Mike Alescio

Height:
6-1
Weight:
190
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fair Haven, N.J.
High School:
Red Bank Catholic

** 2018 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM **
** 2018 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM **
** 2018 JOHNNY BENCH WATCH LIST **
** 2016 JOHNNY BENCH WATCH LIST **

2018: Named to the 2018 All-BIG EAST Second Team... Named to the 2018 BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team... Named Seton Hall’s Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List... Academic Merit Award recipient... Appeared in and started 50 games... Primary starting catcher... Batted .302 with three home runs and 24 RBIs... Stole 13 bases in 17 attempts... Had 15 multi-hit games, third-most on the Pirates... Had five multi-RBI games... Ranked second on the team in runs scored, walks and stolen bases... Went 4-for-5 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored in the early game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Drove in four runs, going 3-for-5 with a double and three runs scored vs. Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship on May 25... Belted a three-run home run and was hit by a pitch at Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on May 19... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with an RBI, a stolen base and two walks vs. Rider on May 8... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a stolen base and two runs scored at Creighton on May 5... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored at Creighton on May 4... Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base vs. Villanova on April 27... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Xavier in game two of a doubleheader on April 14... Reached base a team-high five times, going 1-for-1 with four walks and a two-run home run at Princeton on April 11... Went 3-for-4 with a stolen base at Hawaii on March 26... Went 2-for-5 at Hawaii on March 24... Reached base four times, going 2-for-4 with two walks and an RBI at Hawaii on March 23... Went 3-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt at Oklahoma State on March 18... Doubled, walked and scored three runs at Oklahoma State on March 16... Walked twice, scored two runs, stole two bases, had a sacrifice fly and drove in a run vs. Notre Dame on March 3... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a walk, a sacrifice fly, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Seattle on March 2... Named to the Wofford/USC Upstate All-Tournament Team... Collected three singles vs. Pittsburgh on Feb. 24... Went 2-for-5 with a stolen base at Wofford on Feb. 24... Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored at NC State on Feb. 18... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in game two of a doubleheader at NC State on Feb. 16.

2017: Named Seton Hall Junior Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Appeared in 45 games, all starts... Played both catcher and right field... Led the Pirates and tied for fourth in the BIG EAST with 14 doubles... Ranked second on the team with a .298 batting average and 12 stolen bases... Had a team-best 11-game hit streak... Went 3-for-4 with a double vs. St. John’s in the BIG EAST Championship on May 26... Went 2-for-5 with a walk, a double, a run scored and four RBIs at Southeastern Louisiana on May 18... Went 2-for-3 with a double in game one of a doubleheader at Villanova on May 14... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a double, two walks and two runs scored at Villanova on May 12... Went 3-for-5 with an RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases at Rider on May 10... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI at St. John’s on April 30... Walked twice, scored two runs and stole a base at St. John’s on April 28... Went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and two stolen bases vs. Georgetown on April 23... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI vs. Georgetown on April 22... Went 2-for-5 with a double, a run scored and two RBIs vs. Georgetown on April 21... Went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, a stolen base, a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs vs. Butler on April 8... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two stolen bases vs. LIU-Brooklyn on April 2... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored vs. Princeton on March 29... Reached base twice, going 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored vs. Lehigh on March 19... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a stolen base and two runs scored vs. Manhattan on March 18... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two walks vs. Stetson on March 8... Went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored vs. Troy on March 3... Clubbed his first career home run, a two run blast vs. San Diego State on Feb. 25... Named to the 2017 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2016: Named to the 2016 Johnny Bench Watch List... Appeared in 50 games, making 39 starts... Ranked second on the team and eighth in the BIG EAST with a .310 batting average... Tied for fourth in the BIG EAST with four triples... Ranked second on the team among regulars with a .418 slugging percentage... Drove in two runs vs. Creighton on May 26... Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base at Butler on May 21... Drove in two runs with a triple at Butler on May 20... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored at Butler on May 19... Went 3-for-5 with an RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases at NJIT on May 17... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Xavier in game one of a double-header on May 7... Drove in two runs vs. Saint Peter's on April 27... Went 3-for-5 with a run scored and a stolen base vs. Villanova on April 24... Went 2-for-5 with a double vs. Villanova on April 22... Went 2-for-2 with a triple, a stolen base and two runs scored vs. LIU on April 16... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a run scored and two RBIs, while helping battery mate Shane McCarthy toss a perfect game vs. LIU on April 15... Went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run scored, two stolen bases and three RBIs vs. Quinnipiac on April 11... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a sacrifice fly, a walk and an RBI at Army on March 25... Drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning vs. Manhattan in game two of a double-header on March 19... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles vs. Indiana on March 5... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI and two stolen bases vs. Indiana on March 3... Reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with a double, two walks and a career-high four RBIs vs. Missouri on Feb. 21... Went 2-for-4 in game one of a double-header vs. Missouri on Feb. 20... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2015: Played in six games and made one start... Collected two hits in eight at bats... Stole two bases... Went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in his first collegiate start at Monmouth... Recorded his first career hit, run scored and stolen base vs. USF on March 8... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School/Personal: Attended Red Bank Catholic High School... Three-year letter-winner in high school as a catcher... Named team captain as a senior... Selected to the Senior All-Star Game... Batted .349 as a junior and .351 as a senior... Helped lead Red Bank to the Monmouth County Championship in 2014... Led his team to a combined 43-11 record in his final two years of high school... Received High Honors in 2014.