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23 A.J. Turnier

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 195
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Waterford, Conn.
  • High School Waterford

Biography

As a Senior in 2015: 2015 Stats
Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection…Named a Third Team All-NE-10 Conference selection...Made nine starts on the mound…Held a team-best 2.29 ERA and finished with a 6-3 record…Tossed four complete games and held opponents to a .226 batting average…Struck out 50 batters and allowed 25 walks over 63 innings pitched…Pitched seven innings, including 11 strikeouts, and allowed only one hit and two runs scored in a win against Nyack on 2/21…Threw seven innings, allowing no earned runs, in a win against Saint Michaels on 3/8…Completed nine innings, allowing only three earned runs, including seven strikeouts, in a win against Bridgeport on 3/15… Threw six innings, allowing only three earned runs, in a win against Pace on 3/29...Tossed a complete game shutout, allowing just three hits while striking out seven, against AIC on 4/3...Threw a complete game in a win against New Haven on 4/10, allowing only one earned run and collecting nine strikeouts…Tossed eight innings against Saint Rose on 4/25, allowing only one earned run.

As a Redshirt Junior in 2014: 2014 Stats
Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll pick…Started eight games for the Owls in 2014…Recorded a 4-2 mark with a 3.04 earned run average…Struck out 34 in 50.1 innings pitched…Tossed six scoreless innings to earn the win over Dominican in his season debut on 3/7…Fanned seven over seven scoreless innings in a win over Mercy on 3/15…Merited three runs over 6.1 innings in a win over Saint Anselm on 4/5…Allowed four runs over five innings in a win over Saint Rose on 4/27…Worked a career-high 9.1 scoreless innings and struck out nine in a no-decision against Pace on 5/3.

As at Junior in 2013:
Redshirt season...Did not pitch due to injury.

As a Sophomore in 2012: 2012 Stats
All-Northeast-10 Conference selection...Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll pick...Appeared in 14 games on the year, all out of the bullpen...Finished the year with a 2-0 record and nine saves along with a team-best 1.15 earned run average...Finished with 18 strikeouts in 15.2 pitched...Struck out two in two innings of work to earn the save in game two of a doubleheader against Merrimack on 2/22...Tallied two strikeouts in a scoreless inning against Queens on 3/10...Fanned one in a perfect inning for a save against Merrimack on 3/18...Worked a scoreless inning for a save against Merrimack on 3/19...Tossed a scoreless inning for a save in game two of a twinbill against Saint Anselm on 3/25...Fanned two in a perfect inning to pick up a save against New Haven on 4/11...Tallied a save with a scoreless inning at Saint Rose on 4/14...Earned his first win of the year in relief against New Haven on 4/17...Recorded a save with a scoreless inning against Assumption on 4/20...Worked two scoreless innings and fanned two to earn his second win of the year against Adelphi on 4/25..Hurled a scoreless inning to earn the save against Pace on 5/5.

As a Freshman in 2011: 2011 Stats
Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection...Finished second on the team in appearances, pitching in 18 games for the Owls, mostly out of the bullpen...Finished with a 6-1 record, posting a 3.21 earned run average in 42 innings of work... Allowed only 34 hits in 42 innings while striking out 40... Started the 3/12 game against Bloomfield and picked up the win, going seven innings allowing only one run and striking out five...Picked up wins in relief in his next four appearances...Threw two scoreless innings and fanned four in a win over AIC on 3/19...Did not allow an earned run and struck out five in three innings against Merrimack on 3/26...Worked 2.1 innings and allowed two runs to secure the win against AIC on 3/30...Tossed a scoreless inning to defeat Franklin Pierce on 4/2...Started against Bentley on 4/9 and tossed eight innings while allowing only two earned runs to earn the win. Also struck out a season-high six in that outing...Finished the year with four scoreless outings in NCAA action against Franklin Pierce (5/20), Adelphi (5/22), West Florida (5/29) and Grand Valley State (5/31).

Before Southern Connecticut State University:
All-Conference selection at Waterford (Conn.) High School…Also earned All-Area honors from The Day…Helped team win the state championship…Member of the National Honor Society…Two-year team captain.

Personal:
Son of Janelle and Bill Turnier…Born in New Haven, Conn…Plans to major in physical education.

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Historical Player Information

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    2011Freshman

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    6'0" 180 lbs
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    2012Sophomore

    RHP
    6'0" 180 lbs
    23
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    2013Junior

    RHP
    6'0" 180 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2014Redshirt Junior

    RHP
    6'0" 180 lbs
    23
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    2015Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'1" 195 lbs
    23