Jonathan Luders

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-10
Weight:
170
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lynnfield, Mass.

** 2023 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM **

2024: Played in 52 games, starting all 52 … Had a batting average of .254 with 43 hits, four doubles, one triple, one home run, 17 RBI … second in the BIG EAST in hit by pitches with 22 … third on the team in runs scored with 29 … went 4-for-6 with four RBI against Georgia State.

2023: Second Team All-BIG EAST ... Led the BIG EAST in hit by pitch (16) ... Ranked ranked third in on-base percentage (.489) and 13th in batting average (.338) against conference opponents ... Also tied for the league lead with five sacrifice bunts against BIG EAST teams ... Set career highs with two home runs and 21 RBI ... Struck out just eight times in 170 plate appearances ... Ranked second on the team with 104 assists and turned 26 double plays while committing just three errors ... Missed 14 games with an injury ... Went 2-for-2 with three RBI in his return at Princeton (4/5) ... Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored in the series clinching win at St. John's (4/16) ... Had three hits in three at-bats in the win over Butler (4/23) ... Went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI at Xavier (4/28) ... One of just two Pirates to hit two home runs in a game in 2023.

2022: Made 33 starts last season for the Pirates primarily as a middle infielder… Slashed to a .341 average on the season which was good for first on the team and top 10 in the BIG EAST… Recorded at least one hit in 28 of 36 games played last season… Had a team-leading 10 multi-hit games, five of which consisted of three or more hits… Also led the team in stolen bases, (6) hits (44), and on-base percentage (.411) … Finished the season with 17 runs scored, five extra-base hits, 17 RBIs, 49 total bases, and a .380 slugging percentage… Was fantastic defensively, recording only two errors in 149 chances (.987) to go along with 56 putouts and 91 assists… Went a career-high 4-4 on April 26 against Rider with two runs scored in the 6-2 victory… Went 3-3 with two HBPs, three runs scored, and a stolen base in an upset victory against BIG EAST runner-up Xavier at Mike Sheppard Sr Field (4/10)… Crucial in Seton Hall’s victory in Washington D.C. against Georgetown (5/1) going 3-4 with a walk and HBP, to go along with four RBIs and a stolen base.

2021: Played in 35 games with 31 starts ... Solidified himself as the Pirates' starting third baseman in the early part of the season ... Led the BIG EAST with nine sacrifice bunts and 14 hit by pitches ... Finished eighth in the conference with 72 assists ... Cross the plate 23 times and drove in 12 runs ... Had five multi-hit games and two multi-RBI performances ... Reached base in 10 straight games during the season ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in a win at Fordham on March 31 ... Scored twice in the win over Butler on April 10 ... Hit a game-tying two RBI single against Georgetown on May 1 ... Hit his first career home run at Xavier on May 7 ... Went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI against Creighton on May 15 ... Added a key insurance run on an RBI single in the win against Bluejays on May 15 ... Registered the game-tying base hit on an RBI single against Creighton in the BIG EAST Tournament ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Played in six of Seton Hall's 14 games as a true freshman ... Started at Saint Mary's on March 6 ... First career hit was a two RBI double against Milwaukee in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Feb. 16.

High School / Personal: Attended Lynnfield High School in Lynnfield, Massachusetts... Four-year letter winner as a shortstop and outfielder... Two-year team captain... Three-time All-Cape Ann League All-Star... Named 2019 Cape Ann Player of the Year as a senior... Named a 2019 Boston Globe All-Scholastic Eastern Massachusetts All-Star... Helped lead Lynnfield to two conference championships... Two-time Division 3 North Finalists... Helped lead his team to a 58-14 record over the last three years... Two-time participant in the Eastern Mass Jr. All-Star Game... Batted .450 with 26 runs scored and 32 stolen bases as a senior... Dean's List member... National Honor Society member and historian... School Faculty Book Award recipient... Winner of the 18th Annual MIAA Student Sportsmanship Essay Contest... Member of the Best Buddies Club and the Compass Advisory Program... Four-year high school letter-winner in soccer... Born February 22, 2001.