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99 Luke Lesch

  • Position First Base/Third Base
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 240
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Gloucester Township, NJ
  • Highschool Gloucester Catholic

Biography

2023
MAAC All-Tournament Team.
Played in all 57 games as a senior, all starts.
Hit .269 with 57 hits, 47 runs, and 43 RBIs.
Had 20 extra-base hits including eight home runs.
Ranked fifth in the MAAC with 39 walks.
Had 18 multi-hit games, including three multi-hit games and a pair of home runs in the MAAC Tournament.
Stole three bases during the year.
Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2022
Played in 53 games as a junior, all starts.
Hit .275 with 58 hits, 30 runs, and 44 RBIs.
Had 18 extra-base hits including 11 home runs.
11 HRs ranked fifth in the MAAC.
Recorded his 100th career hit with a first-inning single against Canisius in the MAAC Tournament.
Had 14 multi-hit games, including a 5-for-4 game with a home run and five RBIs against St. John’s.
Stole three bases during the year.
Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2021
- Started all 41 games as a sophomore.
- Hit .254 with 32 hits, 26 runs, and 18 RBIs.
- Had seven multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 game with two runs and two RBIs against Niagara.

2020
- MAAC Rookie of the Week (3/3).
- Played in all 14 games as a freshman, making 12 starts.
- Hit .289 with 13 hits, five runs, and seven RBIs.
- Had a team-high four multi-hit games.
- Went 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs in a game against James Madison.

BEFORE RIDER
Was a four-year member of both the varsity football and baseball teams at Gloucester Catholic High School…On the gridiron, he served as a team captain in 2018, while earning First Team All-Conference honors in 2017 and 2018...on the diamond, his team has won back-to-back State Championships…he was named the team's Most Improved Player in 2018…earned Second Team All-Conference honors as junior and was a Carpenter Cup Selection…also as a junior he tossed a no-hitter...as a senior in baseball, he was team captain... he was also tabbed first team all conference, first team all South Jersey, first team All State Non-Public, second team All state and earned his squad's team award.

PERSONAL
Son of Mark and Mary Lesch…plans to major in business analytics…was an honor roll student…has two siblings (one brother and one sister.)...as a senior he was awarded the Ross Browning Leadership Award.

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2020Freshman

    Pitcher/First Base
    6'4" 230 lbs
    26
  • 99

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher/First Base
    6'4" 230 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2022Junior

    First Base/Third Base
    6'5" 240 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2023Senior

    First Base/Third Base
    6'5" 240 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2024Graduate Student

    First Base/Third Base
    6'5" 240 lbs
    99