2022: Started in four games… Struck out 12 batters in 13.2 innings pitched.
2020: Started four games for Ohio ... Had a 1-2 record in 20.0 innings ... Struckout 16 batters ... Had a 3.60 ERA ... Earned win at North Alabama (Feb. 15) allowing just one earned run.
2019: Academic All-MAC ... Appeared in 15 games making 14 starts in his freshman campaign … Tossed 77.1 innings going 8-5 with a 3.61 ERA … Earned his first career win pitching 7.0 innings while only allowing five hits and striking out six against S.C. Upstate (Mar. 2) … Had a season-high 8 strikeouts in 7.2 shutout innings against Toledo (Apr. 13) … Picked up win over EMU (April 21) after tossing 6.1 innings and striking out four batters ...
2018: Redshirted.
Prior to Ohio: Helped lead Greensburg Central Catholic High School to three-straight section titles from 2015-17 under coaches Anthony Manley, Nick Lonigro and Dennis Reist ... Hit .382 and owned a 3.60 ERA with a .922 fielding percentage during his high school career ... Helped lead the Centurions to a Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League crown in 2015 ... Also played basketball at Greensburg Central Catholic, averaging 14.6 points and 9.1 rebounds for his career, earning first team all-section honors as a senior in 2017 and helping to lead the Centurions to four-straight section titles (2014-17).
Personal: Born April, 15 1999 ... Son of Craig and Ellen Liberatore ... Has a brother, Collin, and a sister, Sarah ... Graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor's in Marketing from the College of Business at Ohio University ... Currently in a Master's of Science in Management with a focus on Sales and Entrepreneurship ... Comes from a very athletic family -- Great grandfather, Joe Henslor, played for the Pittsburgh Pirates; grandfather, Ralph Liberatore, played baseball at Kansas State (1960-64); father, Craig, played baseball at Bowling Green (1985-89); mother, Ellen, swam at John Carroll (1987-91); brother, Collin, is a redshirt sophomore right-handed pitcher at Indiana State; cousins, Danielle and Megan Siverling, swam at North Carolina and Penn State (2010-14); uncle, Brian Siverling, played football at Penn State (1981-85); aunt, Sharie Rodriguez played tennis at Syracuse (1988-92); and uncle, Jorge Rodriguez, played football at Syracuse (1988-92) ... Honor Roll student at Greensburg Central Catholic ... Also a member of French Honors Society ... Enjoys playing basketball, fishing and working out ... Favorite professional sports teams are the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Pittsburgh Pirates ... Favorite athlete is Baseball Hall of Fame right-handed pitcher Nolan Ryan.
