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2018 Baseball Roster
Antico, Mike
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Mike Antico
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- OF
- Hometown:
- Colts Neck, N.J.
- High School:
- Colts Neck
Bio
As a Senior (2020):
BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year… played and started in 13 games during the Red Storm’s shortened season… hit .229 with two doubles and a home run… drove in five runs and walked eight times… went a perfect 10-for-10 on stolen base attempts… turned in a perfect fielding percentage as well.
As a Junior (2019):
Unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection… ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region… named to the BIG EAST Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team… played in 51 games, making 48 starts… hit .386 on the season, good enough for tops on the team, second in the BIG EAST and 22nd in the nation… slugged .598 and reached base at a .500 clip… finished 16th in the nation in on-base percentage… drew 38 walks, good enough for second on the team… named the BIG EAST and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week on April 22 after going 4-for-4 with three home runs, a double and seven RBIs in a win against Villanova on April 19… had 20 multi-hit games, including three showings of four-plus hits and a five-hit game against Creighton in the BIG EAST Tournament… tied for the team lead with six home runs… led the team in extra-base hits with 23, legging out for triples to go along with 13 doubles… drove in 29 runs… hit .431 with four homers, seven doubles and 14 RBIs in 18 BIG EAST games… slugged .754 in conference action with a .575 on-base percentage… stole 20 bases in 24 attempts on the campaign, good enough for the Red Storm’s highest single-season total since Matt Wessinger swiped 34 bags in 2012… stole two bases in the same game five different times… went 4-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and three RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against Hofstra (March 24)… recorded three straight two-hit games against Fairfield (March 27) and Saint Louis (March 29 & 31)… went 6-for-12 in a three-game set at Butler, including a 3-for-5 showing in game two (April 5-6)… scored three times and logged two hits in the team’s win over LIU Brooklyn (April 10)… went 3-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBIs against Xavier (April 13)… reached base in all six of his plate appearances, going 4-for-4 with three homers, a double, two walks and seven RBIs against Villanova (April 19)… went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles in the series finale at Georgetown (April 28)… went 4-for-7 with three RBIs in a doubleheader split with Princeton (May 4)… fell a home run shy of the cycle and reached base five times in five tries against Wagner (May 7)… went 6-for-8, walked four times and was hit by a pitch in a crucial three-game sweep of Seton Hall to secure a BIG EAST Tournament berth for the Red Storm (May 16-18)… went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the Red Storm’s BIG EAST Tournament opener against Xavier (May 23)… went 5-for-6 and fell a triple shy of the cycle against eventual BIG EAST Champion Creighton (May 24)… doubled and scored a run against Xavier (May 25).
As a Sophomore (2018):
2018 NCAA Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team selection… played in 49 games and made 37 starts... hit .308 with five home runs, six doubles and 21 RBIs… stole 10 bags… hit a team-best .377 over his final 33 games of the season, a stretch that saw St. John’s go 26-7… went 4-for-11 with two home runs and four RBIs during regional play… hit the game winning home run, a solo shot down the right field line, at No. 6 North Carolina (Feb. 21)… went 2-for-2 with a walk and a run scored against Penn State (Feb. 25)… drove in a pair of runs in the team’s series opener at Kansas (March 9)… went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored against Iona (April 11)… doubled and drove in a run in the series opener with Creighton (April 13)… tripled and scored a run at Hofstra (April 18)… went 2-for-3 and stole a base in the series finale with Georgetown (April 22)… smacked a three-run homer in the Red Storm’s record-breaking 34-7 win at Xavier (April 28)… left the yard and went 2-for-3 with three RBIs against Liberty (May 4)… tallied two hits for the second-straight outing against the Flames (May 5)… logged hits in all three of his at-bat and scored four times in the second game of a doubleheader at Seton Hall (May 12)… drove in a run against Minnesota (May 15)… kicked off the BIG EAST Tournament by going 2-for-3 with a double against Georgetown (May 24)… went 2-for-3 with a two-bagger and a pair of runs scored against Butler (May 25)… logged two hits, one of which left the yard, in a 2-for-4, three-RBI showing against Morehead State in the NCAA Clemson Regional (June 2)… smacked another homer and went 2-for-4 in an elimination game against Clemson (June 3).
