Elon University Athletics

Personal: Full name is Itai Spinoza...Son of Yosef Spinoza and Zulma Tovar-Spinoza...Has an older brother, Ari and a younger brother, Eitan...Is a member of the Israeli National Baseball Team...Wants to pursue a degree in Finance.

2024: Appeared in 11 games during his redshirt-sophomore campaign, including his first start for the maroon & gold...Threw a career high three innings of one run ball in Elon's win over NJIT (02/24), earning his first career save...Struck out two batters in Elon's loss to Valpo (03/02)...Struck out two of the three batters he faced in Elon's loss to UNCG (04/16). 

2023: Made six appearances during his redshirt-freshman season...Made his collegiate debut with a scoreless outing against Kentucky (02/19)...Struck out his first batter against Akron (02/24) in Elon's 9-1 win over the Zips...Struck out a season high two batters in Elon's loss to Wake Forest (03/21).  

2022: Redshirted.

Prep: Played for Coach Corey Nelson at Fayetteville-Manlius...Was a 2018 All-League Honorable Mention and a 2019 All-League Second Team selection...Helped his team to a 2019 New York State Section 3 Championship title...Played club ball for the Molina Stars under Coaches Dane Pototsky and Jim Triantos...Through 27 innings pitched, he collected 54 strikeouts while allowing just two earned runs on four hits and 19 walks.