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From Doubt to Dog: How Harrison Feinberg Became One of College Baseball's Top Prospects
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Interview by Ariana Ottrando | June 3 2026
The hallways are quiet at Cabot Physical Education Center on a Monday morning in February — just days before the Northeastern University Huskies’ 2026 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) baseball season starts and the preseason buzz fades into white noise.
CAA Player of the Year and Tournament MVP (2025). Top Male Athlete of Northeastern Athletics (2025). CAA Preseason Player of the Year. The No. 6 outfielder in college baseball by D1 Baseball.
The list goes on.
Inside his office, head coach Mike Glavine chuckles.
“He's a coach's dream,” says Glavine. “And when your best player is your hardest worker, you have something special.”
It’s the kind of thing that coaches say about players who have been that from the beginning.
Harrison Feinberg wasn’t — at least, not right away.
A native of Greenwich, CT, Feinberg first picked up a bat and glove around three years old in tee-ball. Through trials of other sports from football to basketball, Feinberg dabbled in many sports as a kid, but none ever measured up to his love and devotion to baseball.
“By high school, I figured out baseball was my sport — just loved it. [I] loved it every day,” he said. “Just loved the game.”
The outfielder played three years of high school varsity baseball at King School in Stamford, Connecticut, due to the pandemic, and made an impact from the jump.
As a freshman, Feinberg batted .400 with two home runs (HRs). As a senior, he batted a whopping .525, with six HRs, 16 runs batted in (RBIs) and 20 runs scored. And the accolades reflected that, from All-League recognition for both his sophomore and senior seasons, to rankings of No. 6 player overall in Connecticut and the No. 2 outfielder, according to Perfect Game.
“I didn't really face good competition, didn't play travel ball… [I] just went to showcases and that's where I got recruited from,” he said.
So, it’s no surprise that Feinberg committed to play Division I (DI) at the University of Southern California (USC) early in his high school career. The real surprise is that the decorated and statewide-recognized Feinberg played zero minutes as a DI freshman in 2022.
A college freshman getting minimal play time in comparison to the upperclassmen and veteran players is not untraditional in the ladder of DI sports. However, with a track record like Feinberg’s, it is unexpected that he wouldn’t see the field or the plate at all for a full season.
On the other side of the country, making no progress towards his development, Feinberg was at a standstill.
“Obviously, [I] struggled my first year, didn't play,” said Feinberg. “[I] had to make the decision to transfer, and obviously that was tough just starting over again.”
By the conclusion of his freshman year, Feinberg packed up his dorm and returned home to the East Coast. He entered the transfer portal, searching for the next DI opportunity, and landed a spot on the Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) for summer ball. In 29 games played, Feinberg put up 26 hits, 14 RBIs, and six HRs.
Then, Coach Glavine came into the picture.
“We had an opportunity to look at his numbers and talk to some people about him, and then we got on the phone and talked to him a little bit to see if he was interested,” said Glavine on Feinberg’s commitment process to Northeastern.
“I just really liked the way he played. He looked like, literally, a dog out there, so to speak. Playing like a maniac all over the field and flying around. I got to see his batting practice and watch some power there. And then it was just trying to get him to come here.”
Glavine recounts those early conversations with Feinberg four years ago, seeing his potential and assets to improve both Northeastern’s program and his own development.
“We're not Power Four (P4). We don't have P4 facilities and all the things that he was coming from [at USC],” said Glavine. “But what we do have is a great culture, and it'd be an opportunity for him to play — and that's what he really wanted to do.”
In choosing his new school and team, there were plenty of reasons why Northeastern presented as a perfect fit on paper for Feinberg.
“They had a good track record of success in developing guys, like [a] bunch of big leaguers that come through this program,” he said. “Being closer to home as well. Obviously USC was all the way across the country — [I] got a little homesick, I guess. It's [a] different style of baseball here too. More of my game.”
As for the culture, Feinberg was right to trust Coach Glavine’s word about the dynamic at Northeastern.
“Everyone's in it for each other. Just developing, working hard every day, being a lot more tight-knit than those other bigger programs that are just loaded with talent, but they don't have to play together,” said Feinberg. “Coach Glavine's built a winning culture [and] instills it in us every day. It's definitely something I love to play for.”
