2015: Made 11 appearances on the mound for Penn, with one start … Finished with a 1-0 overall record and one save, compiling a 7.11 ERA in 12.2 innings pitched, with six strikeouts … Picked up his victory in his lone start of the season over NYIT (4/15).
2014: Appeared nine times out of the bullpen … Finished 0-1 with a 4.09 ERA … Allowed two runs in 1.0 inning versus Monmouth (3/9) … Was called upon twice in Richmond (3/14 & 3/15), retiring the only batter he faced both games … At Villanova (3/27), pitched 2.0 innings, allowing no runs while striking out three … Threw a scoreless inning against Yale (3/31) … Retired the only batter he faced against Saint Joseph’s (4/8) … Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings, with two strikeouts, versus Cornell (4/13) … Allowed three runs in a loss at Princeton (4/20) … At Columbia (4/26), threw 1.2 innings of scoreless work with a strikeout.
2013: Appeared in nine games, throwing 6.1 innings of relief … Compiled a record of 1-0 with an ERA of 2.84 … Struck out one batter in 0.2 of an inning to open the season at William & Mary (3/2) … Worked one inning of relief against Villanova, striking out one batter (3/20) … Matched the longest outing of his career with 3.2 innings of relief duty at Columbia, striking out one and holding the Lions scoreless (4/26).
2012: Appeared in 15 games and made two starts on the mound ... Ended the year with a 0-1 record ... Threw 15.2 innings with a 8.62 ERA and struck out 12 on the season ... Faced one batter at Stetson (3/2) and against Western Michigan (3/8), retiring the man he faced each time ... Threw a scoreless inning at Charleston Southern (3/17), striking out one ... Worked a perfect inning against Yale (4/1) ... Struck out one in 1.1 scoreless innings against La Salle (4/11) ... Retired the side at Princeton (4/14) on just seven pitches ... Longest outing of the season came against Princeton (4/15), throwing 3.2 innings and allowing two runs while striking out four ... Tossed 1.1 innings against Cornell, striking out one without giving up a run (4/21).
High School: Two-year letterwinner, including serving as team captain of baseball team as a senior...All-State football player in 2010...All-Conference and All-County in baseball in both 2010 and 2011...Member of back-to-back conference championship teams, winning 49 games over that span...Honor Roll member for all four years of high school.
Personal: Son of Laura and John Silvestri...Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...Brother, John, plays baseball at Montclair State.
