Year-by-Year Statistics: Career | 2015 | 2014
Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll (2015)
2015: Listed on the Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll for the first time... Appeared in 29 games and made 25 starts (24 at catcher)... Batted .315 (29-for-92) with four doubles, a home run and 16 RBIs... Collected 10 hits in eight starts in Atlantic Sun Conference play... Had a career-high four hits against St. John's on Feb. 28... Hit a home run in the eighth inning, going back-to-back with Corbin Olmstead in a 12-5 victory over Northern Kentucky on April 4... Went 3-for-6 with a season-high, three RBIs against Georgia Southern on March 11... Put together nine multiple-hit games and finished the season, reaching base in seven-straight games... Team posted a record of 20-4 with him as the starting catcher... Threw out five of the 18 runners attempting steal... His 16 career caught stealing by are the 7th most in program history.
2014: Appeared in 33 games and made 27 of his 28 starts at catcher… Was fifth on the team with a .314 batting average… Ranked eighth in the Atlantic Sun with 11 runners caught trying to steal including two against North Carolina on Mar. 1 and two against Georgia Southern on Mar. 25… Collected 32 hits in 102 at bats… His .402 on-base percentage was the third highest on the team… Drew a total of 13 walks, tied for the third most on the team… Had nine multiple-hit games including, four, three-hit efforts… Was 3-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs against Georgia Southern on Mar. 25… Had back-to-back three-hit performances on Apr. 15 and Apr. 18 against Bethune-Cookman and FGCU respectively… Went 3-for-4 with a run scored against Northern Kentucky on Mar. 22
Prior to North Florida: Attended Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla.…Helped the Eagles to a 32-19 record as a freshman and a 47-14 mark as a sophomore…TCC won the Panhandle Conference Championship in 2013…Earned First Team All-Conference…Boasted a .298 batting average with 20 stolen bases…Played with current North Florida teammate Trent Higginbothem.
High School: Lettered four years at Nease High School in St. Augustine, Fla.…Led the Eagles to a District Championship in 2011…Earned USSSA First Team All-American honors in 2011…First-team All-District as a junior and senior…Also competed in football, earning MVP and All-District team honors…Honor student.
Personal: Full name is James Kelly Abbatinozzi…Son of Paul Abbatinozzi and Kelly Abbatinozzi…Has an older brother, Paul Jr., and a younger sister, Claire…Father Paul played baseball at Flagler College and was drafted by the Chicago White Sox…Born on May 2,1993 in St. Augustine, Fla.…Majoring in business management.