As a Freshman (2017):
Made 40 appearances as a rookie, including 13 starts… batted .288 with a home run, two triples a double and 12 RBIs… drew 19 walks, which helped him register a .479 on-base percentage… delivered a two-RBI single in his first collegiate at-bat against Western Carolina (Feb. 17)… walked twice and scored a run against JMU (Feb. 18)… walked and scored a run in the Red Storm’s victory over defending national champion Coastal Carolina (Feb. 20)… made his first collegiate start against Kansas State, going 1-for-4 with an RBI double (Feb. 24)… went 1-for-2 and drove in a run against UMBC (Feb. 25)… reached base in three of his four plate appearances and scored twice against UMBC (Feb. 26)… went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Appalachian State (March 3)… registered a 2-for-3, one-RBI effort in the second game of a doubleheader at Liberty (March 11)… drove in a run against Maine (March 26)… ripped a two-run triple against Hofstra (April 2)… went 2-for-2 and walked once, scoring three times and driving in a run against Albany (April 11)… walked twice against NYIT (April 18)… went 1-for-2 against Seton Hall (April 30)… belted his first collegiate home run in a 2-for-2 outing against Iona… drove in a run at Georgetown (May 6)… walked twice in the series finale against the Hoyas (May 7)… registered a hit and scored a run against Villanova (May 18)… entered as a pinch runner and scored against Seton Hall in the BIG EAST Tournament (May 26).
At Colts Neck :
A four-year letter winner and a two-year team captain for the Cougars… led the squad to Division Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2016… named to the 2016 All-Shore Conference First Team … earned All-Shore Conference Second Team honors in 2015… named a High Honorable Mention Preseason All-American as a senior… the number one outfield recruit in the state of New Jersey according to Perfect Game.
Personal:
Michael Anthony Antico… born in Colts Neck, N.J… son of Joelle and Mike Antico… has a younger sister, Gianna… chose St. John’s for its baseball prominence in the region… an honor roll student in high school… intends to study business… lists his father as the person he admires most and Derek Jeter as his favorite athlete… counts Derek Jeter’s final at-bat as his favorite moment in sports… his grandfather was drafted by the Twins in the 1960s.
BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year… played and started in 13 games during the Red Storm’s shortened season… hit .229 with two doubles and a home run… drove in five runs and walked eight times… went a perfect 10-for-10 on stolen base attempts… turned in a perfect fielding percentage as well.
As a Junior (2019):
Unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST selection… ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region… named to the BIG EAST Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team… played in 51 games, making 48 starts… hit .386 on the season, good enough for tops on the team, second in the BIG EAST and 22nd in the nation… slugged .598 and reached base at a .500 clip… finished 16th in the nation in on-base percentage… drew 38 walks, good enough for second on the team… named the BIG EAST and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week on April 22 after going 4-for-4 with three home runs, a double and seven RBIs in a win against Villanova on April 19… had 20 multi-hit games, including three showings of four-plus hits and a five-hit game against Creighton in the BIG EAST Tournament… tied for the team lead with six home runs… led the team in extra-base hits with 23, legging out for triples to go along with 13 doubles… drove in 29 runs… hit .431 with four homers, seven doubles and 14 RBIs in 18 BIG EAST games… slugged .754 in conference action with a .575 on-base percentage… stole 20 bases in 24 attempts on the campaign, good enough for the Red Storm’s highest single-season total since Matt Wessinger swiped 34 bags in 2012… stole two bases in the same game five different times… went 4-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and three RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against Hofstra (March 24)… recorded three straight two-hit games against Fairfield (March 27) and Saint Louis (March 29 & 31)… went 6-for-12 in a three-game set at Butler, including a 3-for-5 showing in game two (April 5-6)… scored three times and logged two hits in the team’s win over LIU Brooklyn (April 10)… went 3-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBIs against Xavier (April 13)… reached base in all six of his plate appearances, going 4-for-4 with three homers, a double, two walks and seven RBIs against Villanova (April 19)… went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles in the series finale at Georgetown (April 28)… went 4-for-7 with three RBIs in a doubleheader split with Princeton (May 4)… fell a home run shy of the cycle and reached base five times in five tries against Wagner (May 7)… went 6-for-8, walked four times and was hit by a pitch in a crucial three-game sweep of Seton Hall to secure a BIG EAST Tournament berth for the Red Storm (May 16-18)… went 3-for-5 with an RBI in the Red Storm’s BIG EAST Tournament opener against Xavier (May 23)… went 5-for-6 and fell a triple shy of the cycle against eventual BIG EAST Champion Creighton (May 24)… doubled and scored a run against Xavier (May 25).
