Slippery Rock University Athletics

Personal: Son of Gloria and Michael Cortese … Has already graduated with a degree in Finance and is currently working towards his MBA. 

2020: Did not appear in a game ... PSAC Scholar Athlete. 

2019: Did not appear in a game due to injury ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2018: Pitched in two games before suffering a season-ending injury … Was 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA and four strikeouts over 3.2 innings … Made one start and one relief appearance … Recorded two strikeouts and allowed just one run in 2.1 innings out of the bullpen against Shippensburg in a 15-8 Rock victory on Feb. 25 … Threw 1.1 scoreless innings March 13 against Northwood before suffering season-ending injury …  PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2017: Made two starts and seven relief appearances … Finished season 1-0 with a 0.20 ERA … Recorded 12 strikeouts … Pitched four innings in first start of season to defeat Dominican and improve to 1-0 … Also pitched four innings in second start of season against Bloomsburg … PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2016: Started two games and made seven relief appearances out of The Rock's bullpen ... Finished the season 0-2 with a 12.56 ERA ... Had seven strikeouts in 14.1 innings pitched ... Pitched three innings out of Slippery Rock's bullpen in collegiate debut Feb, 14 against Wingate ... Made first collegiate starte March 8 against Minnesota-Duluth ... Pitched a season-high five innings March 19 at Pitt-Johnstown ... Recorded a pair of two strikeout games against Wingate and March 24 against Mercyhurst ... PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

High School: Lettered four times in baseball, four times in basketball and three times in golf at Vincentian Academy … Earned WPIAL Class A all-section honors three times in baseball … Selected to play in the WPIAL baseball all-star game as a senior … Helped lead Vincentian to a WPIAL basketball championship in 2013 … An honor roll student.