Al Molina

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Freehold, N.J.
Prev School:
Brookdale C.C.

** 2018 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM **
** 2018 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM **

2018: Named to the 2018 All-BIG EAST Second Team... Named to the 2018 BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team... Appeared in 50 games, all starts... Primary starting shortstop... Batted .314 with five home runs and 29 RBIs... Led Seton Hall in hits, doubles, runs scored, total bases, slugging percentage and sacrifice flies... Stole five bases in eight attempts... Led the team with 22 multi-hit games... Had six multi-RBI games... In BIG EAST games, he ranks among the conference top-10 in batting average, slugging percentage, runs scored, hits, total bases and sacrifice flies... Reached base three times, going 2-for-6 with a walk, 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... Went 2-for-4 with a home run vs. Butler in the BIG EAST Championship on May 26... Reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with two walks, a sacrifice fly, a stolen base two RBIs and three runs scored vs. Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship on May 25... Belted a solo home run vs. Butler in the BIG EAST Championship on May 24... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on May 21... Had a team-high three hits, including a solo home run, with two RBIs and three runs scored at Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on May 19... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored at Georgetown in game two of a doubleheader on May 19... Went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored vs. St. John’s in game one of a doubleheader on May 12... Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI vs. Rider on May 8... Clubbed a two-run home run at Creighton on May 6... Went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, two runs scored and a team-high three RBIs vs. Villanova on April 29... Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. Villanova on April 28... Went 2-for-3 with an RBi and a sacrifice fly at Butler on April 21... Went 2-for-5 with a home run and an RBI at Butler on April 20... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored vs. Xavier in game two of a doubleheader on April 14... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a walk vs. Xavier in game one of a doubleheader on April 14... Reached base four times, going 2-for-3 with two walks, three runs scored an RBI and a stolen base at Princeton on April 11... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI at Hawaii on March 25... Reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch and a double at Hawaii on March 24... Erupted for a four-hit game, going 4-for-6 with a double and two runs scored at Hawaii on March 23... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI at Oklahoma State on March 18... Went 2-for-5 with a double at Florida Atlantic on March 9... Walked three times, and belted a three-RBI double vs. Central Michigan on March 6... Reached base four times, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs, a walk and a run scored vs. Youngstown State on March 4... Went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a sacrifice bunt and three runs scored... Went 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and an RBI at NC State on Feb. 18.

2017: Appeared in 50 games and made 49 starts... Starting shortstop... Batted .254 with two home runs and 22 RBIs... Led Seton Hall with a .311 batting average in BIG EAST games... Ranked second on the team with 13 doubles... Ranked second on the team with 13 multi-hit games... Tied for sixth in the BIG EAST with six doubles in conference play... Went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and an RBI at Villanova on May 12... Went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBIs at Rider on May 10... Went 2-for-5 with a run scored at St. John’s on April 29... Went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and three RBIs vs. Georgetown on April 23... Had a double, a walk, and two RBIs vs. Georgetown on April 22... Went 2-for-6 with a double, a walk and an RBI vs. Rutgers on April 19... Went 2-or-4 with a double at Xavier on April 15... Collected two hits, including a double at Xavier on April 14... Hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning at Xavier on April 13... Reached base three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk vs. Butler on April 9... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a pair of walks vs. UConn on March 26... Went 2-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base vs. Lehigh on March 19... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI at Stetson on March 8... Had a monster game going 3-for-4 with three runs scored, two doubles and a home run vs. San Diego State on Feb. 25... Drove in two runs vs. Michigan on Feb. 19... Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored vs. Michigan in game two of a doubleheader on Feb. 18... Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored vs. Michigan in game one of a doubleheader on Feb. 18.

2015 (at Coastal Carolina): Played in 37 games and made 25 starts... Batted .231 with six doubles, 11 walks and 16 RBIs... Batted .286 in conference play.

High School / Personal: Transferred to Seton Hall after spending his freshman year at Coastal Carolina and his sophomore year at Brookdale Community College... Attended Red Bank Catholic High School... Three-year letterwinner as a shortstop for Red Bank.... Selected in the 29th round (826th overall pick) of the 2014 MBL Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies... First Team Non-Public All-State and Second Team NJ.com All-State (all divisions) as a senior... First team All-Metro (New York City) by MSGVarsity.com... Two-time, First Team All-Shore by the Asbury Park Press... Finalist for New Jersey Player of the Year honors and listed on the Star-Ledger's poll of "Best Infielders in the State"... Batted .451 with 41 hits as senior with seven doubles, two home runs and .615 slugging percentage... On the mound, was 2-1 with five saves and 62 strikeouts in 36.2 innings... Led All-Jersey Shore team to the 29th Carpenter Cup... For his three-year career, batted .407 with 101 hits, 19 doubles, eight home runs, 6 RBI and 23 stolen bases... Prior to his senior season, named first team All-Northeast Region by PerfectGame.com... Born November 15, 1995.