Western Carolina University

PRONUNCIATION: vis-CON-tee

2024 (Senior): Made 21 appearances on the mound including 12 in relief with nine starts, eight straight to end the season … Finished with a 4-1 seasonal record, posting a 6.33 ERA over 54.0 innings of work … Struck out 45 against 29 walks, recording at least one strikeout in 16 of his appearances with four or more Ks six times … Recorded 50 fly ball outs and 56 ground outs including eight double plays … Tallied five strikeouts over four innings in the midweek at Presbyterian (April 9) with just one run on three hits allowed … Had a second five K performance against UNCG (April 14) over 4.1 innings in the start … Struck out a season-high six in a four-inning start without issuing a walk against Wofford (April 27) … Tossed a career-long six innings with five strikeouts in a start against Mercer (May 11), limiting the Bears to two runs on just three hits… Named second-team All-Southern Conference by the league’s head coaches.

2023 (Junior): Made 13 appearances on the season with three starts … Collected a pair of wins in a 2-3 overall record with a 6.89 ERA over 32.2 innings of work … Recorded at least one strikeout in 12 of his 13 appearances with four-or-more Ks five times … Surrendered 27 runs – 25 earned – on 29 hits with just eight going for extra bases … Made his WCU debut on opening weekend with a four-inning start against Akron (Feb. 18), striking out four against four walks … Earned his first decision with a five-inning relief effort in a win over Eastern Kentucky (March 5), striking out a season-best seven … Started at nationally-ranked Tennessee (March 21), striking out four … Missed a month of the season with an injury, making his return with a short, one-inning start at College of Charleston (April 23).

Prior to Western Carolina: Transfer from Florida Atlantic University ... Pitched a career 67.2 innings posting 67 strikeouts between 2020 through 2022 ... Spent the majority of the 2021 season in the FAU weekend rotation with six starts, but flourished when moved to the back end of the bullpen ... From May 2 to May 28, in seven appearances, picked up either a win or a save in every single outing, going 3-0 with four saves (which ended up leading the team in 2021); High School: Pitched at Bartram Trail for coach Ryan Fitzpatrick ... was the 2018 District 6-7A Player of the Year and was a three-time first-team All-County and all-conference selection ... In three seasons, struck out 148 batters with just 58 walks.

Personal: Is the son of Rob and Loribeth Visconti ... Was born in Boca Raton, Fla.

WCU Career – Pitching Game Highs:

• Innings Pitched: 6.0, MERCER (5/11/24)
• Strikeouts: 7, EASTERN KENTUCKY (3/5/23)
• Walks: 4, twice (MR: at Oregon State, 5/18/23)