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Position: OF
Date of Birth:
05/31/1996
Height: 6' 1" Weight: 200 lbs
Bats: R
Throws: R
Resides: Helmetta, NJ
Biography:
Comes from Helmetta, New Jersey… Went to high school at Rutgers prep….was ranked by perfect game as the sixth best player in the state his senior year…. Was a 2014 preseason All-American and All-Region teams… 2018 as a senior A Second Team All-BIG EAST selection… played and started in 55 games… had .318 on-base percentage and a .461 slugging percentage… hit 11 homers, was the highest single-season total by a St. John’s player since 2010… finished the season with 38 RBIs…recorded his fourth career multi-homer game, going 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs against UMBC (Feb. 24)...hit a two-run double in the pivotal game of the BIG EAST Tournament against Seton Hall, handing St. John’s its league-record ninth conference championship (May 27)....2017: All-BIG EAST selection, First Team... tied for the team lead with 47 RBIs and led team with eight homers, the most by a St. John's player since 2012… slugged a team-best .550... also paced the squad with 16 doubles... BIG EAST Player of the Week (May 15)..left the yard twice and drove in four runs in a 3-for-4 effort against FDU (April 23)...2016: Made appearances in 42 games, including 26 starts…2015: Appeared in 39 games, 26 starts ...... went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored against Oral Roberts (May 30) in NCAA Tournament… In high school, A four-year letterwinner for Rutgers Prep ... team captain as a senior ... batted .617 with 10 home runs and 35 RBI’s as a senior to earn first team Louisville Slugger High School All-America honors ... a second team All-USA High School Baseball choice and the Star-Ledger New Jersey Player of the Year as a senior ... a two-time all-state honoree ... a two-time first team All-Somerset County selection ... a two-time first team All-Non Public honoree ... a 2014 second team Perfect Game Preseason All-Northeast Region choice ... a second team Louisville Slugger High School All-American and the Somerset County Player of the Year as a junior ... first team All-Prep honors as a sophomore ... born in Queens, N.Y. ... son of Charles and JoAnn Brocato ... chose St. John's for its academic and athletic reputation ... lists his father as the person he most admires ... Josh Hamilton is his favorite athlete ... majored in homeland security. |
