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As a junior (2008): Left-handed batter with power... One of just two catchers on FAU's 2008 roster... Played in 41 of the Owl's 60 games and made 23 starts ... Hit two doubles in a post season start against Western Kentucky (5/24) in an elimination game at the Sun Belt Conference Championship... Hit two home runs in one game at New York IT (4/19)... Finished the season with six home runs in 100 official at-bats... Went through a 10-for-17 (.588 BA) stretch in mid-March in which he hit two homers and doubled... Held a .304 batting average at the mid-point of the season... Hit a grand slam against Eastern Michigan (3/2) to total a career-high four RBI... Hit a three-run homer in FAU's 17-6 rout over Troy (4/13)... Had six multi-hit games... Started as the DH once... Mostly batted seventh in the lineup for an FAU team that ranked as one of the nation's most productive run-scoring squads in all of Division I... Appeared as a pinch-hitter 12 times which was second on the club.

JUCO: Played for Bob Deutschman at Broward CC.

High School: All-County selection as both a junior and senior... All-State selection as a senior... Hit .477 in his final prep season.

Personal: Criminal justice major... Son of Pete and Patricia Criaris... Born June 16, 1987 in Livingston, N.J.