- 2021 MAAC All-Rookie Team (Iona)
Why Rutgers? "I chose Rutgers because of the opportunity to play close to home in a good conference with a team and coaching staff that are prepared to win."
2024 (Senior): Had second multi-home run game of the season at St. Joe's, hitting a pair of two-run home runs in victory (2/27) ... went 2-for-4 in finale at Old Dominion while scoring three runs and driving in two in the series (2/23-25) ... Went 7-for-13 at Winthrop in first action after missing 2023 with injury, had two home runs in season opener with six RBIs. Finished the weekend with three home runs, eight RBIs and five runs scored.
2023 (Junior): Missed majority of season with injury ... pinch-ran and scored a run at UConn (3/26) ... went 1-for-2 with a run scored and stolen base in win at Wagner (3/7) ... 2-for-5 in season opener at Campbell with a pair of RBIs (2/17).
2022 (Sophomore): 3-for-5 with 2 runs, 2 RBI and a double in Big Ten Tournament semifinal win over Indiana (5/28) ... 3-for-5 with 2 runs and an RBI in Big Ten Tournament win over Purdue (5/26) ... went 2-for-3 in series finale at Michigan, setting a new career high with 5 runs scored, while tying a career high with 4 RBI (5/21) ... 2-for-4 with a run, RBI and double in win over Saint Joseph's (5/17) ... 3-for-6 with 2 runs scored, 3 RBI and a home run in two-game sweep of Bowling Green (5/13-5/14) ... 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored and an RBI against Maryland (5/8) ... had a pair of hits and drove in 2 runs at Ohio State (4/30-5/1) ... 2-for-4 with 2 runs and 3 RBI against Hofstra (4/26) ... hit game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth in walk-off win over Indiana (4/17) ... Set a career-high with 4 runs scored in win over Lafayette (4/12) ... scored 4 runs with two hits, three RBI and two walks in series at Nebraska, including game-winning 2-run home run in eighth inning on Saturday (4/8-4/10) .. 2-for-5 with two RBI, 1 run scored and a stolen base in Monmouth win (4/5) ... scored 3 runs, had two doubles and 3 RBI in series against Minnesota (4/1-4/2) ... was 1--for-1 in win over Saint Peter's with a home run for the second straight game, 3 runs scored and 2 RBI (3/30) ... was 2-for-4 against NJIT with a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI (3/29) ... hit .615 (8-for-13) in Penn State series, including a career-high five hits in series finale. Drove in seven runs in the series with two doubles (3/25-3/26) ... went 3-for-5 in win at Rider with a double and a run scored (3/22) ... 3-for-8 in first two games at Omaha, with a triple on Friday night and home run on Saturday (3/18-3/19) ...
reached base 5-of-11 plate appearance in series at Hawaii. Came off the bench to go 2-for-2 with a run scored and 2 RBI in series finale. Had a walk and was hit by two pitches in second game of Saturday doubleheader. (3/11-3/13) ... smashed a homer versus Wagner (3/8) ... homered and scored three runs at Richmond (3/5) ... belted a solo homer at UNCW (2/26) ... recorded two singles with a hit by pitch at Coastal Carolina (2/25) ... hit three doubles with four RBIs, a walk and two runs at Houston Baptist (2/20) ... drove in three in second game at Houston Baptist (2/19).
Iona
2021 (Freshman): Started all 14 games … named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team … slashed .286/.383/.367 with 14 hits, 10 runs and seven walks … homered and walked at Manhattan (4/7) … earned MAAC Rookie of the Week (3/29) … went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored, and one RBI versus Canisius (3/28) … went 4-for-7 with one run scored and one walk against Canisius (3/27).
Prior to College: Ranked No. 78 overall prospect in New Jersey and No. 12 shortstop by
Prep Baseball Report … ranked No. 133 overall prospect in New Jersey and No. 25 shortstop by
Perfect Game …played at Atlantic County Institute of Technology … named First Team All-CAL and First Team All-State … earned a spot on the 2020
Perfect Game Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams … also played hockey in high school … an All-American Strength and Conditioning Athletes of the Year.
Personal: Son of Phil and Penny Santa Maria … has two brothers, Phil and Nick.
