Queens College Athletics

2016: Appeared in 11 games for the Knights with a 1-0 record... Possessed the lowest ERA among relievers on the team (1.50)... Threw 0.2 innings of scoreless relief and picked up the win in his first appearance of the season vs. Stonehill (2/26)... Tallied 0.1 innings of scoreless relief vs. Merrimack (2/28)... Registered one strikeout in a home game vs. Bridgeport (3/30)... Pitched a scoreless inning in game one at home against Dowling (4/5)... Struck out one batter in an inning of work vs. Caldwell (4/6)... Contributed 0.1 innings of scoreless relief vs. LIU Post (4/22).

2015: Threw 0.2 innings of scoreless relief against Caldwell (3/22)... Struck out the only batter he faced at Wilmington (3/31)... Didn''t allow an earned run in an inning pitched against Dowling (4/6).

2014: Made his season debut with a scoreless inning of relief at Bridgeport (4/5)... Also threw a scoreless inning out of the bullpen versus Nyack (4/9)... Posted three strikeouts in 2.2 innings against St. Thomas Aquinas (4/19).

Before Queens: Graduated from Aviation High School in Queens, N.Y., where he played varsity baseball for head coach Michael Fischer… Selected to play in the 2012 PSAL Senior All-Star Game… Played club ball for the Long Island Orioles and coach Eric Dorcean.

Personal: Middle son of Leo and Oksana… Older brother is Max, younger is Bryan… Born in Kalush, Ukraine… Only goes by “Yak”… Lists hobbies as discussing poetry, crafting origami and collecting seashells… Says he tapes one-hundred dollar bill to his left arm for good luck pregame…Robert DeNiro once looked in his direction… Tries to mold his game after Mets’ pitcher Bartolo Colon… Majoring in Economics.