cambruzzi, Paulo Gomes, Brian Westlake, Ron Gotwalt, Dwain Ervin, Gary Liddel, Lawrence Collymore, Courtney Brown.

Scout: Alex Morales

The most influential people in my baseball life: “My mother: Sarina Barbieri. The strongest person I know. Never makes excuses and is the definition of an amazing human being.”

The most influential person, besides my family in my baseball life: “I’m going to have to go with Travis Hergert. The way he always taught us to treat the game and be better humans always stuck with me. A fantastic coach that I’ll never forget.”

Good genes: “My mother, Sarina Barbieri, played many sports growing up including basketball, volleyball, badminton, while my uncle Carmelo Barbieri was with Team Canada soccer and Serie C soccer and my sister, Chiara Barbieri was a Division 1 wrestler (at Presbyterian College) and an All-American.”

Best day on the ball field: “Probably the day where I hit three home runs in a single game (against Keiser). The third homer being a game-tying blast in the ninth in a massive conference game. Also set the Ave Maria Single Season home run record in that game. Only the second ever three homers in a game in school history.

What teams showed the most interest: “The Washington Nationals.”

When scouts talk to you, whom do they say your game reminds them of? “I never had that specific question, but since I’ve been at the complex I would say I’ve heard a mix of Mookie Betts and Luis Arraez.”

2024 summer with St. Cloud Rox in the Northwoods League: Hit .167 with three doubles, a triple, a homer and 12 RBIs ... Had a .578 OPS and was perfect on the bases steling 12 in 34 games.

2024 spring as a senior at Ave Maria (Due to Covid season, maintained final season of eligibility): Batted .380 with 10 doubles, five triples, 18 homers and 43 RBIs ... Had a 1.351 OPS in 48 games ... Was 25-for-26 stealing bases ... Led conference in average, (.380), slugging percentage (.828), on-base percentage (.512), OPS (1.351), walks (45), triples (five) and home runs (18). He set the program record for slugging percentage, on-base percentage and OPS, posting just the third 1+ OPS season in school history. He also set the single season record for walks and home runs, breaking the record with just the second three-home run game in AMU history ... His top afternoons were against Webber International with four hits (including a double, homer and three RBIs) and Keiser (double, homer, four RBIs) ... Had three safeties against Arizona Christian (two homers, four RBIs), Point (double, solo homer), Southeastern (three doubles) and Warner (solo homer), ... Had two-hit games against Vanguard (homer, two RBIs), Wiley (homer, two RBIs), New (double, RBI), Webber International (solo homer), New (solo homer), New (solo homer), Florida Memorial, Florida Memorial (homer, two RBIs), Florida Memorial (RBI), Southeastern (homer, two RBIs), Warner (solo homer) and Warner (solo homer).

2023 summer with Florence Flamingos in Coastal Plains League: Batted .238 with a triple, seven RBIs ... Had .657 in 21 games and was 9-for-11 stealing bases.

2023 spring as a senior at Ave Maria: Batted .308 with four doubles, two triples, two homers and 13 RBIs ... Recorded 24 hits in 78 at-bats ... Seven of the hits went for extra bases, including two home runs ... Appeared in 37 of the team's 54 games, making 22 starts ... Went deep gainst Warner and Southeastern ... Was often a pinch/courtesy runner, logging 35 runs scored and stole 17 bases ... Had our games of multiple RBIs ... Earned 17 walks and was hit by three pitches to finish the season with .449 on-base percentage ... Best game of season came against Warner, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and four RBIs .

2022 summer with Florence Flamingos in Coastal Plains League: Hit .278 with four doubles, two triples, two homers and 15 RBIs in 30 games ... He had a .757 OPS and was 9-for-11 stealing bases.

2022 spring as a Junior at Ave Maria: Hit .269 with four doubles, one triple, one homer and 12 RBIs in 29 games, making 20 starts ... Had a .767 OPS and was 6-for-9 stealing bases ... Best outing was against Montreat when he went 2-for-2 with a RBI ... Following season, played for summer collegiate Florence Flamingos of Coastal Plain League

2021 summer as a sophomore at North Iowa Community College: Batted .278 with eight extra-base hits ... Had .805 OPS in 36 games ... Of 20 hits, eight went for extra bases ... Hit first career home run in victory over Iowa Lakes ... Was 14-for-15 stealing bases.

As a Freshman in 2020 (at North Iowa CC): Did not see game action during first season of collegiate baseball ... Team played just 13 games, posting 7-6 record, before season was suspended due to COVID-19

Honours: 2024 season at Ave Maria: SUN Conference Player of the Year ... Third Team All-American ... Academic All-Sun Conference, CSC Academic All-American, and Sun All-Tournament Team selection. ... Was third player in school to sign with a major-league club: Justin James signed with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2012 and Ave Maria Hall of Famer Alex Sanchez was signed by the Chicago Cubs in 2013 campaign ... 2023 season at Ave Maria: Sun Conference All-Academic Team

OF Francesco Barbieri, FA -- Signs with Washington Nationals