23   Bob Donato
Bob Donato

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Williamsport, Pa.

High School:
Williamsport

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 180

Position:
OF

Bats/Throws:
L/L


05/08/2012

Bucknell Baseball's Donato, Cillo and Runyan Named All-Patriot League

Donato Lands on First Team, Cillo & Runyan are Second Team Picks

05/01/2012

Bob Donato Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell

Bison Baseball Star Receives John F. Zeller Award at Annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet

04/29/2012

Bucknell Baseball Splits with Lafayette, Falls Short of Postseason Berth

Bison Entered Sunday Needing to Sweep, Finish Season 21-28

04/28/2012

Bucknell Baseball Opens Lafayette Series With Two One-Run Losses

Bison Need to Sweep Sunday's Doubleheader to Qualify for Fifth Consecutive PL Tournament

04/26/2012

Bucknell Baseball Visits Lafayette for Final Regular-Season Series

Bison Need Two Wins To Clinch Patriot League Tournament Berth

04/30/2012

Bucknell Baseball vs. Lafayette

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04/15/2012

Bucknell Baseball Senior Day vs. Lehigh

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04/14/2012

Gene Depew Celebration (vs. Lehigh)

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04/08/2012

Bucknell Baseball vs. Navy

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04/07/2012

Bucknell Baseball vs. Navy

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2011: Second Team All-Patriot League selection ... Patriot League Player of the Week (Feb. 28) ... primary starter in center field ... appeared in starting lineup in 49 of 53 games ... recorded at least one hit in 11 of last 14 games ... third on team with 11 multi-hit outings ... hit a home run in four straight games in February ... four consecutive multi-hit games in mid-April ... hit a team-best .375 in Patriot League games ... led team in stolen bases (9) ... fourth in Patriot League with 10 home runs ... tied for eighth on Bucknell single-season HR list ... led Bison with 15 doubles, tying seventh on program's single-season list ... also tied for second in PL in doubles ... seventh in Patriot League with 26 walks ... eighth in Patriot League in RBIs (34) ... fourth in Patriot League in slugging percentage (.550) ... had game-winning RBI in 16th inning of Patriot League Tournmaent Semifinal Series game one victory.

2010: Starting center fielder ... 56 games played ranked tied for fourth on Bison single-season list ... 53 starts ranked tied for seventh ... hit .315 with team-high 19 doubles, six home runs and 29 RBIs ... the 19 doubles ranked second in Bucknell history to Frank Fresconi's 20 in 1999 ... finished third in Patriot League in doubles ... three multi-hit outings in eight postseason games ... posted three hits in NCAA Tournament game vs. Virginia Tech ... hit a team-best .571 in the NCAA Tournament ... was 3-for-5 with three RBIs in seventh inning and later in Patriot League Championship Series vs. Holy Cross ... hit .359 in non-league play ... team-high three four-hit contests ... sixth on squad with 19 multi-hit games ... eight multi-RBI games was most among non-seniors ... eighth in Patriot League in steals (10) ... went longer than two straight games without a hit just once all season.

2009: Only freshman to break into regular starting lineup ... mainly played left field ... hit for cycle vs. Toledo ... third player in program history to hit for cycle ... first freshman Bison to hit for cycle ... Patriot League Rookie of the Week (3/16) ... nine multi-hit games ... hit .325 vs. right-handed pitchers (.175 vs. left-handers) ... hit team-best .433 (13-for-30) in the No. 2 spot in order.

Personal/High School: Graduated from Williamsport Area High School ... left-handed hitter with good speed ... hit over .500 as a junior ... followed up by batting .457 his senior season with 29 runs scored, 37 hits, 11 doubles, five triples, five home runs and 18 RBI ... set school records for most extra base hits (21) and batting average (.525) ... named the squad's Offensive Player of the Year twice ... earned Central Penn League All-Star first team honors in 2007 and 2008 ... played for the Maryland Oriolelanders, the Baltimore Orioles scout team in 2007 ... member of the Maryland Select squad in 2008 ... was the second runner-up for the Williamsport Sun Gazette's Player of the Year award ... majoring in environmental studies.

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