Baseball | 7/25/2023 10:00:00 AM
Noah Campanelli, a four-year member of the St. John Fisher University baseball team was named the inaugural Empire 8 Conference Man of the Year for the 2022-23 season. This award honors a senior male student-athlete who has distinguished himself throughout his collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.
Campanelli recently graduated summa cum laude with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.94 as a finance and accounting double major.
A standout at second base, Campanelli earned countless accolades this Spring for the Cardinals, who won their third straight Empire 8 Championship in 2023. He was named the Empire 8 Player of the Year for the second straight season and garnered D3baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings Region III Player of the Year accolades. Nationally, Campanelli was named an ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-American and was a D3baseball.com Second Team All-American.
In 2023, Campanelli led all Empire 8 student-athletes with s program record 83 hits, 60 runs scored, 51 stolen bases, 19 doubles, seven triples, 140 total bases, a .435 batting average, .502 on-base percentage, .733 slugging percentage and a 1.235 OPS in 45 games played. In addition, he was fourth in the Empire 8 with eight home runs and 44 RBI. In 18 regular season E8 contests, Campanelli hit .507 with 34 hits, 28 runs scored, 11 doubles, 20 RBI and 1.399 OPS. Campanelli’s 51 stolen bases are an Empire 8 single-season record, while he finished second nationally in that category. In addition, he was ninth nationally in hits and ninth in total bases. Campanelli became the fifth student-athlete to be named a two-time Empire 8 Player of the Year.
“I am both humbled and honored to accept the Empire 8 Man of the Year award,” said Campanelli. “I want to express sincere gratitude to the Empire 8 conference for this incredible honor. It is a privilege to be recognized among such talented individuals from the conference. Firstly, I would like to extend my appreciation to St. John Fisher University. For four years they have provided me with the platform to excel both academically and athletically.”
“I am truly grateful to Coach Brandon Potter, Dave Roth, and Matt Toohey for their unwavering support and guidance throughout my journey,” added Campanelli. “Their dedication to my development as an athlete and as an individual has been invaluable. I would also like to express a deep appreciation to my teammates, my brothers, who I was able to share victory, defeat, and life in-between with. Lastly, I want to express a note of thanks to my family. I am blessed to have such an incredible support system, and I could not have achieved this without them.”
Campanelli earned his first E8 Baseball Player of the Year honor in 2022 after batting .405 over 47 games played with 75 hits, including 15 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 43 runs batted in. He recorded a .519 on-base percentage, .584 slugging percentage and drew 39 walks, while scoring 63 runs.
“The Cardinals Baseball Family is beyond excited for Noah,” said St. John Fisher Head Baseball Coach Brandon Potter. “This award exemplifies the hard work Noah put in from the first day he stepped on campus. Our program could not be prouder of Noah and can’t wait to see all that he accomplishes going forward. Noah has made a lasting impact on our program that was felt by not only his past and current teammates but will be felt by future Cardinals for years to come.”
Academically, Campanelli earned Dean's List and Empire 8 President’s List accolades in each of his eight semesters at St. John Fisher. Campanelli was named a 2023 College Sports Communicators Baseball First Team Academic All-America selection. He earned several academic scholarships for excellence in the St. John Fisher accounting program, including the Otto A. Schultz Scholarship, DuPlessis/Wolfe Scholarship, Frank Stotz Scholarship and Financial Executive Institute (FEI) Scholarships, all awarded based on academic excellence and character development through extracurricular activities and leadership potential. He was also inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society 2019-2020.
Off the field, Campanelli was a vital and active member of the St. John Fisher University campus community. He was a three-year member of St. John Fisher’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was on St. John Fisher’s Dean’s Student Advisory Council as a representative of the College of Business for three years as well. Campanelli served as the Chancellor for the Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity in 2021-22 and was a PWC Case Competition Student Advisor and Vice President of Delta Sigma Pi. In addition, Campanelli was an audit intern at Deloitte US.
In four seasons, Campanelli batted .404 with 226 hits in 559 at-bats, while scoring 194 runs in 140 career contests for the Cardinals. He added 53 doubles, 13 triples and 16 home runs, while driving in 119 runs. He drew 99 career walks and stole a program record 83 bases, while recording a .504 on-base percentage and .631 slugging percentage. Campanelli was a two-time D3baseball.com All-American and three-time All-Empire 8 first team selection.
Campanelli, a native of Pittsford, NY, will use his remaining eligibility to play baseball and pursue his master’s degree in business administration at Division I Coastal Carolina University starting this fall.
“Noah is an incredible representative of St. John Fisher University and the Empire 8 on and off the field,” said Empire 8 Associate Commissioner Joe Venniro. “Noah is the ultimate competitor on the field, which is evident with three league titles and several All-American honors but his success in the classroom and leadership roles within the St. John Fisher community is even more impressive. He is incredibly deserving winner of the E8’s inaugural Man of the Year award.”
Campanelli will now be forwarded to the national DIII Commissioner’s Association Senior Male Athlete of the Year award. He led a strong contingent of seven outstanding nominees considered by the Empire 8 Man of the Year Committee:
2022-23 Empire 8 Man of the Year Finalists
Brewster Marshall, Alfred University
Oscar Munoz Trinidad, Elmira College
Malachi Yeager, Houghton University
Seth Terzo, Nazareth University
John Coddington, Russell Sage College
Noah Campanelli, St. John Fisher University
Nate Palmer, Utica University
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The members of the Empire 8 Conference are committed first and foremost to the pursuit of academic excellence and the league is regarded as an outstanding NCAA Division III conference. The membership has distinguished itself among its peer group for its quality institutions, spirited and sportsmanlike competition, outstanding services and highly ethical policies and practices. Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the E8. For more on the Empire 8 visit
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