Joe Cilea

Weight:
201
Height:
5-11
Position:
C
Year:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Marlboro, N.J.
High School:
Colts Neck

2026 (Redshirt Junior Season – at Indiana)
Notes: Transferred to Indiana in the summer of 2025.

2025 (Redshirt Sophomore Season – at Sacred Heart)
Awards: MAAC Academic All-District selection.

Season: Returned to full health to play in 42 games with 29 starts … all 42 appearances came behind the dish … compiled 22 hits and 23 runs scored … walked 25 times with five hit-by-pitches … had multi-hit games against Central Connecticut State (4/1) and Quinnipiac (5/15) … recorded five multi-RBI contests … had three RBIs in games against Georgetown (2/22), Manhattan (3/22) and Marist (5/23) … hit his first career home run in a win over Mount St. Mary’s (3/9) … threw out 18 potential base stealers … fielded at a .979 clip with just five errors.

2024 (Sophomore Season – at Sacred Heart)
Awards: NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … NEC Academic Honor Roll.

Season: Missed the season through a hip injury … took a medical redshirt.

2023 (Freshman Season – at Sacred Heart)
Awards: NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … NEC Academic Honor Roll.

Season: Played in 19 games with 10 starts … recorded eight hits, three runs, two doubles and eight RBIs … had first career hit in series at UNC Asheville (2/19) … tallied first career RBI in win over VCU (2/26) … had a three-hit contest with three RBIs against Fordham (4/18) … recorded a double in back-to-back games against Fordham (4/18) and UMASS (4/19).

Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Mike Yorke at Colts Neck High School in New Jersey … high school teammate of senior pitcher Anthony Gubitosi … helped lead Colts Neck to its first ever state championship in 2021 … the 79th-ranked player in the state of New Jersey in 2022 by Perfect Game … two-time All-Conference and All-Division selection in 2021 and 2022 … also lettered in wrestling … member of his school’s National Honor Society and President of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Club … son of Joe and Maryann Cilea … father, Joe, was a Big East Champion with Villanova in baseball … has three siblings – Gina, Brianna and Jack … big fan of the New York Yankees … will graduate with a degree in Liberal Studies … intends to pursue a master’s degree in finance through the Kelley School of Business.