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Personal: Full name is Charles Thomas Granatell...Son of Thomas and Kristen Granatell...Has two younger brothers, Andy and Robbie...Mother played soccer at Susquahanna University...Father played baseball at Lynchburg College...Wants to pursue a degree in Business.
Honors & Awards
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2025 All-CAA Preseason Honorable Mention
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2022 CAA All-Rookie Team
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2024 All-CAA Honorable Mention
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CAA Rookie of the Week (May 16, 2022)
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CAA Player of the Week (February 19, 2024)
2024: Made a career high 53 starts in 53 appearances for the Phoenix during his junior season...Slashed .330/.414/.514, setting career highs in all three major hitting percentages...Set career highs in doubles, home runs and RBIs during the 2024 season...Recorded 23 multi-hit games for the Phoenix and possessed a team high ten game hitting streak to start the season...Selected to the All-CAA Honorable Mention Team for 2024 and was selected as the CAA Player of the Week after the first weekend series of the season...Finished 10th in the CAA in doubles with 16 in 2024...Finished the weekend series against Navy with ten hits going 10-for-15 (.667) driving in four runs, scoring seven runs and doubling three times...Began the season with six straight multi-hit games and doubling in five of those games...In Elon's historic win over NJIT (02/24), he finished with two doubles, two runs scored and five RBI in the Phoenix win over the Highlanders...Hit his first home run of the season against Valparaiso (03/02) going 2-for-4 with three RBI and the home run...Homered twice in Elon's series win over UMASS, homering in both wins and scoring three runs in those games...Doubled home two runs in Elon's game against series finale against Minnesota (03/17)...Drove in three runs and registered a multi-hit game in Elon's second game against Campbell (03/30)...Had back-to-back multi-hit games on the road at Stony Brook...(04/06-07)...Helped lift Elon to a series sweep over Hofstra at Latham Park, hitting 8-for-13 (.615) over three games, drove in a pair of runs and hit a pair of doubles...Had his second career two-home run game in Elon's win against Monmouth (04/21)...Had another nine-plus game hitting streak in the heart of CAA play, culminating with a three-game multi-hit effort in Elon's series win over William & Mary...Had his last multi-hit game in a two-hit effort against the College of Charleston where he hit his final home run of the season as well...Completed his season with 70 hits who along with Kenny Mallory Jr. became the highest hitting duo since Ryan Ogren and Zach Evers in 2018...Granatell and Mallory became the first pair of teammates to both have 70 hits or more in the same season since Sebastian Gomez and Ryan Kinsella in 2013...Going into the 2025 season, sits 14 doubles away from the Elon career record and 21 hits away from 200 in his career.
2023: Made 50 starts in 52 games for the Phoenix in 2023...Slashed .272/.339/.366 during his sophomore season over 202 at-bats...His 55 hits, 32 runs, 32 RBI and 202 at-bats set personal bests for Granatell...Started off his season with a multi-hit game in Elon's opening night victory over Kentucky...Grabbed his first three-hit game of the season in Elon's series opening victory against Akron...After a slow start to CAA play, Granatell bounced back with three multi-hit games at Monmouth and combined for nine RBIs over the three game stretch to go with three doubles...Drove in a season high five runs in Elon's 14-1 win over USC Upstate thanks in part to a grand slam to give the Phoenix an insurmountable lead...Had a season high seven game hitting streak with the final game of the hit streak coming against #2 Wake Forest in Elon's upset over the Demon Deacons...Hit his second home run of the season in Elon's second game of a double header against UNCW...Had a four-game multi-hit streak to close out CAA play with eight hits over four games...Closed out his season with a four game hitting streak, collecting a base hit in all three CAA Tournament games.
2022: Made 50 starts in 53 games, including 46 in left field, two in center field, one in right field and one at designated hitter...Slashed .286/.379/.455 over 227 plate appearances...Ranked second among qualified CAA freshmen in OPS (.834), batting average (.286) and slugging percentage (.455) and fourth in on-base percentage (.379)...Ranked in the top nine among Elon freshmen in the Division I era in walks (28, tied for second), sacrifice flies (four, tied for second), triples (two, tied for fourth), total bases (86, fifth), doubles (13, fifth), home runs (five, tied for sixth), stolen bases (10, tied for sixth), hits (54, tied for eighth) and slugging percentage (.455, ninth)...Logged 14 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games...Posted a nine-game hitting streak and an 11-game on-base streak...Owned a .990 fielding percentage with 95 putouts and four assists...Made his collegiate debut against Fairfield on Feb. 18, drawing the start in center field and going 1-for-3 on Opening Day...Hit his first career home run – a solo shot – on March 13 at UNCG...Recorded an RBI in all three games of the Army series, including a solo home run in the series finale on March 20...Went 6-for-12 with two walks, two runs scored, two sacrifice flies, three RBIs and three stolen bases in the three-game series against James Madison...Went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and three runs scored against North Carolina A&T on May 10...Fell a triple shy of the cycle against Towson on May 15, going 4-for-5 with two homers, seven RBIs, three runs scored and a stolen base...Recorded a hit in all four CAA Tournament games, going 5-for-14 with two doubles, two RBIs, two runs scored and three walks.
Prep: Played for Coach Mike Rooney at Don Bosco Prep...Helped his team capture back-to-back League Championships in 2018 and 2019, earning Second Team All-League honors in 2019...Added First-Team All-County, All-League, and All-North Jersey honors and Second Team All-Non-Public State honors as a senior...Was nominated for Player of the Year in New Jersey and was selected to the Senior All-State All-Star Game...In the classroom, he earned Second Honors multiple times between his freshman and junior years. He also added First Honors and was named to the Principal's List as a junior...Was a four-time Perfect Game All-Tournament Team selection and a PG Preseason All-American.
