Aaron Sabato

Aaron Sabato (born June 4, 1999) is an American college baseball first baseman for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Amateur career

Sabato grew up in Rye Brook, New York and attended the Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he was a four year starter on the school's baseball team. As a junior he batted .444 with nine home runs, 20 RBI and 20 runs scored. As a senior, he batted .560 with 14 home runs in 22 games and was named first team All-Connecticut.

As a true freshman, Sabato led the Tar Heels with a .343 batting average and with 79 hits, 25 doubles and 63 RBIs while setting a UNC freshman record with 18 home runs. He was named the National Freshman Hitter of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Freshman of the Year, as well as first team All-ACC and as a first team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association and a third team All-American by Baseball America.

Sabato entered his sophomore season on the watchlist for the Golden Spikes Award and was named a first team preseason All-American by Baseball America, Perfect Game and the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Sabato batted .292 with six doubles, seven home runs and 18 RBIs with 22 walks before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Personal

Sabato's older brother, Teddy, played college baseball at UNC before transferring to Manhattan University. His father, Ted, is a police officer who played baseball at Mercy College.