2011: Led the team with nine stolen bases and was second on the team with a .449 on-base percentage ... Also scored 31 runs in 39 games ... Went 4-4 with two runs scored and one RBI in series opener against Temple (2/25) ... Finished the Temple series going 8-10 with seven runs scored and four walks ... Was 3-5 with three RBI in win at Duke (3/1), including a bases-clearing double ... Had two seperate six-game hit streaks.
2010: Hit .293 as HPU's everyday shortstop, playing in 58 games with 56 starts ... Got first collegiate hit in his first at-bat with a single to shortstop against Charlotte on opening day ... Went 3-3 with five runs scored against Fairleigh Dickinson (2/27) ... Hit in 10 straight games from April 17 against Radford to May 7 against Gardner-Webb, scoring 13 runs during the streak ... Hit .533 (8-15) with five RBI and four runs scored in the Big South Tournament and was named to the All-Tournemant team ... Hit first career home run against Coastal Carolina in the conference tournament ... Led the team with 14 sacrifice hits.
Prep: Helped Kennedy Catholic High School to the first league championship in school history in 2006 ... A member of the 2008 state championship team ... Kennedy Catholic won another league championship in 2009 ... Named Louisville Slugger preseason second-team All-American in 2009 ... Was a 2009 Louisville Slugger post season first-team All-America selection ... An All-State, All-Section and All-League honoree his senior year ... 2009 section MVP ... All-League in 2006 and 2008 and All-Section in 2008.
Personal: Sports Management major ... Son of Joe and Suzanne Mercurio ... Has a brother, Joe, who was a catcher at the University of Maine and is now an assistant coach at HPU ... Has an older sister, Katie ... Born Michael John Mercurio on Jan. 9, 1991 in Brewster, N.Y.
CAREER HIGHS...
At Bats: 7 at Gardner-Webb (3/27/11)
Runs: 5 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (2/27/10)
Hits: 4 vs. Temple (2/25/11)
Doubles: 2 vs. Appalachian State (3/15/11)
RBI: 3, three times, last at Duke (3/1/11)
Walks: 3 vs. VCU (3/16/11)
Stolen Bases: 2, two times, last vs. Temple (2/25/11)
Hit Streak: 10, from 4/17/10-5/7/10
