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Valente, John
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Jersey Number 11
John Valente
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- UTIL
- Hometown:
- New Rochelle, N.Y.
- High School:
- New Rochelle
Bio
As a Graduate Student (2018):
A 21st round pick of the Detroit Tigers (615th overall)… the first student-athlete in St. John’s Baseball history to be named the BIG EAST Player of the Year… a unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection… a Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American… named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Northeast Region Second Team… earned a spot on the NCAA Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team for the second-straight year… led the BIG EAST and ranked 64th nationally with a .360 batting average… hit a career-high five home runs to go along with 40 RBIs… tallied eight doubles and three triples… was the sixth toughest player in the nation to strikeout, going down on strikes once per 21.5 at bats… had a team-best 27 multi-hit games, including eight efforts with three hits or better… compiled a 58-game reached-base streak between 2017 and 2018… also tallied a 25-game hitting streak, his second-career streak of 25 games or better… logged a pair of hits in each of the team’s first six games of the season… homered against UMBC (Feb. 24)… after recording just one hit against Penn State (Feb. 25), responded with a 3-for-4, three-run outing in the first game of a doubleheader against UC Davis before homering again and driving in four more runs in the second game of the twin bill (March 4)… went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs against Kansas (March 11)… singled and drove in two runs against UConn (March 16)… went 3-for-4 with a stolen base against the Huskies (March 17)… scored and drove in a run against Binghamton (March 24)… went 2-for-4 with three RBIs the following day against the Bearcats (March 25).. went 2-for-4 with a double against Wagner (March 27)… tallied two singles and drove in a run at Minnesota (March 29)… after missing the second game of the series with illness, singled and scored a run in the series finale (March 31)… doubled and scored twice against Saint Peter’s (April 3)… lifted a sac fly, but saw his 25-game hitting streak come to an end at Columbia (April 4)… singled and scored a run in the team’s BIG EAST opener at Villanova (April 6)… ended the Villanova series with a 3-for-5 showing (April 8)… went 2-for-4 with three RBIs against Iona (April 11)… picked up a pair of hits in each game of a doubleheader against Creighton (April 14)… went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored at Hofstra (April 18)… picked up his second-straight three-hit effort against Georgetown (April 20)… doubled in back-to-back games against the Hoyas to help complete the series sweep (April 21-22)… went 4-for-6 with a home run and a career-high five RBIs in the Red Storm’s record-breaking 34-7 win at Xavier (April 28)… scored three times against Iona (May 1)… picked up a pair of hits and scored twice in each of the team’s first two games against Liberty (May 4-5)… logged two hits and an RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against Seton Hall before driving in another run in the second game (May 12)…went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI against Butler in the second game of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship (May 25)… went 2-for-5 with an RBI in the championship game of the conference tournament, helping the Red Storm secure its league-record ninth BIG EAST title (May 27)… doubled against Vanderbilt in the opening game of the NCAA Clemson Regional (June 1)… went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in the Red Storm’s victory over Morehead State (June 2)… capped his St. John’ s career with two hits and a run scored against Clemson (June 3).
As a Redshirt Junior (2017):
First Team All-BIG EAST Selection... named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team... earned a spot on the NCAA Clemson Regional All-Tournament team after going 3-for-6 with three doubles... played in 54 games and made 53 starts for the Red Storm... ranked second on the team, second in the conference and 31st nationally with a .375 batting average... the 12th toughest player in the nation to strikeout (14 strikeouts in 224 at-bats)... had eight sacrifice flies on the season, good enough for eighth nationally in that category... reached base at a .437 clip and slugged .464... hit 10 doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs... led the league with 84 hits and drove in 35 runs on the season... hit safely in the first 18 games of the season, which when combined with his 12-game hitting streak to end 2016, formed a school record 30-game streak... went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the season opener against Western Carolina (Feb. 17)... went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored against JMU (Feb. 18)... doubled against Richmond (Feb. 19)... went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored in the Red Storm's victory over defending national champion No. 9 Coastal Carolina (Feb. 20)... singled twice and drove in a run against Appalachian State (March 3)... went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI at No. 9 East Carolina (March 4)... singled twice, walked and drove in a run against Western Carolina (March 5)... went 3-for-4 with a triple and a run scored at Liberty (March 10)... went 5-for-8 with three walks and two stolen bases in a doubleheader at Liberty (March 11)... doubled and scored twice against Iona (March 17)... singled and scored a run against UMass Lowell (March 18)... went 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI against Saint Peter's (March 22)... singled in the opening game of a doubleheader against Maine (March 25)... hit a sac fly, but saw his 30-game hitting streak come to an end in the second