Records: Career: Ranks second all-time at Penn State with 39 career home runs…Sits fifth with 150 RBI, sixth with 337 total bases and seventh with a .539 slugging percentage…One of two Nittany Lions to hit 10+ home runs in three-straight seasons. Season: (2026): Sits sixth in a season at Penn State with 15 home runs. (2025): Ranks second in a season at PSU with 61 RBI…Tied for seventh with 13 home runs.
2026 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Season: Started in 51 games, splitting time between second base, third base and shortstop…Batted .269 with 52 hits, seven doubles, two triples, 15 home runs, 44 RBI, 32 runs, 20 walks and four steals…Posted a .560 slugging percentage…Had 13 multi-hit games, 13 multi-RBI games and one game with multiple home runs…In Big Ten play, hit .263 with 30 hits, five doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 29 RBI, 20 runs and 14 walks. Posted a .561 slugging percentage.
Rankings: Finished the regular season ranked 10th in the Big Ten in home runs (15).
Game-By-Game: vs. Grand Canyon (2/14): Collected three hits and scored two runs. at Richmond (2/20-21): Had an RBI single in game one…Added a single in game two…Drew two walks in game three. vs. Indiana State (2/27-3/1): Had a hit in each game…Had an RBI double and scored a run in game one…Added a single and a walk in game two…Blasted a solo homer in game three. at Texas Tech (3/6-8): Launched a three-run homer among two hits…Tallied an RBI single in game three. at Georgetown (3/10-11): Blasted a solo homer in each game. Iowa (3/13-15): Tallied two hits, including an RBI single, and scored two runs in game one…Added an RBI single in game two…Drove in a run in game three. at Purdue (3/20-22): Recorded two hits and scored a run in game one…Secured a two-run homer, a triple, a single and two runs in game three. St. Bonaventure (3/24): Tallied a two-run homer and an RBI single while scoring two runs. Illinois (3/27-28): Doubled among two runs and scored twice in game one…Launched a three-run homer and added a run in game two. at Nebraska (4/4) Blasted a two-run homer. FDU (4/7): Collected three hits, including an RBI triple and an RBI double, and scored twice. at Ohio State (4/10-12): Had a hit in all three games…Launched a two-run homer in the series opener…Added a single and a run in game two and a single in game three. Rutgers (4/17-19): Drove in a run in the series opener…Hammered two homers, including a two-run shot, and an RBI double in the series finale. Bucknell (4/21): Registered a single. at Oregon (4/24-26): Launched a two-run homer in game one…Collected two hits, including an RBI double, in game two. Minnesota (5/2): Smacked a solo homer and a sac fly in the series opener…Drove in a run in game two. Washington (5/8-9): Recorded a double and a two-run homer in the opener…Added a two-run single in game two and a single in game three. at Pitt (5/12): Belted a solo homer among two hits. at Maryland (5/14-16): Had at least one hit in each game…Contributed an RBI double and a sac fly in game one…Added a single in game two…Had a single and two walks in game three.
2025 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Season: Started all 56 games at third base…Collected 60 hits, eight doubles, three triples, 13 homers, 61 RBI, 46 runs, 34 walks and eight steals. Posted a .502 slugging percentage…Had 17 multi-hit games and 20 multi-RBI games…In conference games, tallied 29 hits, four doubles, one triple, nine homers, 32 RBI, 23 runs, 18 walks and a .496 slugging percentage.
Rankings: Ranked fifth in the Big Ten with three triples…Held eighth with 61 RBI (85th nationally).
Game-by-Game: vs. Missouri (2/14): Had an RBI single and scored two runs. vs. Stetson (2/15): Recorded an RBI single. at Longwood (2/22-23): Tallied two hits, including an RBI double, two runs and two steals in game one…Had an RBI single in game two…Collected a double and a triple, driving in three runs and scoring two. at Richmond (2/28): Drove in three runs, including an RBI single and a bases-loaded walk. at VCU (3/1): Had an RBI single and a stolen base. vs. FDU (3/4): Had an RBI double and scored two runs. vs. Indiana (3/7-9): Launched a grand slam and a solo homer, while scoring three runs, in the series opener…Had an RBI double and a sac fly in the series finale. at Georgetown (3/11-12): Recorded a solo homer and an RBI single in game one…Contributed three hits, including two RBI singles, and two steals. at Northwestern (3/15): Collected two RBI singles in the first game of a doubleheader…Launched a two-run homer in the second game. vs. St. Bonaventure (3/18): Recorded a two-run single and a triple, while scoring two runs, two walks and a steal. vs. Michigan State (3/23): Had an RBI single. at Michigan (3/28-30): Launched a three-run homer among three hits and scored two runs in the series opener…Doubled and scored a run in the series finale. vs. Bucknell (4/1): Blasted two homers, totaling three runs, scored four runs and stole a base. vs. Minnesota (4/4-6): Drew two walks and scored a run…Tallied four hits, including a double and two solo homers, and three runs. vs. Purdue (4/18-20): Collected two hits, including a triple, two RBI and two runs in the series opener…Singled and scored a run in game two…Had three RBI, including a two-run double, in the series finale. vs. West Virginia (4/22): Notched two singles, including a two-run single, and two walks. at UCLA (4/26): Recorded two hits and a run. vs. Rider (4/30): Collected three hits, including a solo homer and an RBI single, and scored three times. vs. Maryland (5/2-4): Had an RBI single and two walks in game one…Launched a two-run homer in game two…Added a single in game three. at Rutgers (5/10-11): Tallied an RBI single and a two-run homer in the second game of the series…Blasted a two-run homer among two hits in the series finale. vs. Xavier (5/15-17): Recorded an RBI single and scored a run in the series opener…Tallied two hits, including a double, and a run in the series finale. vs. Washington (5/21): Drove in two runs on a sac fly in the sixth. vs. USC (5/22): Secured an RBI single. vs. Nebraska (5/24): Notched a single and a stolen base.
