2019 Baseball Roster

11 Matthew Pasko

  • Position IF
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 181
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ringoes, N.J.
  • High School Hunterdon Central
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Coach Aldins says: "Matt broke through in 2018 as our everyday shortstop and had a solid campaign both offensively and defensively. We are looking forward to his senior year and seeing him take another step forward in all aspects of his game."

2019: named Honorable Mention Empire 8 All-Conference…appeared in 38 games, starting 36, while posting a .292 batting average…led team in sacrifice bunts (7)…2nd in games played (38), RBI (24), hit by pitches (7)…3rd in starts (36), at bats (113), hits (33), total bases (43), and stolen bases (6)…went 1-for-3 (2B, RBI, HBP) vs. Old Westbury (2/18)…1-for-3 with a walk vs. Middlebury (3/10)…went 1-for-3 (2 RBI, BB) vs. #16/11 Cortland (3/10)…2-for-4 (2B, RBI, SB) vs. RV/#5 Misericordia (3/13)…went 1-for-3 (R, HBP) vs. NR/RV Tufts (3/16).1-for-3 vs. #5/7 Randolph-Macon (3/18)…went 1-for-3 with a stolen base vs. #2/4 Christopher Newport (3/19)…2-for-4 (R, RBI, SB) in a conference game vs. Elmira (3/24)…combined to go 3-for-5 (2 R, HR, 2 RBI, SH) in a conference doubleheader vs. NR/RV Ithaca (3/27)…went 1-for-3 (2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB) vs. RV/RV St. John Fisher (3/30)…2-for-4 (R, HBP, SB) in the 2nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. RV/RV St. John Fisher (3/31)…combined to go 2-for-7 (3 RBI, SH) in a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (4/7)…combined to go 3-for-7 (R, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, SB) in a conference doubleheader vs. Canton (4/13)…went 1-for-2 (R, 2 SH) vs. Keystone (4/17)…2-for-3 (2 R, SH) in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. Catholic (4/19)…went 2-for-2 (2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, SF, HBP) vs. NYU (5/2)…1-for-3 (RBI, SH) in a conference game vs. Houghton (5/6)…went 2-for-3 (2 R, HBP) in an E8 Tournament contest vs. St. John Fisher (5/9)…2-for-4 (R, 2 RBI) in an E8 Tournament contest vs. St. John Fisher (5/10).

2018: appeared and started in a team-leading 43 games, while posting a .261 batting average...2nd on the team in stolen bases (9)...went 3-for-5 with two RBI’s vs. Drew (2/21)…1-for-3 (R, BB, 2 SB) vs. William Paterson (2/24)…went 1-for-3 (R, BB) vs. #36 Rowan (2/28)…2-for-4 with two runs scored vs. Middlebury (3/10)…went 1-for-3 (RBI, SF) vs. #17/#12 Johns Hopkins (3/11)…1-for-2 vs. Birmingham-Southern (3/15)…went 2-for-2 (R, BB) vs. Emory (3/16)…2-for-5 (R, RBI, SB) vs. Arcadia (3/24)…combined to go 4-for-9 (2 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB) in a conference doubleheader vs. Ithaca (3/25)…went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Elmira (4/5)…1-for-2 (R, BB, HBP) in a conference game vs. Houghton (4/6)…went 3-for-4 (2B, 2 RBI) in the 2nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Houghton (4/7)…combined to go 3-for-8 (3 RBI, HBP) in a conference doubleheader vs. St. John Fisher (4/13)…2-for-3 (2 R, RBI, SH, SB) in a conference game vs. Utica (4/29)…went 1-for-2 (RBI, BB, SF) vs. #27 St. John Fisher (5/4)…2-for-4 (2 R, 2B) vs. Houghton in the opening game of the Empire 8 Tournament (5/10)…went 1-for-3 vs. #2 St. John Fisher in the Empire 8 Tournament (5/11).

2017: appeared in 31 games and started 20, posting a .197 batting average...led team in sacrifice bunts (4)...2nd on the team in hit-by-pitches (4)...went 2-for-2 (R, HBP) vs. #15/19 Kean (2/17)…1-for-3 vs. Huntingdon (3/15)…combined to go 2-for-5 (R, 2B, 2 RBI) in a doubleheader vs. Houghton (3/25)…went 1-for-3 (R, RBI, BB, HBP, SB) in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. Ithaca (4/2)…combined to go 3-for-7 (R, 2B, 2 RBI) in a doubleheader vs. Canton (4/8)…pinch ran and scored a run vs. Canton (4/21)…combined to go 2-for-5 (RBI, HBP) in a doubleheader vs. Utica (4/23)…1-for-3 (HBP, SH) in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. #22/15 St. John Fisher (4/29).

2016: scored the game-winning run in walk-off fashion vs. Drew (2/28)...scored a walk-off run in the 2nd game of a conference doubleheader vs. Canton (3/25)...collected his first collegiate hit and went 1-for-3 with a run vs. Canton (3/26)...went 0-1 (2 RBI, BB, HBP, SF) in a win vs. No. 8/No. 10 Rutgers-Camden (3/29)...combined to go 2-for-6 (R, RBI, SH, SB) in a conference doubleheader vs. Utica (3/30)...1-for-3 (R, RBI, SB) in the 1st game of a conference doubleheader vs. Elmira (4/8).

High School: named to the Honor Roll…National Young Leadership Conference member…played for coach Mike Raymond at Hunterdon Central…started all 31 games at started base and helped team to a 24-7 record and a Central Jersey Group IV Sectional Finals appearance…also helped team to a Conference and County Championship his junior year…13 seniors went on to play Division I or Division III baseball from the 2015 graduating class…played summer ball for coach Tom Reindel of the Diamond Jacks and coach Tom Augello of the New Jersey Jays…Perfect Game Preseason Northeast Region All-High School Honorable Mention…attended Headfirst Honor Roll, Diamond Nation College Elite, and Super 17 Showcase camps…also played football for Hunterdon Central through his junior year.
 
Personal: son of Hala and Ron Pasko…has a sister, Danielle…majoring in Mechanical Engineering…picked Stevens for the chance to play for a competitive baseball environment for an emerging program, for the nationally recognized job placement rate that the school has, and the great location… top MLB team and player are the New York Yankees and Derek Jeter...favorite movie and book are The Dark Knight and To Kill a Mockingbird…enjoys fishing, pond hockey, going to the beach, hanging out with friends, and video games.

Summer Internships/Jobs: holding a process engineering internship in summer 2018 at Oliver Healthcare Packaging.

Summer Collegiate Baseball: played his summer ball in 2016, 2017, and 2018 for the Nationals of the Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL) (Nationals franchise moved in 2017 to Metropolitan Collegiate Baseball League) (MCBL) (N.J.).
 
HITTING                                                                                                                                                      
Year GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B HR RBI BB SB
2016 24-10 .185 27 5 5 0 0 5 3 2
2017 31-20 .197 66 9 13 2 0 7 4 2
2018 43-43 .261 153 33 40 3 0 23 15 9
2019 38-36 .292 113 18 33 4 2 24 8 6
Totals 136-109 .253 359 65 91 9 2 59 30 19

Statistics

Season:
2019

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2016First-Year

    MIF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    12
  • 11

    2017Sophomore

    MIF
    5'11" 180 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2018Junior

    IF
    5'11" 172 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2019Senior

    IF
    5'11" 181 lbs
    11