Baseball

Stephens Claims Fourth GNAC Rookie of the Week Award

Posted: Apr 19, 2021

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

In a 5-1 week for the Monks, Stephens hit .357 (5-14) with four runs, a double, and two RBI and allowed a run off four hits with a strikeout in three innings on the mound.

Through 27 games this spring, Stephens is hitting .294 (20-68) with 15 runs, five doubles, a triple, two home runs, and 13 RBI. In six pitching appearances, the sophomore righthander is 3-0 with 1.47 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 18.1 innings.

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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.