EMPIRE 8 Batting Average Leaders

2026 Season • Min. 50 AB to qualify

AVG OPS HR RBI SB ERA WHIP K

94 Empire 8 hitters qualified in 2026. The median batting average in this conference is 0.301, against a D3 national median of 0.299.

Empire 8 Median 0.301 D3 Median 0.299 Leader 0.454

#	Player	Team	GP	AVG
1	Joseph Karpierz	Sage	33	0.454
2	Christian Tortorici	Houghton	36	0.425
3	Jack Griffin	St. John Fisher	45	0.414
4	Mike Rockwell	Utica	37	0.414
5	Derek Novicki	Keuka	35	0.390
6	Jordan Perry	St. John Fisher	45	0.388
7	Jordan Barthel	Elmira	27	0.388
8	Evan Cuba	Keuka	32	0.381
9	Johnny Yamin	SUNY Poly	32	0.374
10	A. Rizzo	Sage	39	0.369
11	James Nelson	Houghton	34	0.366
12	John Leonard	SUNY Poly	31	0.365
13	Ryan Smith	Utica	37	0.361
14	Nick Irizarry	Sage	39	0.359
15	Lance Berger	Utica	39	0.357
16	Mitch Neer	Sage	26	0.355
17	Zachary Haggerty	Alfred	28	0.354
18	E. Grimes	Sage	38	0.353
19	Luke Landis	SUNY Poly	34	0.352
20	Matthew Coon	SUNY Brockport	43	0.350
21	Kaden Bolt	Elmira	31	0.349
22	Jayden Kennedy	Sage	35	0.347
23	Xander Canfield	Elmira	36	0.347
24	James Dixon	SUNY Brockport	42	0.346
25	Hunter Fales	St. John Fisher	26	0.344
26	Michael Norton	SUNY Brockport	42	0.342
27	S. Brockleba	Alfred	23	0.339
28	Matthew Paolucci	Utica	40	0.339
29	Brady Buttice	Elmira	28	0.337
30	Nate Hall	Houghton	34	0.333
31	Connor Griffin	Sage	32	0.333
32	Qingyang Feng	Houghton	37	0.331
33	C. Casey	Sage	39	0.321
34	Derek Menechino	SUNY Poly	22	0.321
35	Luca Logan	Utica	26	0.317
36	Evan Brock	SUNY Brockport	44	0.315
37	Ryan Vanderlip	St. John Fisher	29	0.314
38	Jacob Penafeather	St. John Fisher	37	0.314
39	Scott Sleurs	St. John Fisher	17	0.313
40	Jackson Frey	St. John Fisher	45	0.311
41	Cole Grazioplene	SUNY Brockport	32	0.311
42	Chris Baker	SUNY Poly	28	0.309
43	Micah Fiorello	Utica	25	0.308
44	Kyle Blake	SUNY Brockport	40	0.307
45	Darren Dengler	Sage	38	0.305
46	Ty Montrose	Utica	41	0.304
47	Mario Cubello	St. John Fisher	45	0.302
48	Jackson Mackenzie	SUNY Poly	28	0.300
49	Quinn Hill	SUNY Poly	21	0.296
50	Connor Stone	Elmira	36	0.294
51	JD Robinson	Houghton	22	0.292
52	Sean Deaner	Elmira	28	0.291
53	Matt Mayer	SUNY Brockport	38	0.287
54	Austin Droge	St. John Fisher	34	0.285
55	Noah Pohrte	St. John Fisher	44	0.281
56	Kody Czternastek	Utica	38	0.281
57	Blake Fortunato	SUNY Brockport	42	0.277
58	Cameron Brought	Alfred	34	0.277
59	Nick Yorlano	Alfred	29	0.268
60	Maddox Garvey	SUNY Poly	23	0.268
61	N. Chicaway	Sage	30	0.267
62	Patrick Altpeter	Keuka	22	0.262
63	Brody Liddy	SUNY Poly	21	0.260
64	Jackson Loper	Keuka	25	0.254
65	Michael Currao	Elmira	22	0.254
66	Nate Hill	Keuka	29	0.253
67	Vincent Lucyszyn	Houghton	37	0.252
68	CJ Wheaton	Elmira	20	0.250
69	Jacob Scalise	Utica	23	0.250
70	Willan Armes	Houghton	25	0.250
71	Josh Indek	SUNY Brockport	44	0.248
72	Tobias Waldridge	Houghton	30	0.247
73	Nolan Pridmore	Alfred	30	0.247
74	Alex Dinicola	Elmira	31	0.247
75	Ben Croote	Alfred	36	0.239
76	Will Orlando	SUNY Poly	30	0.237
77	Eric Schulteisz	Utica	21	0.237
78	Brendan Bucello	St. John Fisher	37	0.231
79	Matt Riddell	Houghton	26	0.230
80	Grady Kessler	Keuka	31	0.225
81	Alex Evans	Keuka	35	0.221
82	John Kelleher	Sage	28	0.220
83	B. Bedingfie	Alfred	17	0.220
84	Ty Kenney	Houghton	30	0.212
85	Derek Ebersole	Houghton	36	0.211
86	Ian Ruhmel	Keuka	34	0.211
87	Anthony Cortez	Alfred	26	0.210
88	Gavin Walker	Alfred	26	0.207
89	Ashton Colunio	Alfred	29	0.205
90	Mike Dutch	Keuka	33	0.202
91	Dylan Treadway	Alfred	29	0.200
92	A. DeFilippi	Alfred	20	0.194
93	Bobby Cavalier	Elmira	30	0.176
94	Zach Russell	Alfred	31	0.139

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