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2022 Baseball Roster

21 Connor Hamilton

  • Position Catcher
  • Height / Weight 6-2 / 235
  • Class Senior
  • Bats / Throws R/R
  • Hometown Forestport, N.Y.
  • High School Adirondack

Biography

Career Highlights
• Three-Time PSAC West Athlete of the Week
• One-Time NCBWA National Hitter of the Week
• Two-Time All-PSAC West Honoree
• Two-Time Consensus All-Region Honoree (NCBWA, D2CCA, ABCA)
• Two-Time CoSIDA Academic All-District Honoree
• 2022 All-American (NCBWA, D2CCA)
• SRU Single-Season HR Leader (17 in 2021)
• 3rd in SRU History in Slugging %
• 4th in SRU History in On-Bae %
• 8th in SRU History in Batting Average
• 9th in SRU History in HR
• 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year
• Named to 2022 Spring Top 10

Personal: Son of Chuck and Colleen Hamilton … Majoring in Petroleum Engineering.

2022: One of just three Rock athletes to start all 51 games … Named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year ... Voted a third team All-American by the NCBWA and D2CCA ... Earned All-Region honors from the ABCA, D2CCA and NCBWA … A first team All-PSAC West honoree … Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team … Hit .400 with 56 runs, 17 home runs and 52 RBI … Also produced 12 doubles … Slugged .782 with a .514 on-base percentage …  Hit .404 (21-of-52) with runners in scoring position … Recorded 21 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI contests … Reached base in 28 straight games to end season … Ranked 19th in the nation in slugging percentage … Ranked second in the PSAC in OPS (1.296), third in home runs, third in slugging percentage, third in OBP, fifth in walks (38), sixth in runs, seventh in RBI and eighth in hits (66) … Broke the SRU single-season home run record which had stood for 24 years … Also ranked third in single-season program history in walks, fifth in slugging percentage, sixth in total bases, seventh in on base percentage and 10th in RBI … Drove in four runs twice – vs. Davis & Elkins and Mercyhurst … Hit two home runs in season-opener vs. D&E … Named the PSAC West Athlete of the Week two times … Named to PSAC Spring Top 10 ... PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2021: A consensus All-Atlantic Region selection by the NCBWA, ABCA and D2CCA … Earned first team All-PSAC West honors at catcher … Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team ... One of four Rock players to start all 37 games … Hit .371 (46-for-124) with 28 runs, four home runs and 28 RBI … Slugged .573 with a .439 on-base percentage … Also recorded 11 doubles and one stolen base … Hit .411 with runners on base and .422 with runners in scoring position … Led SRU in RBI … Had 13 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI games … Reached base in 11 straight games … Went 4-for-4 with one home run and three RBI in game one of SRU’s doubleheader vs. IUP on March 12 … Came back in game two vs. IUP to drive in four runs and hit another home run … Also came up with three-RBI games March 19 against Clarion, April 30 against Mercyhurst and May 7 against IUP … Named PSAC West Athlete of the Week, NCBWA Atlantic Region Hitter of the Week and NCBWA National Hitter of the Week one time each … PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2020: Started all 10 games while serving as The Rock’s primary catcher … Hit .378 with eight runs scored, three home runs and nine RBI … Slugged .676 with a .465 on-base percentage … Ended year on a nine-game hitting streak … Collected three multi-hit games … Hit first home run of the season at West Virginia State … Went 4-for-5 with three runs, two home runs and five RBI against Molloy … PSAC Scholar Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics
 
Before The Rock: Played baseball at West Virginia University for two seasons … Played in 34 games over his freshman and sophomore seasons with the Mountaineers.
 
High School: A three-sport athlete out of Adirondack High School … Lettered three times in baseball, three times in wrestling and twice in football … Earned All-State honors and was named to the All-CNY Team in 2016 … Set school records for batting average and hits in a season … Was ranked the No. 1 catcher and No. 7 overall in New York by Perfect Game … Also was an All-American wrestler.
 
Top Performances
Date Opponent Stats
3/6/20 Molloy 4-5, 3 R, 5 RBI, 2 HR
3/12/21 Indiana 4-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR
3/12/21 Indiana 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 HR
4/30/21 Mercyhurst 2-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR
3/5/22 Davis & Elkins 3-3, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR
3/6/22 Davis & Elkins 2-2, 3 R, 4 RBI, 3 Walks, 1 Grand Slam
3/30/22 West Liberty 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI
5/6/22 Mercyhurst 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Junior

    Catcher
    6'2" 225 lbs
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  • 21

    2021Junior

    Catcher
    6'2" 250 lbs
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  • 21

    2022Senior

    Catcher
    6'2" 235 lbs
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