Northeastern University Athletics

Awards:

• Preseaon All-CAA Team (2022)
• CAA Player of the Week (5/24/21)
• Two-time All-CAA second team (2019, '21)

2022:

• Played in 60 games this season starting in 58 of them making him 2nd in the CAA in that stat 
• Batted a (.259) batting average this season
• Led the team in total hits (58) and was 12th in the CAA; also led the team in home runs (3) and slugging percentage (.388)
• In the CAA, ranked 2nd in total at-bats (224), 27th in runs (33), 7th in doubles (14), 7th in triples (3), 24th in RBIs (31), 22nd in total bases (87), 20th in walks (24) and 10th in stolen bases (14)
• Finished the season in the outfield with 104 catches and 100 putouts
• Best hitting game of the season came against Charleston (3/26) where Costello had two doubles and batted in four runs
• Recorded two triples against Holy Cross (3/18) 

2021:

• No. 14 in the CAA with a .329 batting average
• No. 5 in the CAA with four sacrifice flies, No. 6 with 13 stolen bases, No. 7 with 34 RBIs and No. 10 with 55 hits
• Tallied 15 multi-hit games, second on the team
• Posted nine multi-RBI games, second most on the squad
• Named CAA Player of the Week after hitting .667 (8-for-12) with two homers, a double, five runs scored and five RBIs in the final regular-season series at Towson (5/20-22)
• Went 4-for-5 with a home run, double, HBP, three runs scored and four RBIs in Northeastern's 15-2 win at Towson (5/20)
• Went 1-for-4 with a walk, stolen base, and two runs scored in Northeastern's CAA Championship clinching win over UNC Wilmington (5/30)

2020:

• Appeared and started in 14 of 15 games before season canceled due to Coronavirus
• Had two runs batted in in 10-0 win over South Florida (2/22)
• Hit a triple in 5-4 win over Saint Louis (2/29)
• Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in 17-7 win over Eastern Michigan (3/01)
• Hit 2-for-3 with an run batted in and run scored in 6-1 win over Florida Atlantic (3/08)

2019:

• Appeared and started in 54 games for the Huskies
• Started off the year with at least one hit in his first five games (2/15 - 2/23)
• Had at least one hit in eight straight games (3/17 - 3/30)
• Had his only home run of the season and knocked in five runs against Delaware (March 29)
• Had 54 hits and 32 runs on the year
• Finished the season with the second most stolen bases on the team with 19
• Named to the CAA All Second Team

2018:

• Appeared in 17 games for the Huskies, starting in eight of them
• Scored two runs and knocked in three runs against Towson (4/27)
• Had a hit in four straight games (4/17- 4/27)
• Finished the season with 10 hits and nine runs

Before Northeastern: Earned five varsity baseball letters during high school: two (2016-17) from Buckingham Browne & Nichols (Cambridge, Massachusetts) under head coach Craig McLaughlin and three (2013-15) from Lexington High School (Lexington, Massachusetts) under head coach Zach Friedman … Five-time all-league selection … Captained BB&N during the 2017 season … Helped BB&N attain a 32-17 record during his two seasons with the Knights … Named the 2016 Independent School League (ISL) Most Valuable Player, boasting a .578 batting average … Co-led BB&N to the 2016 ISL championship … Elected junior captain at Lexington … Competed with the Lexington Blue Sox of the Intercity Summer League during the summer of 2017 … Co-led the Blue Sox to a 27-7 record under head coach Rick DeAngelis … Won the Intercity Summer League batting title (.468 average) … Champion of the high school division at the 2016 Fenway Fantasy Day Home Run Derby … Played quarterback and corner back, kicked, and punted for the BB&N football team under head coach Mike Willey (2016-17) … Two-time ISL Most Valuable Player in football at BB&N … Two-time New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Most Valuable Player in football … Named the 2016 NEPSAC Athlete of the Year … Completed his high school football career with 143 touchdowns (99 passing and 44 rushing) … Scored 42 touchdowns during an eight-game stretch in 2015 … Four-time all-league and all-scholastic honoree in football … Member of BB&N’s 2016 Ken O’Keefe Bowl championship team.
 
Personal: Son of Joseph and Wendy Costello ... Has four siblings: Brendan, Joey, Cat, and Allie ... Uncle, Steven, was a running back on the Maine football team, class of 1984 … Uncle, Patrick, played for the Wesleyan football team, class of 1980 … Grandfather, Joseph, was a catcher on the Wagner baseball team, class of 1960, and was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers … Interested in pursuing a career in professional baseball … Cites listening to music as his primary hobby.

CAREER BATTING
SEASON	GP-GS	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	OBP	SF	SH	SB
2018	17-8	.250	40	9	10	3	0	1	6	.400	6	1	4	.362	0	0	0-0
2019	54-54	.267	202	32	54	10	2	1	29	.351	13	14	31	.348	4	4	19-27
2020	14-14	.217	46	8	10	0	1	0	6	.261	5	5	8	.345	2	1	1-1
2021	46-42	.329	167	33	55	11	0	3	34	.449	17	7	24	.405	4	3	13-18
2022	60-58	,259	224	33	58	14	3	3	31	.388	24	6	29	.344	2	3	14-20
CAREER	191-176	.275	679	115	187	38	6	8	106	.387	65	33	96	.361	12	11	47-66

CAA BATTING
SEASON	GP-GS	AVG	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	OBP	SF	SH	SB
2018	7-5	.316	19	5	6	3	0	0	3	.474	3	1	1	.435	0	0	0-0
2019	24-24	.264	91	16	24	5	0	1	13	.352	6	7	15	.352	1	2	10-14
2020	0-0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0-0
2021	23-21	.402	82	16	33	5	0	3	22	.573	11	4	12	.480	3	2	7-12
2022	23-23	.277	83	11	23	6	0	1	15	.386	10	3	13	.375	0	2	2-4
CAREER	77-73	.313	275	48	86	19	0	5	53	.436	30	15	41	.404	4	6	19-30