Career Honors: - Ping!Baseball Honorable Mention Freshman All-American (
2008 - 2B)
- First-Team All-Patriot League (
2008 - 2B)
- Patriot League Rookie of the Week (
April 22, 2008;
April 28, 2008)
Career Statistics:-OVERALL-Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT2008.... .324 50-44 170 29 55 8 0 5 24 15 23 5-72009.... .374 47-47 195 42 73 16 4 3 24 17 25 9-12TOTAL... .351 97-91 365 71 128 24 4 8 48 32 48 14-19-PATRIOT LEAGUE-Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT2008.... .333 20-19 66 10 22 3 0 1 9 5 6 0-12009.... .400 20-20 80 21 32 6 2 2 13 8 10 0-2TOTAL... .370 40-39 146 31 54 9 2 3 22 13 16 0-3
Career Highs: - Runs Scored: 4,
vs. Bucknell (4/18/09) - Hits: 5,
vs. Holy Cross (4/26/08) - RBIs: 3, seven times (MR:
vs. Bucknell, 4/18/09)
- Stolen Bases: 2,
vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (4/21/09) - Hitting Streak: 15 games (4/13/09-present)
In the Navy Record Books: -CAREER-
- Highest Batting Average:
7th (.351) - Highest Slugging Percentage:
8th (.504) -SEASON-
- Most Hits:
3rd (73 in 2009) - Most Total Bases:
6th (106 in 2009) - Most Doubles:
t-6th (16 in 2009) - Most At Bats:
t-10th (195 in 2009) 2010: Game-by-Game Statistics 2009: Game-by-Game Statistics - Played and started in all of the team's 47 games
- Led the team with a .374 (73-for-195) batting average
- Topped the team in runs scored with 42, in addition to his 73 hits, 16 doubles and four triples, 106 total bases and .544 slugging percentage
- Belted three home runs and 24 RBIs
- Drew 17 walks to assist in his team-high .428 on-base percentage among starters
- Stole nine bases in 12 attempts
- Ranked among the Patriot League leaders in eight categories: batting average (fifth), runs (ninth), hits (fifth), doubles (fourth), triples (third), total bases (seventh), slugging percentage (seventh) and on-base percentage (10th)
- Helped turn 20 of the team's 27 double plays
- Led the Mids with 25 multi-hit games, eight of which were three-plus-hit showings
- Totaled six multi-RBI efforts
- In Patriot League games, he led the Mids with a .400 (32-for-80) batting average, 21 runs scored and a .456 on-base percentage
- Also pounded out six doubles, two triples and two home runs with 13 RBIs against league competition
- Over his final-33 games of the year, he batted .443 (62-for-140) with 37 runs, 12 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 22 RBIs and seven stolen bases
- Finished the year with a 15-game hitting streak, matching the longest streak by a Navy player since Thomas Hamilton in 2008
- During his season-long hitting streak, he hit .433 (29-for-67) with 21 runs, five doubles, a triple, a home run, 13 RBIs and four stolen bases
- Concluded the year with a 4-for-5 performance and a stolen base in a win against New York Tech (5/2)
- Went 3-for-5 with two stolen bases and three runs scored during a win against Maryland Eastern Shore (4/21)
- Recorded a RBI in five-straight games between 4/19-4/25 and in nine of 10 contests from 4/13-4/25
- Also had a nine-game hitting streak from 3/29-4/12, during which he hit .447 (17-for-38) with five doubles, two triples, one home run and five RBIs
- Doubled in three-straight games at Lehigh (4/4-4/5)
- Smacked a double and a triple in a win over Princeton (3/20)
2008: Game-by-Game Statistics - Played in 50 games, 44 of which he started
- Owned a .324 (55-for-170) batting average with 29 runs scored
- Belted eight doubles and five home runs with 24 RBIs
- The five long balls tied a Navy freshman record with Marcus Lee (1991) and Terry Cook (1974)
- Drew 15 walks and laid down three sacrifice bunts
- Successful in 5-of-7 stolen-base attempts
- Played stellar defense, evidenced by a .964 fielding percentage
- Helped turn 18 double plays
- Came on strong during the final-19 games of the year, during which he batted .392 (31-for-79) with seven doubles, two home runs, 15 RBIs, 19 runs scored, seven walks and three stolen bases
- Within that tear, he had a 10-game hitting streak from 4/21-5/4, in which he batted .476 (20-for-42) with four doubles, one home run and five multi-hit efforts
- Tallied 12 multi-hit games on the year
- Lone Navy hitter to record a five-hit performance on the year, as he went 5-for-5 with two runs scored against Holy Cross (4/26)
- Racked up six multi-RBI performances
- In seven games against Holy Cross, he hit at a .438 (14-for-32) clip with seven runs scored and four RBIs
- Smashed a home run in back-to-back at bats against UMBC (4/8) to become just the second freshman in school history to go deep twice in the same game, joining Terry Cook's two-longball performance against Towson State on 4/30/74
- Went 4-for-6 with three runs scored and two RBIs at Maryland-Eastern Shore (3/13)
- Recorded a double in three-straight games between 4/22-4/26
- Came just a triple short of the cycle against both Bucknell (4/19) and Delaware State (4/26)
High School: - Attended First Colonial High School, where he earned two letters in baseball
- Also lettered in football and basketball
- Helped baseball squad to a third-place finish in the state as a junior
- Baseball team was crowned Eastern Region and Beach District champions
- Named all-district third baseman in 2005
- As team captain, he batted .375 with a home run and 15 RBIs
- Was an all-district linebacker on the football team during his senior year
Personal: - Full name is Michael Christopher Guadagnini
- Son of Donna and Mark Guadagnini
- Born March 14, 1988, in Annapolis, Md.
- Brother, Mark, was a four-year member of the Navy baseball team from 2005-08
- Father, Mark, is a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy and Class of 1980 graduate of the Naval Academy
- Grandfather (late), Dave Smalley, was an Assistant AD, basketball coach and 1957 graduate of the Naval Academy
- Uncle, Danny, also graduated from the Naval Academy in 1987
- Majoring in economics