game of the twin bill against the Black Bears (March 25)... went 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI against Maine in the first game after the end of his hitting streak (March 26)... scored twice against Wagner (March 29)... went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored against Hofstra (April 2)... singled and drove in a run against Columbia (April 5)... went 1-for-4 with a walk and scored twice against Creighton (April 8)... launched a pinch-hit, solo home run against Albany (April 11)... recorded a single in each of the opening two games of the Butler series (April 13-14)... went 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in the series finale against the Bulldogs (April 15)... fell a home run shy of the cycle in a 3-for-4 effort against NYIT (April 18)... singled and drove in a run against FDU (April 22)... went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the series finale against the Knights (April 23)... singled, walked and scored twice against Seton Hall (April 28)... went 2-for-5 with two RBIs against Iona (May 2)... went 3-for-5 in the series opener against Georgetown (May 5)... went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the series finale against the Hoyas (May 7)... launched his second home run of the season, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the opening game of a doubleheader with Xavier (May 12)... went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored in the series finale with the Musketeers (May 14)... singled and drove in a run against Villanova (May 18)... went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the second game of the Villanova series (May 19)... went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the opening game of the BIG EAST Tournament against Xavier (May 25)... went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored against Seton Hall (May 26)... scored twice against Creighton (May 27)... doubled and drove in a run in a 3-for-5 effort against Xavier (May 28)... double twice and drove in a pair of runs in the opening game of the NCAA Clemson Regional against Vanderbilt (June 2)... doubled and walked against UNC Greensboro (June 3).
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2016):
Played in 43 games for the Red Storm, starting 25… led the team with a .341 batting average, knocking five doubles, a home run and a triple… ended the season on a 12-game hitting streak, a tear that included three three-hit outings… made his first start of the season as a DH against Western Carolina, going 1-for-5 with two RBIs (Feb. 21)… went 1-for-2 with a double against Iona (March 8)… registered two hits in back-to-back games against Southern Illinois (March 13) and Fairfield (March 16)… made it three games in a row with at least one hit against Nevada (March 18)… went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against La Salle (March 25)… went 2-for-5 with two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader against Georgetown (April 8)… registered a perfect 3-for-3 outing with two RBIs and two runs scored against LIU Brooklyn, starting a five-game hitting streak that included four multi-hit outings (April 27)… went 2-for-5 in the first game of a doubleheader at Louisville before hitting a triple in the second tilt (April 29)… went 2-for-4 in the series finale against the Cardinals (April 30)… went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Iona (May 3)… went 3-for-4 with a run scored in the series finale against Butler (May 8)… went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the series opener at Seton Hall (May 13)… drove in two runs in the second game against the Pirates (May 15)… went 2-for-3 in the series opener against Creighton (May 19)… hit a round-tripper to highlight a 3-for-5 outing against Creighton (May 20)….went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the opening game of the BIG EAST Tournament against Xavier (May 26)… went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Creighton (May 28).
As a Redshirt Freshman (2015)
As a batter: Saw action in 21 games, including four starts ... batted .206 (7-for-34) with one double, two RBI and nine runs scored ... batted .375 (3-for-8) with three walks as a pinch-hitter ... had a pinch-hit single against Southern Illinois (May 15) ... went 1-for-5 with an RBI single against Albany (May 5) ... walked and scored a run against Villanova (April 26) ... made first-career start and finished 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored at Butler (April 3) ... went 1-for-1 with a pinch-hit single and a run scored at Butler (April 2) ... scored two runs against Rider (March 28) ... had a pinch-hit single and a run scored at Fairleigh Dickinson (March 13) ... finished 1-for-2 with a pinch-hit single and a run scored at then-No. 19 Kennesaw State (Feb. 14) ... went 0-for-1 in collegiate-debut at Georgia Tech (Feb. 13).
As a pitcher: Made two relief appearances ... went 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 1.2 innings of work ... tossed 1.0 scoreless frame against Seton Hall (April 12) ... allowed one unearned run in 0.2 innings in pitching debut against North Florida (Feb. 28).
As a Freshman (2014)
A redshirt season.
At New Rochelle
A four-year letterwinner for the Huguenots ... served as team captain for two seasons ... a two-time All-Section 1 selection ... a two-time second team Westchester/Putnam All-Star ... a 2013 honorable mention Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason All-Northeast Region honoree ... also earned four letters in hockey ... served as team captain on the ice as a senior.
Personal
John Marco Valente ... born in New Rochelle, N.Y. ... son of John and Donna Valente ... has an older brother, Joe ... chose St. John's for its academics and baseball program ... lists his father as the person he most admires ... lists Derek Jeter as his favorite athlete ... graduated with in sport management and is currently pursuing a masters in international communication.