As a Sophomore (2018):
2018 NCAA Clemson Regional All-Tournament Team selection… played in 49 games and made 37 starts... hit .308 with five home runs, six doubles and 21 RBIs… stole 10 bags… hit a team-best .377 over his final 33 games of the season, a stretch that saw St. John’s go 26-7… went 4-for-11 with two home runs and four RBIs during regional play… hit the game winning home run, a solo shot down the right field line, at No. 6 North Carolina (Feb. 21)… went 2-for-2 with a walk and a run scored against Penn State (Feb. 25)… drove in a pair of runs in the team’s series opener at Kansas (March 9)… went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored against Iona (April 11)… doubled and drove in a run in the series opener with Creighton (April 13)… tripled and scored a run at Hofstra (April 18)… went 2-for-3 and stole a base in the series finale with Georgetown (April 22)… smacked a three-run homer in the Red Storm’s record-breaking 34-7 win at Xavier (April 28)… left the yard and went 2-for-3 with three RBIs against Liberty (May 4)… tallied two hits for the second-straight outing against the Flames (May 5)… logged hits in all three of his at-bat and scored four times in the second game of a doubleheader at Seton Hall (May 12)… drove in a run against Minnesota (May 15)… kicked off the BIG EAST Tournament by going 2-for-3 with a double against Georgetown (May 24)… went 2-for-3 with a two-bagger and a pair of runs scored against Butler (May 25)… logged two hits, one of which left the yard, in a 2-for-4, three-RBI showing against Morehead State in the NCAA Clemson Regional (June 2)… smacked another homer and went 2-for-4 in an elimination game against Clemson (June 3).
As a Freshman (2017):
Made 40 appearances as a rookie, including 13 starts… batted .288 with a home run, two triples a double and 12 RBIs… drew 19 walks, which helped him register a .479 on-base percentage… delivered a two-RBI single in his first collegiate at-bat against Western Carolina (Feb. 17)… walked twice and scored a run against JMU (Feb. 18)… walked and scored a run in the Red Storm’s victory over defending national champion Coastal Carolina (Feb. 20)… made his first collegiate start against Kansas State, going 1-for-4 with an RBI double (Feb. 24)… went 1-for-2 and drove in a run against UMBC (Feb. 25)… reached base in three of his four plate appearances and scored twice against UMBC (Feb. 26)… went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Appalachian State (March 3)… registered a 2-for-3, one-RBI effort in the second game of a doubleheader at Liberty (March 11)… drove in a run against Maine (March 26)… ripped a two-run triple against Hofstra (April 2)… went 2-for-2 and walked once, scoring three times and driving in a run against Albany (April 11)… walked twice against NYIT (April 18)… went 1-for-2 against Seton Hall (April 30)… belted his first collegiate home run in a 2-for-2 outing against Iona… drove in a run at Georgetown (May 6)… walked twice in the series finale against the Hoyas (May 7)… registered a hit and scored a run against Villanova (May 18)… entered as a pinch runner and scored against Seton Hall in the BIG EAST Tournament (May 26).
At Colts Neck :
A four-year letter winner and a two-year team captain for the Cougars… led the squad to Division Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2016… named to the 2016 All-Shore Conference First Team … earned All-Shore Conference Second Team honors in 2015… named a High Honorable Mention Preseason All-American as a senior… the number one outfield recruit in the state of New Jersey according to Perfect Game.
Personal:
Michael Anthony Antico… born in Colts Neck, N.J… son of Joelle and Mike Antico… has a younger sister, Gianna… chose St. John’s for its baseball prominence in the region… an honor roll student in high school… intends to study business… lists his father as the person he admires most and Derek Jeter as his favorite athlete… counts Derek Jeter’s final at-bat as his favorite moment in sports… his grandfather was drafted by the Twins in the 1960s.