Baseball

Jalbert Earns GNAC Pitcher of the Week Honors

Posted: Apr 19, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been released and Saint Joseph's College junior Samuel Jalbert (Mascouche, Que.) has been picked as the GNAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week.

Jalbert out-dueled NCBWA Rookie of the Week Nick Choate to help the Monks defeat Anna Maria, 3-1, in the opener of a huge two-game set versus the AMCATS on Friday. The junior right-hander allowed one hit through four frames and finished the game having allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts over five innings facing a lineup that ranked in the top-five nationally in batting average.

Through games played on April 18th, Jalbert is 2-2 on the season with a 4.13 ERA and 42 strikeouts – against 16 walks and 23 hits allowed – over 32.2 innings. He has held opponents to a measly .190 (23-120) batting average. Overall, he ranks second in the conference in games started (7), strikeouts, and strikeouts per nine innings (11.57).

In four starts versus GNAC opponents, Jalbert sports a 2-0 record with a 1.13 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 24 innings. Conference hitters are batting just .153 (13-85) against him and, against GNAC opponents, Jalbert ranks first in the league in innings (24) and strikeouts and second in ERA.

For Jalbert, the GNAC weekly honor is the first of his career. He is the third SJC pitcher to earn weekly conference accolades, as senior Matt Poff (Pelham, N.H.) and freshman Jason Johnson (Thomaston, Conn.) claimed GNAC Pitcher and Rookie of the Week honors, respectively, on March 28th.

Saint Joseph's will host Husson University on Wednesday in a single nine-inning non-conference game slated to start 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.