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2020 Baseball Roster

7 Michael Coritz

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 160
  • Hometown Clifton, Va.
  • High School Paul VI Catholic

Biography

Career Honors:
- Second Team All-Patriot League (2018 - SS)
- CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team (2020)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District (2019, 2020)
- Academic All-Patriot League Team (2018, 2019)
- Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2020)
 
Career Highs:
Runs: 4, vs. Air Force (3/23/18)
Hits: 4, two times, MR: vs. Cornell (3/9/19)
RBI: 5, at George Mason (4/24/19)
Stolen Bases: 1, four times, MR: vs. Coppin State (2/19/20)
Hit Streak: 7 games (4/18/18-4/21/18)

2020 (Senior)
- Captained Navy during the 2020 season
- Hit .241 at the plate with three extra-base hits and six RBIs
- Finished fifth on the team with 13 hits and third in runs with 10
- Led Navy with 30 assists and notched 22 putouts for a .981 fielding percentage
- Posted a season-high three hits against Massachusetts on March 1 with a 3-for-5 game and three runs scored
- Also recorded multi-hit games against Air Force (2/22) and Mount St. Mary’s (3/10)
- Coritz ranked seventh in the country with four sacrifice flies
- 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree
- 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2019 (Junior)
- Was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for the first time in his career and was selected to the Academic All-Patriot League Team for the second-straight year
- Posted career highs in runs (37), hits (57) and RBIs (26)
- Hit .289 for the season and slugged .330 for the year, while reaching base at .385 clip
- Playing in a career-best 56 games and making 54 starts, Coritz also drew 27 walks to rank third on the team
- Belted his first career home run on April 10 at Mount St. Mary’s and also had a five-RBI game on the road against George Mason on April 24

2018 (Sophomore)
- Coritz finished fourth on the team with a .303 batting average and posted a team-high on-base percentage of .413
- Recorded 46 and scored 29 runs for the Mids, while chipping in with 17 RBIs
- Drew the fourth-most walks on the team with 24 and finished the season with a .963 fielding percentage
- Finished second on the team with 139 assists and recorded 68 putouts
- Had a career game against Lafayette on April 29 going 4-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs setting new personal bests in hits and runs batted in
- Scored a career-high four runs against Air Force on Feb. 23, where he ended the day going 2-for-3 with a walk and was hit by a pitch
- Posted career-long hitting streak of seven game from April 8 to April 21 and recorded a hit in 16 of the final 20 games of the season, including a six-game hit streak to end the season

2017 (Freshman)
- Navy's most used late-inning replacement on the field or in pinch-hitting situations with 24 appearances off the bench, he made six total starts as a freshman: five at 2B and one at 3B
Collegiate debut came on Feb. 24 versus Air Force as a pinch-hitter; he stayed in to play 2B
Four pinch-hitting plate appearances
Made starts at 2B versus Air Force (2/26), Marist (3/11), Wofford (4/4), Lafayette (4/9) and Susquehanna (5/7); got nod at 3B at Maryland Eastern Shore (4/12)
Tallied two hits at Maryland Eastern Shore (4/12) as part of 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI game; also went 2-3 off the bench versus UMBC (5/2)
Recorded first hit versus Air Force (2/26), a single; first extra-base hit was a double against UMBC (5/2)

High School
- Earned seven varsity letters at Paul VI Catholic High School; four for ice hockey and three for baseball under the direction of head coach Jeff Nolan
- Named First Team All-State for Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) Division I
- Earned All-WCAC postseason accolades all three years as a varsity player: 2016 - First Team, 2015 - Honorable Mention and 2014 - Second Team
- Helped Paul VI win the 2016 Southeastern Baseball Classic and was named to the All-Tournament Team
- In 2016, Paul VI finished as runners up in the VISAA Division I Championship
- Served as team captain for the ice hockey team as a senior in 2016

Personal
- Son of James and Patricia
- Enjoys music, ice hockey and skiing
- Five high school teammates are playing DI collegiate baseball: Boston College IF/RHP Jack Cunningham '20, James Madison RHP Kevin Kelly '20, Old Dominion C Devon Adams '20, Princeton RHP Tyler Ramsey '19 and Radford IF Clayton Baine '20
- Away from the field, was a member of Paul VI's National Honor Society and served as the 2015 Co-Class President
- Named to Naval Academy's Superintendent's List once, Commandant's List five times and Dean's List three times

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2017Freshman

    IF
    5'9" 160 lbs
    24
  • 7

    2018Sophomore

    IF
    5'9" 160 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2019Junior

    IF
    5'9" 160 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2020Senior

    IF
    5'9" 160 lbs
    7