Wheaton College (MA)

2025 SEASON: Tied for the team leader with 20 pitching appearances ... Pitched 23 innings ... Posted a 2.63 earned run average ... Went 1-0 overall on the season ... Ranked fourth on the team recording 32 strikeouts ... Led the team allowing opposing batters to a .157 batting average ... Recorded his lone win of the season on the mound tying a season-high three strikeouts in 1.2 innings against Worcester Polytechnic Institute on March 25 ... Also tied a season-high three strikeouts each in four other games ... Recorded two strikeouts each in five games ... Tallied a strikeout each in seven games on the season.

2024 SEASON: Appeared in eight games ... Pitched 8.1 innings ... Posted an 11.88 earned run average ... Went 0-1 overall ... Struck out seven batters ... Pitched two scoreless innings recording a season-high two strikeouts while issuing a walk against Trinity College (Conn.) on March 24 ... Also tied a season-high two strikeouts against Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the NEWMAC Tournament on May 7.

2023 SEASON: Made four appearances on the mound ... Pitched eight innings ... Posted a 2.25 earned run average ... Recorded a 1-0 record ... Struck out seven batters ... Made his collegiate debut pitching two innings with a career-high four strikeouts marking his first career victory against Crown College (Minn.) on March 16 ... Tossed two shutout innings, recording one hit against Suffolk University on April 12 ... Also recorded one strikeout each against Western New England University on April 16 and Trinity College (Conn.) on April 27.

BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School ... Three-year letterwinner in baseball in addition to earning a letter in basketball for the Bears ... Named to the Super Team for the NBRVTHS baseball team twice ... Chosen a two-year Captain for the Bears baseball squad ... Played baseball for the Bay Sox Prospects.

PERSONAL: Born August 31, 2004 ... Majoring in Secondary Education with a minor in American History at Wheaton ... Son of Amy and Troy Mello ... Has one sibling, Kalyn ... Chose to play baseball at Wheaton for the coaching, the winning program and the quality education.