University of Nevada Las Vegas

2018: Started 24 of 36 contests played in with all 24 starts at catcher … Batted .284 with 29 hits, five of which went for extra bases (four doubles and one home run) … Knocked in 16 RBI and scored 16 runs … Had a .353 slugging percentage and a .339 on-base percentage … Had eight multiple-hit games, which included a season-high four against Arizona State (April 10) … Had three multiple-RBI games, which included a season-high two on three occasions … Owned a hitting of three games that began against Arizona State (April 10) and produced a .538 batting average, seven hits, two RBI and two runs … Had three game-winning RBI/hits: a one-run single against Fresno State (March 4), a one-run single against Iowa (March 10) and a sac fly against Utah (March 12) … Walked seven times.
 
2017: Started 22 of 29 contests played in with all 22 starts at catcher … Batted .254 with 17 hits, three of which went for extra bases (three doubles) … Knocked in five RBI and scored 13 runs … Had a .299 slugging percentage and a .324 on-base percentage … Had four multiple hit games, which included a season-high three against Fresno St. (May 7) … Had one multiple-RBI game with two RBI against New Mexico (March 26) … Owned one hitting streak of six games that began against New Mexico (March 24) and produced a .500 batting average, eight hits, four RBI and six runs … Walked six times.
 
2016: Started nine of 20 contests played in with six at catcher, two as the designated hitter and one at first base … Batted .179 with seven hits, two of which went for extra bases (two doubles) … Knocked in five RBI and scored three runs … Had a .231 slugging percentage and a .267 on-base percentage … Had one multiple-hit game with two hits against UC Riverside (March 9) … Scored the game-winning run twice … Walked five times.
 
High School: A 2015 graduate of Silverado HS in Las Vegas, Nev. … Lettered four years in baseball … Helped the Sky hawks to a 2012 Northeast League championship and a total of 71 combined wins in from 2012-15 … Earned first-team all-state honors twice (2014 and 2015) … Named to the 2015 Louisville All-America First Team after being tabbed to the 2014 Second Team and 2013 Honorable Mention … Selected to the 2013 all-region first team and gained honorable mention status a year before that.
 
Personal: Vincent Joseph Taormina was born on March 11, 1997, in Akron, Ohio … The son of Joseph and Kim Taormina … Majoring in secondary education.