Elon University Athletics

2018: Appeared in 53 games, making 49 starts … Hit .253 with 22 runs scored, four doubles, a team-high six home runs and 24 RBI … Tallied 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances … Doubled and drove in one during a 2-for-5 performance in game one against Marshall … Was 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBI in game two against the Thundering Herd … Posted a 2-for-4 performance with one double and two RBI in a game one win at Georgia Southern … Went 3-for-4 with a run scored in game three against Rider … Was 3-for-3 with a run scored and one RBI in a game two win at James Madison … Homered during a 2-for-2 performance in a game three win at UNCW … Was 2-for-5 with a homer and two RBI in a win at Delaware … Went 4-for-5 with a double, homer, three runs scored and three RBI in a win over William & Mary … Homered and drove in three in a CAA Tournament game against Northeastern.

2017: Appeared in 45 games, making 40 starts … Hit .272 with 16 runs scored, eight doubles, four home runs and 22 RBI … Tied career highs in both hits and RBI during a 3-for-4, four-RBI performance at UNCG … Homered and doubled in that contest at UNCG … Went 3-for-4 with a homer, two runs scored and four RBI in a win over VMI … Homered and drove in three during a 3-for-4 performance in a win over James Madison.

2016: Appeared in two games before taking a medical red-shirt.

2015: Set the program’s NCAA Division I freshman record for home runs with seven … Appeared in 43 games, making 30 starts … Posted a .467 slugging percentage … Recorded his first career hit in a win over Penn State … Went 1-for-4 with two RBI and his first career homer against #14 Maryland … Was 2-for-4, including a homer, with two runs scored and a season-best four RBI in a victory at UNCG … Homered and drove in two in a victory over #22 UNCW.

Prep: Two-time team MVP … Posted a three-year career average of .467 … Ranked among the top 500 high school players nationally in the 2014 class … Rated as the top catcher in Massachusetts by Perfect Game.

Personal: James Anargyros Venuto is the son of former Boston College baseball player Jim and Stephanie Venuto … Born November 21, 1994.