The Citadel Athletics

JUNIOR (2016): Appeared in 19 games, making nine starts for Baylor… finished with eight hits in 36 at-bats… scored four runs with three RBI and two doubles.
 
SOPHOMORE (2015): Made 11 starts in 25 total appearances at designated hitter for Baylor… Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll all three terms… set career highs in games played (25), games started (11), at-bats (41), runs (3), doubles (2), triples (2), RBI (6) and walks (4)… Went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one double and one run vs. Kent State (2/21)… Went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one double, one triple and one run vs. West Virginia (3/21).
 
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2014): Made five starts in left field and at designated hitter in 18 total appearances at Baylor… Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2013)… Went 2-for-3 with one double vs. Sam Houston State (4/29)… Went 2-for-3 with one run scored vs. Kansas (5/22)… Recorded first career RBI against Austin Peay (2/22)… Recorded first career hit against Kansas (4/27)… Went 2-for-3 and recorded first career double against Sam Houston State (4/29).
 
FRESHMAN (2013)
Did not play due to a medical redshirt… Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (fall 2012, spring 2013).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year dual-sport letterwinner for Northeast Oklahoma Association of Home Schools (NOAH) in Tulsa, Okla.… Played catcher for coach Lannie McDaniel… led team to 2010 Home School World Series… hit .508 with 14 doubles, 36 RBI and .765 slugging percentage as senior in 2012… selected to 2011 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif.… participated in 2012 Perfect Game Pre-Draft Showcase… helped NOAH football to 2008 Homeschool National Championship as receiver… passed for 1,935 yards and 15 touchdowns as senior in 2011.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Joe Spencer Sabatini… born March 18, 1993, in Spartanburg, S.C…. son of Fred and Michelle Sabatini… grandson of former Air Force Academy head football coach Fisher DeBerry… uncle, Joe DeBerry, was a third-round pick of the Cincinnati Reds.