2012 (Redshirt): Redshirted the season after suffering an offseason hand injury.
2011 (Sophomore): Appeared in 48 games and started 44, primarily at second base … hit .257 for the year with 10 doubles, one triple and 15 runs batted in … had 12 games with at least two hits … went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored against VCU (3-1-11) … scored a career-high four times while batting 2-for-3 with two walks in the first game of the doubleheader with Coppin State (4-2-11) … had a career-high three RBI and finished 3-for-4 with two doubles in the final game with CSU (4-11-11) … had three straight two-hit games late in the season, two coming against FAMU (5-7 and 5-8-11) and N.C. A&T (5-11-11) … also had a pair of two-hit games in the MEAC Tournament, against N.C. A&T (5-18-11) and Bethune-Cookman (5-20-11) … named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters and was also named to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team.
2010 (Freshman): Played in 43 games and started 33, most for any of the team’s freshmen … made 32 starts at second base and one at designated hitter … team went 16-15 with him in the lineup at second base … batted .339, third-best on the team and 20th in the MEAC … hit seven doubles, one triple and homered once … also knocked in 26 runs and swiped six bases … had 10 multi-hit games … went 2-for-4 with a double and a season-high three RBI in the win over Delaware State (2-27-10) in the Savannah State Classic … followed that with a 2-for-5 effort while knocking in two runs and scoring twice later that day in the tie game against FAMU … had a double and two RBI in the nightcap of a doubleheader with N.C. Central (3-10-10) … hit a solo homer, his first collegiate round-tripper, in the loss at Campbell (3-30-10) … posted a 4-for-9 weekend in the series at DSU (4-24 and 4-25-10) … went 4-for-4 with three RBI in the second doubleheader with N.C. Central (4-28-10) … also went 3-for-4 against FAMU (5-9-10) … batted .467 (7-for-15) in NSU’s four MEAC Tournament games … was voted to the all-tournament team … collected two RBI and hit the walk-off sacrifice fly in the MEAC Tournament opener with Delaware State (5-20-10) … added a career-high four hits in five at-bats in the Spartans’ season-ending loss to N.C. A&T (5-22-10).
High School: Lettered three years each in basketball and baseball … a first-team all-conference, All-Tidewater and all-state (Virginia Independent Schools) selection as a senior … batted .496 with three homers, 47 RBI and 16 stolen bases in his final season … also slugged .761 and scored 42 runs … helped the Gators to three straight VIS state titles … TCIS and VIS State Player of the Year as a junior, when he hit .446 with 25 RBI, 14 doubles and 15 runs scored.
Personal: Santo Domenick Serafine … goes by Sammy … was born on Jan. 13, 1991 … son of Domenick Serafine and Faith Graham … majoring in business management.
Serafine's Career Hitting Stats
|
YEAR
|
AVG
|
GP-GS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
TB
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB-ATT
|
|
2010
|
.339
|
43-33
|
124
|
25
|
42
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
26
|
54
|
6
|
20
|
6-11
|
|
2011 |
.257 |
48-44 |
152 |
29 |
39 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
51 |
13 |
21 |
3-4 |
|
Totals
|
.293
|
91-77
|
276
|
54
|
81
|
17
|
2
|
1
|
41
|
105
|
19
|
41
|
9-15
|
