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2026 Baseball Returning Roster

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29 John DiCostanzo

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Haddon Heights, N.J.
  • Highschool Haddon Heights

Biography

2025 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 13 games, making three starts on the mound … Finished 0-1 with a 4.94 ERA, allowing 15 earned runs across 27.1 innings … Tossed a scoreless inning of relief in debut against Ursinus (3/6) … Allowed one run while fanning season-best four batters across four innings in win over St. John’s (3/18) … Gave up two unearned runs across two innings against #18 Rowan (4/17) … Threw three scoreless innings in relief in win over Arcadia (4/22) … Allowed one run on one hit in four innings of relief against Penn State Harrisburg in NCAA Regional (5/16)

2024 (SOPHOMORE): Made five starts, going 0-3 with a 6.95 ERA ... Pitched 22.0 innings for the season ... Threw 7.0 frames against Drew (3/20) ... Gave up three earned runs and struck out four in 6.0 strong innings versus Immaculata (4/16) ... Turned in a strong final start of the season with 5.0 innings of 1-run ball with four strikeouts and five hits allowed against Arcadia (4/23)

2023 (FRESHMAN): Made 11 appearances and nine starts as a rookie ... Two-time NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week selection ... Finished 2-3 with a 7.17 ERA in 42.2 innings ... Third on the team with 39 strikeouts ... Struck out two in a scoreless relief inning versus Salisbury (3/4) in TCNJ debut ... Struck out seven over 3.0 innings against Southern Maine (3/11) ... Allowed just one earned run and two hits with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings versus Stockton (4/20) ... Surrendered just three hits and three unearned runs in 6.0 frames versus Kean in NJAC Tournament (5/4) ... Pitched 5.2 innings against No. 3 Shenandoah in NCAA regional (5/20)

BEFORE TCNJ: Played basketball and baseball at Haddon Heights High School ... Won a conference championship in 2021 and a Group 2 sectional championship in 2022 playing baseball ... Earned first-team all-conference honors in 2021 and 2022 ... Member of Olympic-Colonial Carpenter Cup Team in 2021 ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Graduated top-10 in his class

WHY TCNJ? Because it is a good academic institution.

PERSONAL: Birthday is March 2 ... Parents are Pat and Stacey DiCostanzo ... Has one sibling, Sofia ... Biggest athletic thrill has been winning the NJAC championship in 2023 ... Favorite pregame meal is chicken and rice ... Favorite athlete is Jean Segura

AWARDS AND HONORS:
  • 2-time NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week (4/24/23, 5/9/23)
  • 3-time NJAC All-Academic Team (2023, 2024, 2025)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2023Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'10" 165 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2024Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'10" 165 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2025Junior

    Pitcher
    5'10" 165 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2026Senior

    Pitcher
    5'10" 165 lbs
    29
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