Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Brett Tenuto blossomed into one of the Scarlet Raptors’ most dangerous hitters in his second year at Rutgers-Camden, batting .309 to finish third among all regulars in batting average. He started all 42 of his games and led the team with 38 runs and 15 stolen bases, while tying for the club lead with 24 walks and four sacrifice flies.
 
A transfer from Division I Stony Brook University, Tenuto owns a .273 batting average while starting all 85 of his games in his two-year Scarlet Raptor career. He owns 90 career hits at Rutgers-Camden and a total of 122 for his combined collegiate career.
 
With 25 career steals, Tenuto is tied for ninth place on the Rutgers-Camden all-time list. He also ranks 14th in assists (150) and 18th in runs scored (70).
 
Baseball 2015: Finished third on the team with 42 games played, starting all 42 at third base…Third among regulars with a .309 batting average and second with a .398 on-base percentage…Fourth on the club with a  .401 slugging percentage…Paced the club with 38 runs and 15 steals (17 attempts)…Tied for the team lead with 24 walks and four sacrifice flies…Finished second on the team with eight doubles, three triples and 78 assists…His four sacrifice flies tied for fourth on the program’s single-season charts, while his 42 games tied for seventh, his 38 runs tied for 10th and his totals for stolen bases and walks both tied for 11th…Finished among the New Jersey Athletic Conference leaders in numerous categories, including tied for fifth in both walks and sacrifice flies, seventh in runs scored, tied for eighth in triples, ninth in percentage for advancing runners (.607), 11th in total plate appearances (183), tied for 11th in stolen bases and in batting average with two outs (.364), 13th in batting average with RBI opportunities (.386), 14th in at bats (152), 15th in assists, 16th in batting average against lefties (.375) and 17th in batting average with runners on base (.375)…Also tied for 19th in the NJAC in hits (47), tied for 21st in doubles, tied for 22nd in total bases (61), finished 26th in percentage reaching as a leadoff man (.463), 31st in on-base percentage, 34th in batting average, tied for 34th in two-out RBIs (8), 37th in slugging percentage and tied for 39th in RBIs (20)…Collected 11 multiple-hit games, the fifth-highest total on the team, including a 4-for-5 performance to lead an 18-hit Raptor attack in the second game of a doubleheader at New Jersey City University (April 18)…Had three multiple-RBI games, including three apiece against the 2014 defending national champion Wisconsin-Whitewater (March 21, going 3-for-4 with one walk and one stolen base) and New Jersey City University (April 18, Game One, going 2-for-4 with three runs, a walk, a double and a stolen base)…In that NJCU doubleheader, he combined to go 6-for-9 with five runs, four RBIs, two walks, two steals, a double and a triple…Had back-to-back 3-for-5 games with two runs apiece against Montclair State (April 24) and Kean University (April 25, Game One), including a pair of doubles against MSU and one RBI in the Kean game…Worked three walks apiece against Eastern University (April 27) and The College of New Jersey (May 2)…Collected another back-to-back 3-for-5 performance against Stevens Institute of Technology (May 4, adding two steals and one run) and York (PA) College (May 7, adding a walk, two runs and two RBIs)…Collected seven assists in seven chances against Ramapo College (April 11, Game One)…Had a season-long five-game hitting streak (9-for-19, .474, six runs, five RBIs) from April 14-19…Also notched four four-game hitting streaks, including one to end the season May 4-9 (8-for-19, .421, five runs, three RBIs).
 
 
Baseball 2014: Started all of his 43 games…Hit .242 (43-for-178) with 32 runs, two doubles, one triple and 18 RBIs…Had 16 walks, reached base eight times as a hit batsman and compiled a .332 on-base percentage…Had a .264 slugging percentage…Added two sacrifices…Successful on 10 of 12 stolen base attempts…Had 34 putouts, 72 assists (third on the team) and nine double plays defensively…After a slow start (10-for-56, .179 through 15 games), hit .270 (33-for-122) the rest of the season…Collected nine multiple-hit games, including a 4-for-6 with two RBIs and one run at York College (April 13)…Also went 3-for-5 against both FDU-Florham (April 1) and Eastern (April 28)…Had two RBIs in a game on four occasions, including the York and FDU games, as well as against Amherst College (March 16, Game Two) and Ramapo College (April 26, Game One)…Had a seven-game hitting streak from April 1-10 (10-for-29,.345) and five-game streaks from April 12-17 (9-for-23, .391) and April 26-May 1 (7-for-20, .350)…Had seven assists against Ramapo College (April 26, Game Two), one of the three individual season-high assist games for the Raptors in 2014…Also had six assists against Kean University (March 31).
 
Pre-Rutgers: Played freshman season at Stony Brook University…Appeared in 51 games at either second or third base, starting 46…Hit .218 (32-for-147) with 16 runs, four doubles, one triple, one home run and 13 RBIs…Had a .279 slugging percentage and a .333 on-base percentage…Reached base five times as a hit batsman and had 22 walks, the third-highest total on the team…Notched three sacrifices, three sacrifice flies and was 6-for-7 on stolen base attempts…Had 59 putouts and finished third on the Seawolves with 96 assists…Turned 10 double plays.
 
High School: Four-year baseball letterman for current Raptor Coach Dennis Barth when Barth was the head coach at Gloucester Catholic High School…As a senior in 2012, earned honors as both the Courier-Post Player of the Year and the Gloucester County Times Player of the Year…All-State First Team, 2012…Also earned All-South Jersey honors as a senior…Helped Gloucester Catholic capture honors as the Baseball Team of the Year.
 
Personal: Born December 26, 1993….Last name pronounced “te-NEW-toe”…Member of the perennial champion Brooklawn American Legion baseball program…2012 Hot Stovers Scholarship Award…James F. Daniel, Jr. Memorial Sportsmanship Award…Criminal Justice major at Rutgers-Camden…Was a member of Rutgers-Camden’s inaugural Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2015 semester)…Plans to own a business…Brett is the son of Jackie and Gino Tenuto of Audubon.