As a Redshirt Junior (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats
Appeared in 19 games with 15 starts as the designated hitter in his first campaign with the Green and Blue … turned in a .254 clip after raising his average .068 points over the last week of the regular season and conference tournament … hit safely in the last five games of the season with a pair of multi-hit performances … went 2-for-4 with 1 2B, 1 HR and 2 RBI in an ASUN Tournament game vs. Kennesaw State on May 26 … followed it with a 1-for-3, 2 RBI performance vs. Lipscomb on May 27 and another 2-for-4 performance vs. UNF the following day … went 6-for-14 (.429) from the plate with 1 HR and 4 RBI in the ASUN Tournament.
Transferred to FGCU after spending his freshman season at Purdue and redshirt-freshman and redshirt-sophomore season at South Suburban College.
As a Redshirt Sophomore at South Suburban College (2015)
Hit .354 with a pair of home runs and 48 RBI - second on the team - in 52 games ... also ranked second on the team with 20 doubles ... drew 35 walks while again striking out only 19 times in 175 at-bats.
As a Redshirt-Freshman at South Suburban College (2014)
Led the team with a .429 average in 51 games ... tied for the team lead with 21 doubles while ranking second with 82 hits, four home runs and 52 RBI ... drew 24 walks and struck out only 19 times in 191 at-bats.
As a Freshman at Purdue (2013)
Did not see action in his first season with the Boilermakers ... redshirted.
High School
Belmonte was a four-year letter-winner for coach Mike Zunica at St. Rita High School on the South Side of Chicago ... three-time All-Area third baseman, batting .400 or better each season ... batted .410 with a sophomore record 12 home runs in 2010 ... came back the next season and batted .410 with nine long balls ... closed his prep career with a .420 batting average his senior season ... batted .465 for the summer varsity team after his freshman year ... helped St. Rita win the 2009 summer state title and finish as the runner-up his sophomore and junior years ... four-year honor roll student ... helped his Ballhawks team win the state championship on the club level as an eighth grader.
Personal
Born Jan. 6, 1994 ... son of Tony Belmonte and Norma Byttow ... has an older brother, Umile (24) ... majoring in sociology.
Single-Game Highs
At-Bats: 6, at USC Upstate (May 8, 2016)
Hits: 2, 2x, last vs. UNF (May 28, 2016)
Runs: 2, at USC Upstate (May 7, 2016)
Doubles: 1, 2x, last vs. Kennesaw State (May 26, 2016)
Home Runs: 1, vs. Kennesaw State (May 26, 2016)
RBI: 2, 5x, last at Lipscomb (May 27, 2016)
Walks: 1, 5x, last vs. Stetson (May 28, 2016)
