David Festa

Position:
Right-handed Pitcher
Height:
6-5
Weight:
175
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Verona, N.J.

** 2021 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **
** 2020 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST **

2021: All-BIG EAST First Team ... Finished third in the BIG EAST with a 2.00 ERA, ranked second with a .175 opponent's batting average and tied for ninth with 67 strikeouts ... Went 5-1 with a 1.54 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 41 innings pitched against conference opponents ... Allowed only three earned runs and tossed three complete games over five consecutive winning decisions from his start at Villanova on April 18 to his gem thrown against Creighton on May 15 ... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on May 17 ... Season-long outing was an eight-inning, seven-strikeout performance against Fordham on April 3 ... Struck out seven batters and didn't allow a run in a complete game effort against Georgetown on May 1 ... Tossed a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts in a win over Creighton on May 15 ... Registered five strikeouts in three innings against Connecticut on May 21 ... Recipient of the BIG EAST Sport Excellence Award, presented to one student-athlete in each BIG EAST-sponsored sport based on academic credentials, athletic accolades or performances and volunteer service to the community ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 2021 MLB Draft.

2020: Preseason All-BIG EAST selection ... Made four starts ... Allowed no earned runs over 6.1 innings and struck out five batters in the win over Milwaukee on Feb. 16 ... Fanned three in four innings work at Liberty on Feb. 23.

2019: Named Seton Hall's Freshman Male Athlete of the Year... Made 14 appearances, including 10 starts, which ranked third-most on the team... Spent most of the season as the team's "Sunday" starter... Pitched to a 3-4 record with a 4.42 ERA and 58 strikeouts with 25 walks in 53.0 innings pitched... Ranked third on the team in strikeouts and innings pitched... Opponents batted .249 against him... Allowed only one run on five hits over seven innings with seven strikeouts and two walks to earn the victory in game two of a doubleheader vs. Georgetown on May 11... Allowed two earned runs over five innings with eight strikeouts and no walks in a no decision vs. Butler on April 28... Allowed only one run over 5.1 innings with a career-high nine strikeouts and only two walks in a victory in game two of a doubleheader at Villanova on April 6... Allowed two runs over four innings with four strikeouts at Iona on March 31... Earned the victory with four scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts and only three hits at Monmouth on March 24... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on March 11... Allowed just one hit over five scoreless innings in his first collegiate start, also his 19th birthday, with eight strikeouts at FIU on March 8... Pitched two scoreless innings, without surrendering a hit, in game two of a doubleheader at Virginia on March 2... Tossed three hitless innings with four strikeouts and two walks vs. Dayton... Made his collegiate debut with a scoreless inning of relief vs. Ohio State on Feb. 17... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School / Personal: Attended Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, New Jersey, playing for Seton Hall baseball alum Mike Sheppard, Jr.... Two-year letter winner as a right-handed pitcher... Helped lead the Pirates to a 50-8 record over two years and a conference championship his senior year... Named to the All-Super Essex Conference Team as a senior... Pitched to a 4-0 record with a 1.50 earned run average and 44 strikeouts in 30 innings as a senior... Dean's List member eight times... Member of the National Chinese Honor Society... Peer leader... Autism Big Brother... Member of Knights of Setonia and Wounded Warrior Project... Brother Christopher plays baseball at Johns Hopkins University... Born March 8, 2000.