A 21st round pick of the Detroit Tigers (615th overall)… the first student-athlete in St. John’s Baseball history to be named the BIG EAST Player of the Year… a unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection… a Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American… named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Northeast Region Second Team… earned a spot on the NCAA Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team for the second-straight year… led the BIG EAST and ranked 64th nationally with a .360 batting average… hit a career-high five home runs to go along with 40 RBIs… tallied eight doubles and three triples… was the sixth toughest player in the nation to strikeout, going down on strikes once per 21.5 at bats… had a team-best 27 multi-hit games, including eight efforts with three hits or better… compiled a 58-game reached-base streak between 2017 and 2018… also tallied a 25-game hitting streak, his second-career streak of 25 games or better… logged a pair of hits in each of the team’s first six games of the season… homered against UMBC (Feb. 24)… after recording just one hit against Penn State (Feb. 25), responded with a 3-for-4, three-run outing in the first game of a doubleheader against UC Davis before homering again and driving in four more runs in the second game of the twin bill (March 4)… went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs against Kansas (March 11)… singled and drove in two runs against UConn (March 16)… went 3-for-4 with a stolen base against the Huskies (March 17)… scored and drove in a run against Binghamton (March 24)… went 2-for-4 with three RBIs the following day against the Bearcats (March 25).. went 2-for-4 with a double against Wagner (March 27)… tallied two singles and drove in a run at Minnesota (March 29)… after missing the second game of the series with illness, singled and scored a run in the series finale (March 31)… doubled and scored twice against Saint Peter’s (April 3)… lifted a sac fly, but saw his 25-game hitting streak come to an end at Columbia (April 4)… singled and scored a run in the team’s BIG EAST opener at Villanova (April 6)… ended the Villanova series with a 3-for-5 showing (April 8)… went 2-for-4 with three RBIs against Iona (April 11)… picked up a pair of hits in each game of a doubleheader against Creighton (April 14)… went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored at Hofstra (April 18)… picked up his second-straight three-hit effort against Georgetown (April 20)… doubled in back-to-back games against the Hoyas to help complete the series sweep (April 21-22)… went 4-for-6 with a home run and a career-high five RBIs in the Red Storm’s record-breaking 34-7 win at Xavier (April 28)… scored three times against Iona (May 1)… picked up a pair of hits and scored twice in each of the team’s first two games against Liberty (May 4-5)… logged two hits and an RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against Seton Hall before driving in another run in the second game (May 12)…went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI against Butler in the second game of the BIG EAST Baseball Championship (May 25)… went 2-for-5 with an RBI in the championship game of the conference tournament, helping the Red Storm secure its league-record ninth BIG EAST title (May 27)… doubled against Vanderbilt in the opening game of the NCAA Clemson Regional (June 1)… went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in the Red Storm’s victory over Morehead State (June 2)… capped his St. John’ s career with two hits and a run scored against Clemson (June 3).
As a Redshirt Junior (2017):
First Team All-BIG EAST Selection... named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team... earned a spot on the NCAA Clemson Regional All-Tournament team after going 3-for-6 with three doubles... played in 54 games and made 53 starts for the Red Storm... ranked second on the team, second in the conference and 31st nationally with a .375 batting average... the 12th toughest player in the nation to strikeout (14 strikeouts in 224 at-bats)... had eight sacrifice flies on the season, good enough for eighth nationally in that category... reached base at a .437 clip and slugged .464... hit 10 doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs... led the league with 84 hits and drove in 35 runs on the season... hit safely in the first 18 games of the season, which when combined with his 12-game hitting streak to end 2016, formed a school record 30-game streak... went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the season opener against Western Carolina (Feb. 17)... went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored against JMU (Feb. 18)... doubled against Richmond (Feb. 19)... went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored in the Red Storm's victory over defending national champion No. 9 Coastal Carolina (Feb. 20)... singled twice and drove in a run against Appalachian State (March 3)... went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI at No. 9 East Carolina (March 4)... singled twice, walked and drove in a run against Western Carolina (March 5)... went 3-for-4 with a triple and a run scored at Liberty (March 10)... went 5-for-8 with three walks and two stolen bases in a doubleheader at Liberty (March 11)... doubled and scored twice against Iona (March 17)... singled and scored a run against UMass Lowell (March 18)... went 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI against Saint Peter's (March 22)... singled in the opening game of a doubleheader against Maine (March 25)... hit a sac fly, but saw his 30-game hitting streak come to an end in the second game of the twin bill against the Black Bears (March 25)... went 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI against Maine in the first game after the end