Monmouth University Athletics

Quickly: Adds depth to the pitching staff... Live arm... Can be dominating when throwing strikes... Has been used as a starter and out of the bullpen in the past... Will be counted on in tough relief innings... Selected to all-star team of ABCCL, while playing for Manchester in 2004... Played for Alleghany County in the NYCBL in 2005.

2005: Ranked fourth on the squad in ERA, registering a 3.94... Appeared in 14 games, earning seven starts... Posted a 3-5 record, while tossing 45.2 innings on the season... Ranked fourth on the team with 40 strikeouts... Earned first win of the campaign by working 5.0 innings of relief, allowing no runs, while striking out four, in a 10-4 victory over UPenn (3/12)... In first start of year, worked 6.0 innings, allowing one earned run on four hits, while punching out four batters in a 2-0 loss to Maine (3/19)... Earned a no-decision in a 6-4 win over LIU (4/9), as he worked the first 5.0 innings, with five strikeouts... Picked up third win of the year by strking out a career-high seven batters in an 11-2 win over Seton Hall (5/11).

2004: Appeared in 19 games for Monmouth, starting two? Compiled a 3-1 record for the Hawks? Ranked second on the team with a 3.35 ERA? Struck out 42 for the season? Made first appearance against Virginia Commonwealth (2/22), pitching 4.0 innings and striking out four? Posted his first win against Chicago State (3/10), pitching 1.0 innings and striking out one? Earned the win against Mount St. Mary?s (4/10), pitching 4.0 innings of shutout ball with two K?s? Made his first start against NJIT (4/18), striking out a season-high 12 batters.

2003: Appeared in eight games, carding a 2-0 record... Ranked fifth on the team with a 3.86 ERA in 11.2 innings of work... Registered 11 strikeouts... Made first collegiate appearance, throwing 0.1 inning at North Carolina (3/14)... Earned first collegiate win vs. LaSalle (4/16) after working 1.1 innings and striking out two... Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings at Mount St. Mary's (4/21) to earn his second win... Struck out a season-high five batters vs. Sacred Heart (4/28).

High School: Four-year letterwinner in baseball as a pitcher for Southern Regional H.S. ... Named to play in the Monmouth/Ocean County All-Star Game on two occassions... Honored as the team Pitcher of the Year in 2001.

Personal: Son of Ralph and Joan Grande... Born 3/19/84 in Lakehurst, N.J... Majoring in communications.