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2005 Baseball Roster

17 John DeStefano

  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 172
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Port Orange, FL
  • Highschool Spruce Creek HS

Biography

 

2004: Named Second-Team All-Conference … Batted .391 in A-Sun games … Ranked eighth in the conference in on-base percentage (.443) … Started 46 games in right field … Had a career high 18 game hitting streak from Mar. 26 to Apr. 23 … Batted .393 with two home runs and 16 RBI over that stretch … Went 3-3 with four runs scored at Bethune-Cookman (Mar. 9) … Drove in a career high five runs in Stetson’s 16-2 win at Mercer ( Mar. 13) …  Had six hits, seven runs, and seven RBI in three games vs. Mercer … Collected a key 10th-inning single come-from-behind win vs. FAU (Apr. 3) … Hit two home runs and drove in six in the three game series at JU … Belted his first career grand slam vs. Appalachian State (May 14) … Hit safely in 27 of 50 games … Recorded 17 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … Made one pitching appearance at USF (May 11) … Named an academic all-conference honoree. 

2003 Batting: Made 48 starts in the outfield and seven at designated hitter … Hit lead-off in 57 games and reached base safely in 51 games … Ranked among the A-Sun leaders with 57 runs scored (fifth), 72 hits (seventh), 29 walks (eighth) and a .429 on-base percentage (ninth) … Had 24 multi-hit games, the second-most on the team … Went 2-2 with a triple and two runs scored vs. Michigan (Feb. 26) … Went 2-4 with a two-out, two-strike RBI double in the top of the seventh inning as part of Stetson’s five-run rally at Jacksonville State (Mar. 1) … Went 3-4 with two runs scored vs. Gardner-Webb (Mar. 8) … Had a team-high 17-game hitting streak from Mar. 12 to Apr. 12 … Batted .406 (26/64) with one home run, 10 RBI and 15 runs scored over that stretch … Hit a two-run home run, the first of his career, at Troy (Mar. 22) … Went 3-4 with two runs scored vs. Bethune-Cookman (Apr. 1) … Batted .545 (6/11) in the series vs. Georgia State, collecting two hits in each game … Went 2-5 with two RBI at #19 Florida (Apr. 9) … Went 3-5 with a double, a home run and four RBI vs. Samford (Apr. 27) … Went 3-5 with three runs and three RBI vs. Bethune-Cookman (Apr. 29) … Went 3-4 vs. UCF (May 10) … Went 2-4 with a run scored at #11 Florida Atlantic (May 17) … Went t3-5 with two runs scored vs. Belmont in the A-Sun tournament (May 23) … Went 2/4 with the decisive RBI in Stetson’s 5-4 NCAA Regional win over Georgia Tech (May 30) … Went 3-5 with a home run and three RBI in Stetson’s 9-4 win over East Carolina (May 31) … Was named to the NCAA Regional all-tournament team. 

2003 Pitching: Made 10 starts and six relief appearances … Allowed no earned runs in six innings in win over Michigan (Feb. 26) … Worked seven in victory over Creighton (Mar. 11) … Pitched six innings in win over Columbia (Mar. 19) … Tossed four scoreless innings of relief in game one vs. Campbell  (Mar. 29) … Pitched his first career complete-game vs. USF (May 13), allowing just five hits while striking out six … Worked eight strong innings in a victory over Belmont in the A-Sun tournament (May 23) … Pitched five innings against South Carolina in the NCAA Regional (June 1). 

2002: Played in 32 games, making six starts in left field, two in right field and two on the mound … Hit a two-run double vs. Penn State (Mar. 5) … Went 2-3 vs. Central Michigan (Mar. 7) … Drew a key bases-loaded RBI walk in the top of the ninth in Stetson’s 6-5 win at Mercer … (Apr. 12) … Worked eight innings against Penn State in his first career start (Mar. 8), allowing just one earned run … Pitched a scoreless two-thirds of an inning against Florida Atlantic to earn his first career save (Apr. 20) … Tossed 4.1 innings against FAU in the A-Sun Tournament (May 24) … Worked two innings against South Florida Florida in the NCAA Tournament (June 1). 

High School: Was named first-team All-State, first-team all region, first team all-area, and first team all-conference as a senior … Went 9-4 with a 2.03 ERA and 108 strikeouts … Hurled a no-hitter at Lyman … Batted .349 with two home runs and 20 stolen bases … Helped lead his team to a 23-11 record and the district championship as a junior … Named News-Journal Player of the Year … Also earned first-team all conference, second-team all-region, and second-team All-State Honors … Went 8-3 with a 2.06 ERA and 80 strikeouts … Batted .380 with three home runs and 30 stolen bases … Also lettered in basketball. 

Personal: John Anthony Destefano was born Jan 8, 1983 … Son of Leonard and Nancy Destefano … Majoring in Management.

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2002Freshman

    LHP
    5'11" 160 lbs
    29
  • 17

    2003Sophomore

    OF/P
    5'11" 172 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2004Junior

    OF/P
    5'11" 172 lbs
    17
  • 17
    C

    2005Senior

    OF
    5'11" 172 lbs
    17
    C