Jacksonville State University Athletics

2016 Preseason National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Second Team
2015 First Team All-OVC
2015 Preseason National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Third Team
2015 Preseason All-OVC
2014 Second Team All-OVC
2014 OVC All-Tournament Team
2014 Capital One Academic All-District 4 First Team
2013 OVC All-Freshman Team
2013 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team
 
JSU CAREER
(2015): Named preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference and tabbed to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Second Team…named First Team All-OVC as a junior…led the Gamecocks offensively for the second consecutive year with a team-best .368 batting average…finished the season with 82 hits in 223 at bats…registered 29 extra base hits, including doubles and seven home runs…also had a pair of triples…drove in a team-high 59 runs and scored 48 runs…turned in 29 multiple hit games, including 12 three-hit contests…carded 16 multiple RBI games…posted three hits in six plate appearances against Eastern Kentucky and drove home four RBI (5/3/15)... three home runs came in conference play against Austin Peay (3/15/15), at Southeast Missouri (4/18/15) and at EKU (5/3/15). 

(2014): The Gamecocks’ top returning offensive threat after posting the second-best average on the squad at .328…collected 76 hits, including seven triples…led the Ohio Valley Conference in triples and ranked seventh in the nation in triples…turned in a slugging percentage of .534 and an on-base mark of .398…registered 19 doubles and five triples as a sophomore…named to the league’s Second Team as the designated hitter…also claimed a spot on the 2014 OVC All-Tournament Team after batting .448 in JSU’s remarkable run through the tournament…had six hits, four of which were doubles and seven RBI in the seven games had 20 total bases…had three hits in the NCAA Oxford Regional…drove in a season-high four on two occasions against Eastern Illinois (3/29) and Morehead State (5/16)…went 3-for-5 vs. Morehead State (5/17) with a triple and a home run…had 19 multi-hit games, including a pair of five-hit contests vs. New Mexico (4/6) and four vs. Eastern Illinois (3/23)…named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team which is selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
 
(2013): Named to the 2013 OVC All-Freshman team and the 2013 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team after appearing in 42 games…started 35 games as the designated hitter and four games at first base…finished with a .262 batting average with 37 hits, seven doubles, three triples, four home runs and 33 RBI…tied for the team lead with four home runs, was third with three triples and fifth with 33 RBI..hit all four homers in OVC play, where he drove in 22 runs, also third on the squad…appeared in 25 OVC games, making 23 starts as the designated hitter…finished with a .229 batting average with 19 hits, 13 runs scored and three doubles…finished with nine multiple-hit games, including a season-best 3-for-4 outing with with two home runs and five RBI against Austin Peay on March 23…made his first appearance as a pinch hitter against Kennesaw State (2/15) and was hit by a pitch…made his first career start at first base against UAB (2/20) and went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple…finished with 10 games with multiple RBI…went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI against Auburn (5/7).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Patrick Fisher at Paul VI High School…was a four-year letterman…named first-team all-conference in both 2011 and 2012 after helping lead the Eagles to back-to-back conference championships…named second-team all-conference in 2010…was an honor student…member of the National Honor Society.
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Paschal Petrongolo…son of Paschal and Ann Petrongolo…born on October 20, 1993…has one younger brother, John, and one younger sister, Mary…lists the Philadelphia Phillies as his favorite Major League team and Chase Utley as his favorite player…majoring in Buisness at JSU.