So Feinberg started fresh as a Northeastern Husky for the 2023 season and certainly made his mark as a rookie.
In his debut season, he started 39 out of 45 total appearances including all seven of Northeastern’s postseason games that year. He recorded 37 hits, 27 RBIs and 10 HRs — the latter of which broke a previous program record for rookie home runs dating back to 2012 (8).
But things took a turn in his sophomore year (2024) with only 28 games played and 19 starts. Naturally, with less play time, Feinberg’s stats took a hit as well: 18 hits, 17 RBIs and three HRs. Defensively, his putouts (PO) dropped from 66 to 35 for a .897 field percentage. On all accounts, not the upwards trajectory that one would expect.
At no particular fault of his own, Feinberg just didn’t see the field as much in his second year and it’s extra difficult to stay consistent without repetition.
“Maybe I wasn't playing him enough, and some of his struggles, maybe at times in-game, were just not getting consistent at-bats,” said Glavine. “Some guys just aren't going to play every game, and maybe they should have been. I think that was the biggest thing because the work ethic was always there.
“His path here hasn't been a straight line, like he didn't have immediate success, and he had to work for it. And I'll say this, he's one of the hardest-working players I've ever coached. He is in the weight room all the time, and he's running. He is full-go every time he practices, like he doesn't take a day off of practice. I have a tremendous amount of respect about how he goes about preparing and playing.”
Feinberg’s talent always spoke for itself. But it wasn’t until he got the full-time opportunity to play that both his talent and hard work came into the spotlight and shattered new ceilings.
Enter junior year (2025).
To call Feinberg’s junior season a breakout would be an understatement.
He started in 58 of 58 games, posting career highs in 12 categories. He slashed .367/.455/.715 with 37 stolen bases, tying the single-season program record in steals. He put up 23 multi-hit games with 76 total hits, and a team-high 67 RBIs and 18 homers. He also recorded a team-high 18 multi-RBI games, including a six-RBI game in the CAA Championship against the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) (5/24 – 3-for-4, 2 HR, 2B).
As for defense, he contributed 107 PO and a whopping zero errors for a perfect 1.000 FLD%.
The accolades that followed were endless: 2025 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) First Team All-American, 2025 All-CAA First Team, 2025 All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), and many more.
In addition to playing consistently, Feinberg pointed to his confidence-building and off-the-field training as other attributing factors to the success of his junior year.
“I think just getting my body in as good of shape as possible heading into the year [was] definitely one of the keys to success, and then obviously just knowing that I can achieve what I believe I can,” he said. “I knew that I was talented, but it didn't really show [in] my first couple seasons. Just having the confidence going into the year and just trying to prove something was definitely a huge thing for me… I'm just proud that I've been able to develop myself into who I am today. I'm proud of what I've accomplished.”
By the end of the 2025 season, all eyes were on Feinberg. He was showered with awards and recognition at the collegiate level. Yet, Major League Baseball (MLB) scouts were still doubtful Feinberg was ready for the pros and he went undrafted in the 2025 class.
“I didn't even think we were going to have him back, so clearly the pro game doesn't value him enough yet,” said Glavine. “So he's going to go out and do it again. And [Feinberg] knows that, and he wants it, and he will. I believe it 100%... I want them to value him as a real baseball player — real meaning he can do it all. He's a complete ballplayer.
“You hear comments like, 'Well, we want to see him do it again. We want to see a second great year out of him.' So okay, whatever, he'll go do that… I don't think it bothers him too much. He just wants the opportunity. I think he has a monster year and it just takes care of itself.”
Now entering that anticipated senior season, all of the pressure is on Feinberg to have just as successful a year as last’s — if not, better. The attention and expectations on his shoulders are at an all-time high. Nonetheless, he has to tune it all out and focus on his game to do it again, to prove people wrong.
“Those accolades and stuff like that, obviously [they] add pressure going into this year, but yeah, kind of just not thinking about that and just having fun every day,” said Feinberg. “The day that playing baseball is not fun — [I] don't want to play anymore. And just working through struggles, if I face them, and then just overcoming them.”
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