Johnson & Wales University Providence

When baseball games were on the line, there wasn’t a better person to have in the lineup than Tom Borgia. The first baseman from Maple Shade, New Jersey was a consistent clutch performer on four of Johnson & Wales’ early teams. Named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) First Team in 1998 and 1999, he was an all-league second team pick in 1997, and an all-tournament selection for three straight years. Borgia’s career fielding percentage was a gaudy .990. He made only eight errors in 780 chances during his entire career. Hitting .426 in 1998 with a slugging percentage of .657, he was also named the Most Valuable Player in the 1998 tournament, in which the Wildcats won the GNAC title. His .424 batting average in 1999 gave him a second consecutive top-five conference finish. With over 100 hits in his career, Borgia was a .379 career hitter.