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2022 Baseball Roster

29 Craig Palidar

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Prev School Lansing CC
  • Highschool Wadsworth HS
  • Hometown Seville, OH
  • Twitter cpalidar_
  • Instagram cpalidar

Biography

2022 Season
  • Saw action in 12 games as a backup catcher
  • Had two hits in 11 at bats on the year
  • First hit for Stetson came against Florida A&M on March 12
  • Had a single against Liberty on May 1
  • Named to the ASUN Academic Honor Roll
Junior College
  • Spent three seasons at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan
  • Played in 66 games for coach Steven Cutter, helping the team to a 94-14 record
  • Was a two-time All-Conference selection
  • Posted a .353/.475/.612 slash line over the three seasons
  • Batted .389 with five doubles and three home runs, driving in 29, during his freshman season in 2019
  • Second season was cut short after just nine games in 2020 due to Covid
  • Hit .370 in 2021 with three doubles, a triple and eight homers while driving in 32 runs
High School
  • Was a four-year contributor for Wadsworth High for coach Greg Pickard
  • Hit .351 as a senior with 22 runs scored and 14 RBI while hitting leadoff
  • Was a four-year varsity letter winner, twice earning first team All-Conference honors
  • Was a three-time All-Medina County selection
  • Was a 2017 Under Armour preseason All-American
  • Played his senior season with a torn ligament in his arm
  • Was also a three-year letter winner on the football team
  • Was a first team All-County and All-Conference selection as a senior, setting a school record for receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in a single game
  • Was selected as a team captain
  • Played summer baseball for the Lake Erie Bulldogs from 2014-16 and for the Astro Falcons in 2017-18
  • Was an honor roll student and graduated Magna Cum Laude
Personal Information
  • Full name is Craig Francis Palidar
  • Was born on July 8, 1999, in Medina, Ohio
  • Is the son of Ray and Andrea Palidar
  • Has three brothers - Jale (3/5/1991), Brandon (5/23/1994) and Dylan (3/2/1997) - as well as one sister, Erika (2/27/2002)
  • Two of his brothers - Jake (Marietta College and Walsh University) and Brandon (Walsh University) - also played college baseball
  • Chose Stetson over numerous other schools including Indiana, Presbyterian and Murray State
  • Enjoys fishing, riding dirt bikes and playing Call of Duty
  • Is a Health Science major and wants to go into physical therapy after his playing days are over

Statistics

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