Monmouth University Athletics

Quickly: Good defensive catcher who receives, blocks and throws well... Team leader... One of the team catalysts... Second-team all-conference catcher in 2005... Played for Freehold Clippers in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball Federation this summer.

2005: Named second-team All-Northeast Conference and first-team All-NJCBA at catcher... Led Monmouth with .347 batting average, which was seventh best in the NEC... Collected a team-best 61 hits, which ranked fifth in the league... Ranked first on the team and second in the NEC with 16 doubles... Registered a .982 fielding percentage from behind the plate... Scored 34 runs, which was tied for fourth highest on the team... Carded 15 multi-hit games... Named to Pepsi/Johnny Quik All-Tournament Team after going 9-for-20, with nine runs scored and three doubles in five games... Named NEC Player of the Week for his efforts in Fresno, California... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI versus Maine (3/19)... Had 2-for-5 day with two runs against Sacred Heart (4/3)... Career-day at Lafayette (4/12) going 6-for-6 with three RBI and two doubles... Collected two doubles in win at Mount St. Mary's (4/23)... Went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Columbia (5/1)... Carded 3-for-4 outing with two runs and two knocked in as the Hawks bested Seton Hall (5/11)... Collected nine hits in 20 at-bats in the NEC Tournament... Went 3-for-4 against Sacred Heart (5/21)... Returned with 2-for-5 nightcap against Wagner (5/21)... Had 2-for-3 game with run and RBI versus Sacred Heart (5/22)... Went 2-for-4 with two knocked in against Quinnipiac (5/22).

2004: Appeared in 43 games, making 38 starts... Posted 28 hits, collecting a .243 batting average... Had seven doubles and nine RBI... Had a double and two RBI in one at-bat vs. Sacred Heart (3/27)... Went 2-for-3 on the day, hitting a double and scoring a run in game against Sacred Heart (3/28)... Was 1-for-2 against Fairleigh Dickinson (4/24), scoring one run and stealing a base... Collected two hits and one run scored in game against Wagner (5/22).

2003: Saw action in nine games, making one start... Made collegiate debut vs. Rutgers (4/2)... Made first collegiate start at Princeton (4/22), where he went 1-for-4, with an RBI and a run scored... Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage behind the plate, with 14 put-outs.

High School: Three-year letterwinner in baseball at Seton Hall Prep H.S... Team went a combined 83-14 in his three seasons behind the plate... Pirates won a Parochial ?A? state championship, three conference championships, one county title and two county runner-up distinctions between 2000 and 2002... Named first-team all-county, first-team all-parochial... Batted .407, with 30 RBI, three home runs and three triples as a senior... Also earned three letters in football, posting two 8-2 seasons... Pirates won two conference titles (2000, 2001)... Named first-team all-county and second-team all-parochial... Registered 114 tackles and three interceptions as a senior on the gridiron.

Personal: Son of William and Laura Hussa... Born 12/29/83 in Summit, N.J... Majoring in marketing.