2012: Held down the No. 3 spot in weekend rotation for entire season ... allowed only one home run over 16 starts and 83.0 innings pitched ... was one of only three qualifying Southern Conference pitchers that allowed one or fewer home runs on the season ... was part of two shutouts ... southpaw was especially effective against right-handed hitters, allowing righties to hit only .253 (60-for-237) against him ... earned the win in his Appalachian State debut, allowing only two hits over five scoreless innings in 4-1 win over Akron (Feb. 18) ... turned in one of the most memorable pitching performances in Appalachian State history when he held No. 7 LSU scoreless for 8.1 innings in a series-clinching 11-1 victory ... surrendered just three singles in the sterling performance against LSU and left to a standing ovation from the Alex Box Stadium crowd after allowing a one-out single in the top of the ninth (the runner came around to score after Marcello left the game to saddle him with his first earned run as a Mountaineer) ... honored as the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Month for February after going 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA in 13.1 innings over his first two starts of the year ... did not figure in the decision in his next two starts despite allowing just two earned runs over nine total innings versus Rider (March 4) and Davidson (March 11) ... ran his record to 3-0 by allowing three runs over seven innings in 7-6 win over The Citadel (March 18) ... hit a rough mid-season patch by allowing 20 earned runs over his next four starts, going 1-3 during the stretch ... rebounded to turn in 13-consecutive scoreless innings over his next two starts, wins over Furman (April 21) and Wofford (April 29) that ran his record to 6-3 on the season ... struggled down the stretch, surrendering at leadt four earned runs in each of his final five starts and not going more than five innings in any of the five outings, finishing with a 6-5 overall record ... ERA ballooned from 3.66 going into May to 5.31 at the end of the season.

Previous College: Won 10 games with a sub-4.50 ERA and 85 strikeouts over two seasons at Indian River State College … named first-team all-conference and team MVP in 2011 after going 6-4 with 53 strikeouts and allowing just 85 hits in 91.1 innings (17 starts) … coached by Mitch Markham.

High School: Four-year letterwinner …  coached by his brother, Douglas Marcello … also played for Diamond Vision Elite (coach Chad Upson)

Personal: Full name is Robert William Marcello, Jr. … born Oct. 16, 1990 (22 years old) … son of Susan Marcello … majoring in criminal justice … aspires for a career in coaching.