2024 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Awards: Voted third-team All-Big Ten…Named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team.
Season: Started all 53 games at third base…Batted .329 with a .560 slugging percentage and .409 on-base percentage…Collected 68 hits, including 13 doubles, one triple and 11 homers, 45 RBI and 46 runs…Tallied 25 walks, six hit-by-pitches and seven steals…Had 19 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games…Had a 14-game hit-streak (3/16-4/12) and ended season on an 18-game hit streak (4/21-5/26)…In conference games, batted .337 with 32 hits, including five doubles, one triple and eight homers, 22 RBI and 25 runs…Had a .663 slugging percentage and .422 on-base percentage, while collecting 12 walks and five steals…In the Big Ten Tournament, batted .375 with six hits, including two doubles and one homer, five RBI and two runs.
Game-by-Game: vs. Monmouth, Army (2/16-18): Had two hits and three RBI on the weekend, driving in one run each against Monmouth (2/16, 2/17) and Army (2/18). at Stanford (2/23-25): Tallied five hits, including two homers, five RBI and four runs in the series…Collected three hits, including a solo homer, two RBI, three runs and two walks in game one…Launched a solo homer and a sac fly, while scoring a run, in game two…Had an RBI single in game three. at Davidson (3/2-3): Had two hits, including a two-run single, three RBI and two runs in game two. at Virginia (3/5): Recorded a double and an RBI single. vs. Harvard (3/8): Tallied three hits and scored a run in the second game of a doubleheader. UMass Lowell (3/16): Collected three hits, including two doubles, drove in a run and scored four times. St. Bonaventure (3/19): Singled and scored a run. Michigan (3/22-24): Had at least one hit in each game of the series…Collected two hits, including an RBI single, and scored a run in game two. Pitt (3/26): Recorded an RBI double and a sac fly. at Illinois (3/29-30): Tallied four hits and three RBI in the series…Notched a two-run double in game one…Blasted a solo homer among two hits in game two…Totaled three walks and a single in game three. vs. Northwestern (4/5-7): Notched seven hits, three RBI and six runs…Recorded two hits, including a triple, and scored a run in the series opener…Tallied three hits, including an RBI double, and stole a base in the second game…Registered two hits, including a two-run homer, and scored four times. FDU (4/9): Lined a two-run double. at Indiana (4/12): Crushed a pair of homers, totaling three RBI. Kent State (4/16): Secured two hits, including a double, and scored two runs. at Michigan State (4/19-21): Lined an RBI double and scored a run in game one…Blasted a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth in game three. Minnesota (4/26-28): Collected five hits, three RBI and three runs in the series…Tallied an RBI double among three hits, scored two runs and added a steal in game one…Lined a two-run single in game three. at Georgetown (5/3): Had two hits and a stolen base. at Navy (5/5): Secured two hits and scored a run. at West Virginia (5/8): Collected two hits and scored a run. Rutgers (5/10-12): Launched two homers in the series opener…Collected a hit and scored three runs in the series finale. at Maryland (5/16-17): Tallied a hit in each game of the series…Had an RBI single and stole a base in game one…Launched a two-run homer in game two…Doubled and scored two runs in game three. vs. Illinois (5/22): Had a double in the Big Ten Tournament opener. vs. Michigan (5/23): Launched a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning of the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal…Added two hits, including a double. vs. Michigan (5/25): Had an RBI single and walked twice in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinal.
BEFORE PSU
Was a member of the St. John’s University baseball program, but did not see any action in 2023…Played summer league with the New Britain Bees in the Futures College Baseball League, earning an All-Star selection…Collected 35 hits, including six doubles and four homers, 25 RBI and 19 runs with the Bees.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner and a team captain at Hazleton Area High School…Named Player of the Year two times…Helped the Cougars to four Wyoming Valley Conference and District Two Championships.
PERSONAL
Son of Tom and Melia Molinaro…Has two siblings, Miah and Rex.