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Jersey Number 26
Dominic Pianto
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hendersonville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Pope John Paul II HS
- Prev School:
- Furman
Bio
CAREER NOTES: A two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree (2023 and 2025) ... Graduated with his master’s in accounting with a 3.854 GPA ... A four-time Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree ... A two-time recipient of the Scholar-Athlete Award at the Spartan Academic Excellence Gala ... Transferred to MSU from Furman prior to the fall of 2020, after Furman announced that it had discontinued baseball in May of 2020 ... Recipient of the MSU team award for the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award in redshirt-junior season of 2024.
2025 (REDSHIRT-SENIOR): Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... Recipient of three MSU team awards, earning the Steve Garvey Most Improved Player, Jerry Sutton Student-Athlete and the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Awards ... Shared the team lead in both appearances and games in relief with 20, while also ranking second in games finished (8), tied for second in saves (2) and ranking fourth in ERA (3.90) ... Chalked up 28 strikeouts in 30.0 IP ... Was also influential in the dugout and bullpen for the Spartans, serving as veteran leader, always among the first players out of the dugout offering support and congratulations to his teammates ... In the bullpen, he helped coordinate warm-ups of the pitchers and worked with MSU pitching coach Mark Van Ameyde, keeping him updated on the status of the pitchers.
2024 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors ... Tabbed as the MSU Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award recipient ... Made eight appearances on the mound, logging seven strikeouts in 8.0 IP ... Was also instrumental to the Spartan pitching staff and the entire team during MSU assistant coach/pitching coach Mark Van Ameyde’s absence from the team from mid-March, undergoing a successful kidney transplant on March 20 before rejoining the team on April 26 ... He stepped up and helped guide the pitchers while Coach Van Ameyde was away, remaining in constant contact with Coach Van Ameyde, keeping him updated on the status of the pitchers, as well as providing encouragement to his coach.
2023 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Recognized with College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors ... Collected Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Earned the Jerry Sutton Student-Athlete Award MSU team award ... Finished with a 1-0 record in 13 appearances with a 5.92 ERA with 16 Ks against just nine walks in 24.1 IP ... Earned Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21, for his performance in Michigan State’s 7-4 win over Fresno State on Feb. 19 in the MLB Desert Invitational in Phoenix ... Came on with two on and two outs in the first inning with MSU already down 2-0 to Fresno State in the game ... Then went the remaining 8.1 innings of relief for a new career-long outing, ringing up a career-high tying four strikeouts, facing a career-high 29 batters, with just three hits and only yielding one earned run without a walk, as MSU rallied for a 7-4 triumph ... Rang up a total of five 3-up, 3-down innings in the eight innings he started the frame, starting with opening the second with back-to-back strikeouts, then worked around a one-out single in the fourth, another in-order inning in the fourth and fifth, ending with another K, before some defensive miscues led to Bulldog base runners in the sixth and scoring two runs, one earned, then getting out of the jam by fielding position on a comebacker and starting a 1-6-3 double play to end the inning ... After retiring Fresno State in order in the seventh and eighth, worked around a one-out single in the ninth, getting a popup and flyout to end the game and seal the Victory for MSU ... Posted one outing without a hit, vs. Presbyterian (Feb. 26) in 1.0 IP ... Registered three outings without a run ... Rang up at least one strikeout in nine of the 13 outings, including five outings with multiple punchouts ... Fielded position with three assists and two putouts.
2022 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Garnered Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Made 11 appearances, with one start, logging a 1-0 record and one save, with 16 strikeouts and a 7.71 ERA in 23.1 IP ... Logged season-high four strikeouts in season debut in 4.0 IP of relief at UNLV, earning lone save of season ... had two appearances without a hit and three outings without a run ... Made first start of Spartan career on May 11 vs. Western Michigan, going 4.0 IP with three punchouts, with three hits and no runs to earn his first win for the Green & White ... Went 2.0 IP or more in five outings and posted multiple strikeouts in four appearances ... Fielded position with four putouts and two assists.
2021: Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades with a perfect 4.0 GPA, one of the 15 MSU student-athletes to earn spring honors of the 77 in the B1G ... Redshirted the season due to injury.
PRIOR TO MSU: Played one season at Furman ... made five relief appearances, tallying five strikeouts in 5.0 IP, yielding eight hits and six runs, posting a 9.00 ERA ... rang up two strikeouts in college debut in just 1.0 IP vs. La Salle (2/14/20) ... also had two Ks in a season-high 1.2 IP vs. Campbell (3/7/20).
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Pope John Paul II High School ... A three-time All-Sumner County honoree, earning first-team accolades as a junior and senior after collecting second-team recognition as a sophomore ... Also earned DII-AA All-Region accolades ... Posted 68.2 IP with a 2.75 ERA, ringing up 88 strikeouts and just 24 BB in senior season ... Registered a 6-3 record with one save in junior season with 65 punchouts with a 3.90 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in 61 innings ... Logged a 6-2 record with 44 Ks and a 2.15 ERA in 55.1 IP as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Majoring in accounting.
