University of Albany

2022

• UAlbany single season stolen base record (44)
• UAlbany career stolen base record (83)
• Played and started in 47 games
• Held a .302 batting average with 51 hits, 11 doubles, two triples, and two home runs
• Amassed 38 runs scored and forced 32 walks
• Led team with .418 on base percentage

• Appeared in 46 games with 46 starts, batting .258 with two doubles, one triple, 28 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases
• Ranked third in the America East in stolen bases
• Hit 1-4 with a triple, three RBIs, and one run scored vs. Hartford (5/9)
• Hit 4-4 with a double, three RBIs and four runs scored vs. Maine (5/2)
• Hit 1-3 with two RBIs vs. Maine (5/1)
• Hit 3-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored vs. UMass Lowell (4/17)
• Hit 1-4 with two RBIs and one run scored at Binghamton (4/10)
• Hit 2-5 with two RBIs vs. UMBC (4/4)
• Hit 1-4 with two RBIs vs. UMBC (4/4)
• Hit 1-2 with two RBIs vs. Stony Brook (3/26)
• Made season debut at Seton Hall (3/6), hitting 1-5

• Started all 11 games he appeared in as an outfielder.
• Had a team-leading seven stolen bases, along with a .268 batting average and .348 on base percentage. 
• Went 2-4 with two runs scored, one RBI and two stolen bases at Norfolk State (2/29).

• Appeared in 19 games in the infield throughout the 2019 season
• Picked up two hits and a stolen base in game two of a double header against UMass Lowell (4/6)
• Earned his first collegiate RBI in a road victory against Marist (4/2)
• Rung up two hits, including a double in a home victory versus UMass (3/26)
• Delivered his first hit on a 2-4 day at the plate in a road victory versus Manhattan College (3/23)
• Made collegiate debut on (2/24) versus Coppin State

• Played four years of baseball at Plainedge High
• Recorded a career batting average of .391 with 51 stolen bases and a .493 OBP
• Posted a .384 batting average, 24 stolen bases and a .512 OBP as a senior
• Two time All-Country honoree (2017, 2018)
• Tabbed MVP in 2018 and received the Silver Slugger award all four years of high school
• Member of the National Honor Society, the Math Honor Society and English Honor Society.

• Son of Phil Bottari
• Has three sisters, Julia, Monica and Sarrah, and one brother, Matthew
• Intends to study business.