2008 1st Team All-Sun Belt Selection
Named to the College Baseball Foundation National All-Star Lineup
2008: Starter at second base played in 55 games, starting 48 of them...Tied the school-record with 23 doubles... Led the team in batting average (.413), on-base percentage (.483), doubles (23), sacrifice flies (4), and hit by pitch (13)... Second on the team in slugging percentage (.612), runs scored (50), and total bases (123)... Third on the team in stolen bases (5), sacrifice bunts (4), and at-bats (201) and tied for third with five home runs... 25 multi-hit games including a 6-for-6 performance with five RBI, four runs scored, and three doubles at New Orleans (4/18)... 27-game hit streak from 3/15-4/26... 11 multi-RBI games... Three or more hits in 11 games... 3-for-8 with six RBI and four runs scored in a doubleheader against Wagner (3/1)... 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI in a doubleheader at Arizona State (3/22)... 6-for-13 with two RBI and a run scored in series at Western Kentucky (4/5-4/6)... 6-for-11 with three RBI and three runs scored in series vs. Middle Tennessee (4/11-4/13)... 11-for-14 with eight RBI and seven runs scored in series at New Orleans (4/18-4/20)... 8-for-15 with eight RBI, four runs scored, and five extra base hits in series against ULM (4/25-4/27)... 6-for-12 with three RBI, four runs scored, and four extra base hits in series vs. Florida Atlantic (5/15-5/17)...One of 19 baseball student-athletes to make the 2007 Fall Honor Roll with a grade-point average above 3.0.
2007: Suffered an elbow injury against Florida A&M (2/16) that cut his season short and forced him to redshirt...played in seven games, starting five (four at first base, one at second base) and hit .133 with a double, two runs scored and one RBI...recorded his only two hits of the season in the season opener at Central Florida (2/3), doubling and driving in a run to help lead FIU to a 5-3 win.
Prior to FIU: Played two seasons at Central Florida Community College where he was a two-time All Mid-Florida Conference selection...spent the 2006 summer with the Luray Wranglers, helping lead the team to the Valley League Championship with eight home runs...selected to the 2006 Valley League All-Star Game and Home Run Derby...batted .352 with five home runs and 32 RBI alongside current FIU teammate John Petika in 2006 for Central Florida CC...hit .289 with six home runs and 31 RBI as a freshman...played baseball at Wellington HS where he hit .356 with six home runs...chose FIU over Florida Atlantic and Notre Dame.
Personal: Born February 25, 1986...son of Anthony and Randi Mollica...has an older brother, Derek...father played baseball at Marietta College and his brother played baseball at Florida Gulf Coast University...majoring in sports management.
