Baseball

Stephens Earns Third GNAC Weekly Award

Posted: Apr 12, 2021

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been announced and Saint Joseph's College freshman Luke Stephens (Glastonbury, Conn.) has been selected as the GNAC Baseball Rookie of the Week for the third time this spring.

Stephens hit .450 (9-20) with six runs, three doubles, a triple, and five RBI in a 4-1 week for the Monks. The freshman two-way player was instrumental in the Monks' 5-0 triumph over #11 University of Southern Maine on Wednesday when he tossed a pair of scoreless innings with three K's to earn the win in relief. For the week, he worked 2.2 scoreless innings with five strikeouts and two hits allowed.

Through 22 games this season, Stephens is hitting .278 (15-54) with 11 runs, four doubles, a triple, two home runs, and 11 RBI. On the mound, the freshman righthander is 3-0 with a 1.17 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 15.1 innings.

Saint Joseph's (12-10, 3-1 GNAC) will host Fisher College 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.