of his hitting streak (March 26)... scored twice against Wagner (March 29)... went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored against Hofstra (April 2)... singled and drove in a run against Columbia (April 5)... went 1-for-4 with a walk and scored twice against Creighton (April 8)... launched a pinch-hit, solo home run against Albany (April 11)... recorded a single in each of the opening two games of the Butler series (April 13-14)... went 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in the series finale against the Bulldogs (April 15)... fell a home run shy of the cycle in a 3-for-4 effort against NYIT (April 18)... singled and drove in a run against FDU (April 22)... went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the series finale against the Knights (April 23)... singled, walked and scored twice against Seton Hall (April 28)... went 2-for-5 with two RBIs against Iona (May 2)... went 3-for-5 in the series opener against Georgetown (May 5)... went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the series finale against the Hoyas (May 7)... launched his second home run of the season, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the opening game of a doubleheader with Xavier (May 12)... went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored in the series finale with the Musketeers (May 14)... singled and drove in a run against Villanova (May 18)... went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the second game of the Villanova series (May 19)... went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the opening game of the BIG EAST Tournament against Xavier (May 25)... went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored against Seton Hall (May 26)... scored twice against Creighton (May 27)... doubled and drove in a run in a 3-for-5 effort against Xavier (May 28)... double twice and drove in a pair of runs in the opening game of the NCAA Clemson Regional against Vanderbilt (June 2)... doubled and walked against UNC Greensboro (June 3).
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2016):
Played in 43 games for the Red Storm, starting 25… led the team with a .341 batting average, knocking five doubles, a home run and a triple… ended the season on a 12-game hitting streak, a tear that included three three-hit outings… made his first start of the season as a DH against Western Carolina, going 1-for-5 with two RBIs (Feb. 21)… went 1-for-2 with a double against Iona (March 8)… registered two hits in back-to-back games against Southern Illinois (March 13) and Fairfield (March 16)… made it three games in a row with at least one hit against Nevada (March 18)… went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against La Salle (March 25)… went 2-for-5 with two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader against Georgetown (April 8)… registered a perfect 3-for-3 outing with two RBIs and two runs scored against LIU Brooklyn, starting a five-game hitting streak that included four multi-hit outings (April 27)… went 2-for-5 in the first game of a doubleheader at Louisville before hitting a triple in the second tilt (April 29)… went 2-for-4 in the series finale against the Cardinals (April 30)… went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Iona (May 3)… went 3-for-4 with a run scored in the series finale against Butler (May 8)… went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the series opener at Seton Hall (May 13)… drove in two runs in the second game against the Pirates (May 15)… went 2-for-3 in the series opener against Creighton (May 19)… hit a round-tripper to highlight a 3-for-5 outing against Creighton (May 20)….went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the opening game of the BIG EAST Tournament against Xavier (May 26)… went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Creighton (May 28).
As a Redshirt Freshman (2015)
As a batter: Saw action in 21 games, including four starts ... batted .206 (7-for-34) with one double, two RBI and nine runs scored ... batted .375 (3-for-8) with three walks as a pinch-hitter ... had a pinch-hit single against Southern Illinois (May 15) ... went 1-for-5 with an RBI single against Albany (May 5) ... walked and scored a run against Villanova (April 26) ... made first-career start and finished 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored at Butler (April 3) ... went 1-for-1 with a pinch-hit single and a run scored at Butler (April 2) ... scored two runs against Rider (March 28) ... had a pinch-hit single and a run scored at Fairleigh Dickinson (March 13) ... finished 1-for-2 with a pinch-hit single and a run scored at then-No. 19 Kennesaw State (Feb. 14) ... went 0-for-1 in collegiate-debut at Georgia Tech (Feb. 13).
As a pitcher: Made two relief appearances ... went 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 1.2 innings of work ... tossed 1.0 scoreless frame against Seton Hall (April 12) ... allowed one unearned run in 0.2 innings in pitching debut against North Florida (Feb. 28).
As a Freshman (2014)
A redshirt season.
At New Rochelle
A four-year letterwinner for the Huguenots ... served as team captain for two seasons ... a two-time All-Section 1 selection ... a two-time second team Westchester/Putnam All-Star ... a 2013 honorable mention Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason All-Northeast Region honoree ... also earned four letters in hockey ... served as team captain on the ice as a senior.
Personal
John Marco Valente ... born in New Rochelle, N.Y. ... son of John and Donna Valente ... has an older brother, Joe ... chose St. John's for its academics and baseball program ... lists his father as the person he most admires ... lists Derek Jeter as his favorite athlete ... graduated with in sport management and is currently pursuing a masters in international communication.