2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
AJ Gallagher
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 215
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Wyckoff, N.J.
- High School:
- Bergen Catholic
- Prev School:
- Rockland CC
2018 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2017 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2018 (Redshirt Senior): Played in seven games as a reserve catcher ... named Academic All-Big Ten (5/30) for the second time ... honored on Senior Day (5/18) ... drew a walk and scored a run versus La Salle (4/6) ... saw action off the bench at catcher against Penn State (3/25) ... made season debut in the win over St. Bonaventure (2/24).
2017 (Redshirt Junior): Played in two games off the bench ... named Academic All-Big Ten (5/31) ... roped a two-run double at Lafayette (4/11) ... picked up first hit in Rutgers debut and scored a run in win at Iona (3/8).
2016 (Junior): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: Played varsity baseball at Bergen Catholic ... a captain senior year ... went to Muhlenberg College to play football and baseball ... transferred to Rockland CC after the first semester freshman year ... played baseball for two years at Rockland ... freshman year was named second team all-region ... second year was named first team all-region and a captain ... batted .435 with 36 hits, 15 doubles, 21 RBIs, 22 runs and a .711 slugging percentage ... also played high school football ... a NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Award recipient.
Personal: Son of Jim and June Gallagher … has two younger sisters: Samantha and Haley ... a labor studies & employment relations major.
