Staus Pokrovsky

Position:
Catcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
220
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Pittsgrove, N.J.

** 2023 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM **

2024: Played in 50 games, starting all 50 … Had a batting average of .238 … third on the team with 45 hits … second on team with nine doubles … team for team lead with six home runs … third on team with 29 RBI … went 5-for-6 with two RBI and against Michigan State … tallied 11 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games.

2023: All-BIG EAST First Team ... Had a career year as a redshirt junior while splitting time at designated hitter and catcher ... Led Seton Hall with a career-best 11 home runs, the most by a Pirate since 2000 when Alfie Critelli hit 14 home runs ... Led the Pirates in home runs for the second consecutive season ... Ranked second on the team in slugging percentage (.516), RBI (43) and total bases (98) ... Led the BIG EAST with a .742 slugging percentage in conference play ... Finished fifth in the BIG EAST with a .348 batting average, tied for second with seven home runs and tied for third with 49 total bases against league opponents ... Led the Pirates with 12 multi-RBI games ... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on May 22 after going 4-for-11 with a double, two home runs, five RBI and a team-best five runs scored in a series sweep at Villanova ... Had himself a day in a win over Georgetown (April 8) where had a career-high four hits, including two home runs, and matched his career bests with three RBI and three runs scored ... Posted his first three RBI game of the season as part of a 3-for-4 afternoon against Holy Cross (March 19) ... Hit his first home run of the season in the win over NJIT (March 22) ... Hit a two-run home run in a win at St. John's (April 15) ... Went 2-for-5 with an RBI double in a win at Xavier (April 28) ... Blasted a three-run home run at No. 9 UConn (May 5).

2022: Appeared in 23 games last season for the Pirates and started in 18, primarily as a catcher and designated hitter… Led the Pirates in quite a few statistical categories, including OPS (.858), home runs (3), and slugging percentage (.470)... Slashed to a .258 batting average, while also recording 17 hits, with eight being for extra bases, 15 RBIs, and 11 runs scored… Terrific in his two appearances against Florida (3/12-3/13), recording three hits in six plate appearances with three walks, while scoring and driving in a run… Hit his first career homer run against Oklahoma State (3/19), in which he went 1-3 with a three-run home run… The catalyst in Seton Hall’s victory over Wagner (3/30), going 2-2 with two walks, a home run, two runs batted in, and two runs scored… Terrific in the rubber game victory over Xavier (4/10), going 2-5 with two runs scored and two runs batted in… Was the hero against Villanova (5/14), recording two hits in four plate appearances, including two runs scored and a walk-off three-run home run.

2021: Appeared in 11 games and made five starts ... Had an RBI single at Florida Atlantic on Feb. 26 ... Drove in a run and scored a run against the Owls on Feb. 27 ... Went 3-for-4 with a run scored at Kent State on March 13 ... Had a double and scored a run in the win over the Golden Flashes on March 14.

2020: Played in four games, making three starts ... Made his first career start against No. 18 Wake Forest on Feb. 14 where he drew two walks ... First career hit was an RBI single in the ninth inning against Liberty on Feb. 23 ... Went 1-for-2 and scored a run at Fresno State on March 3.

Personal / High School: Attended Arthur P. Schalick High School in Pittsgrove, New Jersey… Four-year letter winner as a catcher… Two-year team captain… Second Team All-State and Tri-County Player of the Year as a senior… Two-time First Team All-South Jersey… Two-time First Team All-Conference Selection... Broke program records in home runs, runs batted in, and triples… Participated in the Senior All-Star Game in 2019… Batted .561 with ten home runs and 46 RBIs to lead team to the semi-finals of Group 1 as a senior… Hit .486 with five home runs and 33 RBIs as a junior… Uncle was a pitcher at Drexel University… Born December 21, 2000.