Bio

Andy Pascarella helped the UW-Oshkosh baseball team to a pair of WIAC championships and a fifth-place finish at the 1974 NAIA World Series before going on to play professionally in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.

Pascarella and the Titans amassed a 62-27-1 record from 1974-76, including league championships in 1974 and 1975. Pascarella, a second baseman, received NAIA All-America honorable mention recognition in 1976 after leading the WIAC with 10 home runs and a .425 batting average.

A Homewood-Flossmoor High School (Ill.) graduate, Pascarella concluded his 73-game UW-Oshkosh career with 12 home runs, 45 runs batted in and a .345 batting average.

After hitting .271 with one home run in a part-time role as a freshman in 1974, Pascarella batted .304 and stole seven bases as a starter in 1975 as the Titans compiled a 17-5 record on the way to clinching conference and district titles for the second straight season. Pascarella’s .425 batting average in 1976 was then the third-best in program history

Pascarella, a sixth-round selection of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1976, played 127 games across two seasons in the minor leagues. He reached the Single-A level in 1976, hitting seven home runs and driving in 46 runs across 60 games for the Brewers’ farm system. He concluded he professional career in 1979 with the independent Newark Co-Pilots, hitting .282 in 67 games with a pair of home runs and 37 runs batted in and 34 runs scored.

Pascarella, who splits time living between Oshkosh and Venice, Fla., retired in 2016 after 30 years of operating Pascarella Auto Sales Inc. in Oshkosh. For the past seven years, Pascarella, a 1979 UW-Oshkosh graduate, has been an assistant baseball coach at St. Mary Catholic High School in Neenah, including the 2016 season, when the Zephyrs won the WIAA Division 3 state title with a 26-0 record.

Pascarella and his wife, Shelley, are the parents of Tony.