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HEADING INTO 2009: Will compete for a spot in the starting rotation... named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner. IN 2008: Saw action in 11 games for the Black Bears his rookie season... pitched a season-high four innings against Binghamton (5/15)... had a season-high three strikeouts on three different occasions... named a Maine Scholar Athlete *Rising Star*.... named to the America East Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. BEFORE UMAINE: Captain for Raymond Van Gurp for the Sta. Maria Pirates... was 6-1 in 2007 with a 2.43 ERA... team was crowned Curacao Champions in 2005, 2006 and 2007... played in the Big League Latin America tournament and finished as silver medalists... finished in the top three of his high school class at Peter Stuyvesant College... born Sept. 9, 1989... son of Deborah Balentina-Riviere and Rafaelito Balentina... a civil engineering major. |
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