2017 Baseball Roster
Roster
Anthony Santoro
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Manalapan, N.J.
- High School:
- St. John Vianney
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Did not see game action.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.
2015 (Freshman): Did not see action due to injury ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: A four-year varsity starter (first in school history) and two-year baseball captain at St. John Vianney ... hit .420 overall in high school ... batted .446 with 37 hits, two home runs, 10 doubles, 28 RBIs, 29 runs and 16 walks as a senior ... also recorded an on-base percentage of .549 and slugged .638 ... named First Team All-State at catcher, All-Monmouth County and All-Non-Public First Team by the Star-Ledger ... selected as MSG Varsity First Team All-New Jersey and All-Metro (N.Y., N.J., Conn., Hudson Valley) ... earned All-Shore First Team by the Asbury Park Press and Shore Sports Network ... also collected all-division in a vote of the coaches ... named MVP of team and joined the 100-hit club (120 overall) ... team earned No. 1 final ranking in New Jersey, won the Non-Public New Jersey state title and was included in the USA Today Top 25 ... two-time member of the Jersey Shore Carpenter Cup team ... ranked as the 25th-best player in New Jersey by PerfectGame ... accumulated a .436 average with 34 hits, three home runs, eight doubles, 16 RBIs and 21 runs as a junior ... earned numerous honors as a junior, including All-Monmouth County by the Star-Ledger and All-Shore by the Asbury Park Press ... hit .436 as a sophomore and won the varsity Gold Glove Award ... earned team Most Valuable Player Award as a sophomore in addition to All-Monmouth County by the Star-Ledger and All-Shore by the Asbury Park Press ... hit .439 as a sophomore with 22 RBIs ... became the first freshman in school history at SJV to start from the beginning of the season ... won varsity Player of the Year and varsity Gold Gove Award that year ... played for the North Atlantic team for USA Baseball from 2009-11 and several showcase teams at the national level ... earned honor roll status six times academically ... took part in Volunteer Liquid Church, Habitat for Humanity, the Multicultural Awareness Club, and Sandy Relief Clothes Drive.
Personal: Son of Danielle Santoro ... has a younger sister, Juliana ... uncle, Michael Santoro, played three years of professional baseball as a catcher in the Can-Am and Atlantic League ... grandfather, Andy Santoro, was also a catcher ... major is undeclared.
