PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Both OF Ryan Lasko and LHP Dale Stanavich earned a spot on the Perfect Game Preseason All-Big Ten Team released recently. The list includes just 15 players from across the conference.

RYAN LASKO
Named to the Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American Team, All-Big Ten Freshman Team and a three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week in 2021, Lasko led conference freshmen and ranked fifth overall following the regular season with 11 homers. He became the first Rutgers player to reach double digits in a season since Patrick Kivlehan in 2012 and the first RU freshman to crush 11 long balls since Jeff Frazier in 2002. That included two-homer performances in victories at Purdue and Northwestern. The Jackson, New Jersey, native recorded 30 RBIs, 22 walks and 74 total bases for a .474 slugging percentage. He had 10 multiple-hit games and nine contests driving in multiple runs. Defensively, Lasko paced Rutgers outfielders with 122 putouts, making 30 starts in center, eight in right and two in left.
 
DALE STANAVICH
Stanavich appeared in 17 games out of the bullpen in his first season as a Scarlet Knight. The left-hander ranked sixth in the Big Ten following the regular season with five saves. He also led the staff with a 3.13 ERA and 11.74 strikeouts per nine innings, totaling 30 overall in 23 innings with at least one punchout in 14-of-17 games. Stanavich ended the season with five-straight scoreless appearances, including striking out the side on back-to-back days versus Illinois to finish. He followed up by earning a spot on the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Team, working to a 2.29 ERA with 36 strikeouts in 19.2 innings in the summer.
 
The Scarlet Knights open the 2022 season Feb. 18 at Houston Baptist.


 
Playing a 44-game schedule all within the Big Ten in 2021 amidst a pandemic, the Scarlet Knights earned their best placement (eighth) and winning percentage (.477) in Big Ten play since joining the conference. That included winning six series, a 7-5 mark against NCAA Regional qualifiers and at least one victory over each team in the league. In addition, RU led the conference in road wins (13).
 
The campaign was highlighted by a five-game winning streak over ranked Michigan and Nebraska, all on the road. Rutgers was the only team in the Big Ten to win a series over league champion Nebraska. Through 24 games, a standard Big Ten season, RU set Big Ten team season records in wins (12), runs (141), homers (35), total bases (356), slugging percentage (.430), on-base percentage (.353), strikeouts recorded (196), least walks allowed (72), batting average against (.254) and saves (7).
 
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