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2021-22 USCI Baseball

3 AJ Pena

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Mount Laurel, N.J.
  • High School Lenape

Biography

Career Honors

2020-21 CACC All-Academic Team

2019-20 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award

5x Dean’s List Honors

 

Career-Highs (Entering 2021)

Hits: 4 (at Jefferson, 3/29/19)

RBI: 3 (3x)                                                            

Runs: 3 (at Jefferson, 3/29/19)

TB: 5 (vs. West Virginia Wesleyan, 3/1/20)

SB: 1 (3x)

 

2022 (Game-by-Game):

  • Led the offense by going 3-for-4 with two RBI and his second career home run in game two vs. Post (4/2)
  • Had multiple hits in both games of a doubleheader versus D'Youville as he finished 4-for-6 with two RBI and a double (3/6)
  • Tied a career-high by scoring three runs, finishing 2-for-4 as USciences opened its spring break trip with a run-rule victory over Malone (3/5)
  • Multiple hits in both games of a doubleheader at East Stroudsburg, finishing 4-for-6 with three runs and a triple (3/1)
  • Went a perfect 2-for-2 with a walk in game two victory over CACC North leader Felician (5/5)

2021 (Game-by-Game):

  • Reached base four times as he finished 2-for-3 with two base on balls in game one of a doubleheader against regionally-ranked Wilmington (3/27)
  • Tied a career-high with three runs in a game two win over regionally-ranked Caldwell, as he reached three times with two hits and a walk (3/30)
  • Led the offense with a 3-for-4 performance that included a career-high five RBI, highlighted by a bases-loaded triple that gave USciences the lead for good with two outs in the second, in game two win at Bloomfield (4/3)
  • Tied a career-best in runs with three in victory over Nyack (4/20)
  • Tied a career-high with three runs for a second straight game as USciences won at CACC South leader Goldey-Beacom (4/23)
  • Finished 3-for-5 in 11-10 CACC Tournament loss at Chestnut Hill (5/8)

2020 (Game-by-Game): Pena appeared in 12-of-15 games in the shortened 2020 season, finishing second on the team with seven RBI, a .385 on-base percentage and a .400 slugging percentage. He was also third with a .267 batting average and seven walks, and fifth with two stolen bases. In the field, Pena was second on the team with 19 assists as the primary third baseman.  

  • Hit his first career collegiate home run in win over West Virginia Wesleyan in Florida (3/1)

2019 (Game-by-Game): Pena appeared in 45-of-46 games as a freshman in 2019. His team-leading 12 hit-by-pitches ranked third in the program’s recorded program history (since 2005). He finished fifth on the team with 25 runs, 39 hits and 21 RBI, with the 25 runs ranking tied for 10th in the program’s recorded single-season history. He batted .257 with 10 walks and three doubles. In the field, Pena’s 86 assists ranked eighth in the program’s recorded single-season history.

  • Reached base in all three of his plate appearances in game two of a doublheader against Bloomfield (4/7)
  • Reached base in all six of his plate appearances, finishing 4-for-4 with two walks, three runs and two RBI in game one of a doubleheader at Jefferson (3/29)
  • Recorded a team-high five hits, to go along with six RBI, in doubleheader split with Jefferson. He had his first career three-hit game in the opener, driving in what turned out to be the game-winning runs in the seventh on a two-out, two-RBI single for his third RBI, before adding three more RBI in the nightcap (3/26)
  • Went 2-for-4 with two RBI against Walsh (3/5)

Prior to USciences:

  • Baseball team captain
  • Second Team All-Conference in football

 Personal

  • Son of Holly and Andrew Pena

Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2018-19Freshman

    IF
    5'8" 180 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2019-20Sophomore

    IF
    5'8" 180 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

    IF
    5'8" 180 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2021-22Redshirt Junior

    IF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    3