Baseball 2016: Played in 13 games overall, starting two at shortstop…As a pitcher, made six relief appearances…Hit .250 (3-for-12) with three runs and one RBI…Walked once and was hit by a pitch twice…Had a .400 on-base percentage and a .250 slugging percentage…On the mound, worked seven innings, allowing 12 hits and one walk, while striking out two…Allowed five runs (four earned) and posted a 0-0 mark with a 5.14 ERA…Hit .375 (3-for-8) against right-handed pitching…Defensively, had three putouts, 12 assists and one error for a .938 fielding percentage…Made Rutgers-Camden debut as a defensive replacement at shortstop March 9 at York College of Pennsylvania, going 0-for-1 and collecting one assist…Had his first Rutgers-Camden hit against Washington University of St. Louis (March 15), going 1-for-1 with a RBI single in the ninth inning…Went 1-for-1 at Stockton University (April 15)…Started both ends of a doubleheader at Kean University (April 30) as the Raptors’ shortstop, going 1-for-5 with a run, a stolen base, two putouts and four assists in the opener and going 0-for-2 with a run, a walk, a HBP, one putout and three assists in the nightcap…On the mound, made his Raptor debut with two innings against second-ranked Wisconsin-La Crosse (March 13), allowing two hits and one earned run, while striking out one…Allowed two hits and one earned run in one inning of relief work against Wheaton (Mass.) College on March 16…Worked 1.2 innings, allowing four hits, three runs (two earned) and a walk, while fanning one, in a game against Rowan University (April 8)…Pitched scoreless baseball in his last three outings of the year, working one inning apiece against Stockton University (April 14, allowing one hit) and New Jersey City University (April 23, allowing two hits) and one-third of an inning against Montclair State University (April 28, allowing one hit).
Pre-Rutgers: Played two years of baseball at Cumberland County College…Pitched and won the Region 19 championship game, leading team to the NJCAA World Series, where it finished as the national runner-up.
High School: Soccer and baseball letterman at Buena Regional High School, graduating in 2012…Reached the high school state baseball championship.
Personal: Born July 6, 1994…Last name pronounced “Jerry”…Criminal Justice major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to become a state trooper…Justin is the son of Lorie Geri-Zanni and Gilbert Bermudez of Vineland.
