North Branford's Hart Signs Letter of Intent with SCSU

North Branford’s Kyle Hart is one of four players to recently sign a National Letter of Intent to attend and play baseball at Southern Connecticut State University in the fall of 2015.

Hart, a junior college transfer from UConn-Avery Point, joins incoming freshmen Tyler Criscuolo (of Branford), Mike DeMartino (of New Haven/Hamden Hall) and Brandon Rentas (Wallingford/Sheehan).

Hart was named to Elm City Newspapers’ 15th Annual Dream Dozen for this past American Legion Baseball season.

“I am extremely excited that these young men have decided to make Southern Connecticut their home,” SCSU baseball coach Tim Shea said in a press release. “Each of them displays the qualities that we look for in a student-athlete both on and off the playing field. They will all have an opportunity to make an immediate impact in our program and help us maintain the level of success that we expect at SCSU.”

The Owls are coming off of a 2014 season in which they won the Northeast-10 Southwest Division championship and finished with a 24-15-1 record. Eight Owls were selected All-Conference.

SCSU opens up the 2015 season on Feb. 14 in Miami, Fla. against Barry University.

Photo courtesy of SCSU Athletics

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