Jerry Huntzinger

Position:
Catcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
175
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Staten Island, N.Y.

** 2021 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **

2021: All-BIG EAST First Team ... Led the BIG EAST with 24 stolen bases ... Finished fourth in the conference with 55 hits, tied for eighth with 35 runs scored, tied for fourth with 25 walks ... Led the Pirates in walks, runs, hits and stolen bases ... Posted a reached base streak of 14 games and tied for the team lead with 15 multi-hit performances ... Only Pirate to play and start in all 48 games ... Played both the outfield and catcher ... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll twice ... Went 4-for-8 with three runs scored and two stolen bases in the season-opening doubleheader against Hofstra on Feb. 21 ... Had a career-high four hits against Albany on March 6 ... Went 8-for-18 with four runs and five RBI in the series at St. John's ... Drove in the go-ahead run in the 5-3 win over Creighton on May 15 ... Went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI and picked a runner off of first base in the BIG EAST Tournament against the Bluejays ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Appeared in 12 games, making 11 starts ... Went 2-for-5 with a run scored against No. 18 Wake Forest on Feb. 14 ... Scored twice and had a base hit against Illinois on Feb. 15 ... Hit a double and stole a base against Liberty on Feb. 21 ... Registered an RBI at USC on Feb. 28 ... Went 2-for-4 against Saint Mary's on March 6 ... Walked twice and went 1-for-3 against Fairleigh Dickinson on March 11 ... Was 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts.

2019: Appeared in 50 games, making 46 starts... Split time at catcher and in the outfield... Set career-highs with a .250 batting average, eight doubles, one home run and 14 RBIs... Stole 16 bases in 21 attempts... Had nine multi-hit games... One of three regular starts with more walks (27) than strikeouts (26)... Ranked third in the BIG EAST in stolen bases... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a run scored and a sacrifice bunt vs. Creighton in the BIG EAST Championship on May 23... Went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored at St. John’s on May 18... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a double, a stolen base and two walks at Lafayette... Reached base four times, going 1-for-2 with two walks, a hit-by-pitch, a stolne base and two runs scored at Saint Peter’s on April 30... Went 1-for-3 with a walk, a hit-by-pitch, two runs scored and two stolen bases vs. Butler on April 28... Belted his first career home run vs. Creighton on April 20... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a run scored, a walk and a stolen base at TCU on April 14... Went 2-for-6 with a run scored at Villanova on April 7... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI at Iona on March 31... Had a career-high three stolen bases vs. NJIT on March 26... Went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and two runs scored vs. Wagner on March 23... Went 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored, an RBI, a sacrifice fly and a stolen base at Wagner on March 19... Went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored vs. Saint Joseph’s on March 15... Reached base twice, going 1-for-2 with a walk, a sacrifice bunt and two runs scored vs. Kansas on March 13... Had two hits and two RBIs at FIU on March 9... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base vs. Dayton... Had the Pirates’ lone hit vs. Ohio State on Feb. 16.

2018: Appeared in nine games... Backup catcher... Batted .111 in nine at bats with four RBIs... Had an RBI vs. Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship on May 25... Threw out a base-runner attempting to steal third base to end the game with the tying runners on base vs. Rider on May 8... Walked and scored a run vs. Saint Peter’s on May 1... Walked and drove in a run vs. Monmouth on April 18... Collected his first career hit, a two-run single at Princeton on April 11... Made his collegiate debut in the field and at the plate at USC Upstate on Feb. 23.

High School / Personal: Attended Monsignor Farrell High School in Staten Island, N.Y.... Three-year letter winner in baseball as a catcher... Two-time Second Team All-State selection... Helped lead Monsignor Farrell to a 24-1 record and the city championship as a senior... Two-year team captain... Two-year participant in the Staten Island Advance All-Star Game... Played in the Mayor's Cup as a senior... Batted 364 with three home runs, 20 RBIs and 10 stolen bases as a senior... Batted .432 as a junior... Full name is Jerome Vincent Huntzinger III... Born Feb. 15, 1999.