Justin Crisafulli enters his first year as the Husson baseball pitching coach in 2019.
PREVIOUSLY:
Crisafulli arrived at Husson through the baseball program’s connection with Sluggers Baseball & Softball Training Facility in Brewer, Maine, where he has been a member of the coaching staff since 2015. His duties include coaching at clinics, providing one on one instruction, and coaching a travel team.
PERSONAL:
He was a two-year letterwinner at Arizona Western College from 1995-96 before transfering to the University of Central Missouri in 1997 for his final season of his intercollegiate baseball career.
At Arizona Western, Crisafulli earned All-Conference First Team honors both years, while helping the Matadors to a third place finish at the 1996 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I College World Series, the only NJCAA World Series appearance in the school’s history. After the 1996 season, Crisafulli was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 17th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball amateur draft, but he opted not to sign with the Red Sox.
While at Central Missouri he was named to the 1997 All-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Second Team and helped the Mules earn their fourth-straight MIAA Championship, a NCAA Division II Regional Championship and the program’s sixth appearance in the NCAA Division II College World Series.
Following his successful intercollegiate career, Crisafulli signed a rookie free agent deal with the Cleveland Indians in 1997.
He also played semi-pro baseball for the Andre Chiefs of the Intercity Baseball League for 17 seasons. He is the Chiefs’ all-time leader in every offensive category. The former team captain came onboard as a rookie in 1994 and played for 17 seasons as the Chiefs’ cleanup hitter until his retirement in 2011. He leads the franchise with 91 home runs, 417 RBI’s, and 567 hits. Crisafulli is considered one of the best power hitters in Intercity League history and was part of two Intercity League Championships (1995 & 1997). Crisafulli’s number 33 has been retired by the Chiefs.
He was inducted into the National Semi Pro Baseball Association Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Intercity Baseball League Hall of Fame in 2017.
Crisafulli earned a Bachelor of Science in History in 1998 from the University of Central Missouri.
A native of Medford, Mass., Crisafulli attended Medford High School.