2025 (REDSHIRT-SENIOR): Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades ... Recipient of three MSU team awards, earning the Steve Garvey Most Improved Player, Jerry Sutton Student-Athlete and the Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Awards ... Shared the team lead in both appearances and games in relief with 20, while also ranking second in games finished (8), tied for second in saves (2) and ranking fourth in ERA (3.90) ... Chalked up 28 strikeouts in 30.0 IP ... Was also influential in the dugout and bullpen for the Spartans, serving as veteran leader, always among the first players out of the dugout offering support and congratulations to his teammates ... In the bullpen, he helped coordinate warm-ups of the pitchers and worked with MSU pitching coach Mark Van Ameyde, keeping him updated on the status of the pitchers.
2024 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors ... Tabbed as the MSU Craig Hendricks Spartan Spirit Award recipient ... Made eight appearances on the mound, logging seven strikeouts in 8.0 IP ... Was also instrumental to the Spartan pitching staff and the entire team during MSU assistant coach/pitching coach Mark Van Ameyde’s absence from the team from mid-March, undergoing a successful kidney transplant on March 20 before rejoining the team on April 26 ... He stepped up and helped guide the pitchers while Coach Van Ameyde was away, remaining in constant contact with Coach Van Ameyde, keeping him updated on the status of the pitchers, as well as providing encouragement to his coach.
2023 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Recognized with College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors ... Collected Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Earned the Jerry Sutton Student-Athlete Award MSU team award ... Finished with a 1-0 record in 13 appearances with a 5.92 ERA with 16 Ks against just nine walks in 24.1 IP ... Earned Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21, for his performance in Michigan State’s 7-4 win over Fresno State on Feb. 19 in the MLB Desert Invitational in Phoenix ... Came on with two on and two outs in the first inning with MSU already down 2-0 to Fresno State in the game ... Then went the remaining 8.1 innings of relief for a new career-long outing, ringing up a career-high tying four strikeouts, facing a career-high 29 batters, with just three hits and only yielding one earned run without a walk, as MSU rallied for a 7-4 triumph ... Rang up a total of five 3-up, 3-down innings in the eight innings he started the frame, starting with opening the second with back-to-back strikeouts, then worked around a one-out single in the fourth, another in-order inning in the fourth and fifth, ending with another K, before some defensive miscues led to Bulldog base runners in the sixth and scoring two runs, one earned, then getting out of the jam by fielding position on a comebacker and starting a 1-6-3 double play to end the inning ... After retiring Fresno State in order in the seventh and eighth, worked around a one-out single in the ninth, getting a popup and flyout to end the game and seal the Victory for MSU ... Posted one outing without a hit, vs. Presbyterian (Feb. 26) in 1.0 IP ... Registered three outings without a run ... Rang up at least one strikeout in nine of the 13 outings, including five outings with multiple punchouts ... Fielded position with three assists and two putouts.
2022 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Garnered Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades ... Made 11 appearances, with one start, logging a 1-0 record and one save, with 16 strikeouts and a 7.71 ERA in 23.1 IP ... Logged season-high four strikeouts in season debut in 4.0 IP of relief at UNLV, earning lone save of season ... had two appearances without a hit and three outings without a run ... Made first start of Spartan career on May 11 vs. Western Michigan, going 4.0 IP with three punchouts, with three hits and no runs to earn his first win for the Green & White ... Went 2.0 IP or more in five outings and posted multiple strikeouts in four appearances ... Fielded position with four putouts and two assists.
2021: Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades with a perfect 4.0 GPA, one of the 15 MSU student-athletes to earn spring honors of the 77 in the B1G ... Redshirted the season due to injury.
PRIOR TO MSU: Played one season at Furman ... made five relief appearances, tallying five strikeouts in 5.0 IP, yielding eight hits and six runs, posting a 9.00 ERA ... rang up two strikeouts in college debut in just 1.0 IP vs. La Salle (2/14/20) ... also had two Ks in a season-high 1.2 IP vs. Campbell (3/7/20).
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Pope John Paul II High School ... A three-time All-Sumner County honoree, earning first-team accolades as a junior and senior after collecting second-team recognition as a sophomore ... Also earned DII-AA All-Region accolades ... Posted 68.2 IP with a 2.75 ERA, ringing up 88 strikeouts and just 24 BB in senior season ... Registered a 6-3 record with one save in junior season with 65 punchouts with a 3.90 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in 61 innings ... Logged a 6-2 record with 44 Ks and a 2.15 ERA in 55.1 IP as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Majoring in accounting.
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