Baseball

Stephens Earns Second GNAC Top Rookie Honor

Posted: Apr 06, 2021

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College first-year pitcher/infielder Luke Stephens (Glastonbury, Conn.) has been chosen as the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Baseball Rookie of the Week for the second time this spring.

Stephens belted a walk-off home run in the 10th inning to lift Saint Joseph's over New England College, 6-5, in game one of a doubleheader on Saturday. Overall at the plate, Stephens hit .273 (3-11) and walked three times for a .429 OBP to go with three runs, a double, a homer, and two RBI in the Monks' 3-1 week. On the mound in a 5-3 loss at Colby, Stephens struck out six and allowed three runs (none earned) over 4.2 innings.

Through 17 games this season, Stephens is hitting .176 (6-34) with five runs, a double, two home runs, and six RBI. On the mound, the righthander is 1-0 with a 1.42 ERA and 13 strikeouts – against six walks – in 12.2 innings.

Saint Joseph's (8-9) will play at University of Southern Maine tomorrow at 4:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.