Following a 2023 season which ended in 31-15 overall and 17-3 mark in the conference, the Penn State Mont Alto baseball team has its sights set high once again looking towards the 2024 campaign. The biggest loss is two time USCAA Baseball Player of the Year Jared Pine who finished his 2023 season with a .469 average and 31 stolen bases. PSUAC West Division Pitcher of the Year Trystan Housman also graduated following the 2023 season as the #2 starter for Mont Alto. In the 2023 season he won a team-leading seven games going 7-1 with a 3.21 ERA.

There is a lot of optimism with this current edition of Mont Alto baseball, returning seven of the top ten players in plate appearances and six of the top eight pitchers in innings pitched.

KEY LOSSES:

SS Jared Pine .469 AVG, PSUAC West Division Player of the Year, USCAA Player of the Year, USCAA All-American

SP Trystan Housman 7-1, 3.21 ERA, PSUAC West Pitcher of the Year, USCAA All-American

KEY RETURNERS:

SP Zach Garlin 5-5, 2.87 ERA, PSUAC 1st Team, USCAA All-American

CF Brady Bigler .333 AVG, PSUAC 1st Team, USCAA All-American

OF Caiden Smith .352 AVG PSUAC Honorable Mention

Projected Starters

C: Cameron Bailey- James Buchanan HS (Mercersburg, Pa.)

1B: Jarrett Goodyear .301 AVG, 30 RBI

2B: Gavin Kissel .312 AVG, 11 RBI

3B: Garrett Rosenberry-Waynesboro Area HS (Waynesboro, Pa.)

SS: Kyle McKeon .239 AVG, 9 RBI

LF: Jonathan Lentvorsky .305 career AVG

CF: Brady Bigler .333 AVG, 34 RBI, 18 SB

RF: James Sibert- Strasburg HS (Strasburg, Va.)

DH: Blake Orndorff .333 AVG, 21 RBI

DH: Caiden Smith .352 AVG, 5 HR, 34 RBI

SP: Zach Garlin 5-5, 10.26 K/9, 2.87 ERA

SP: Tyler Koser 3-1, 7.52 K/9, 2.05 ERA

SP: Joshua Sullivan- Northern York HS (Dillsburg, Pa.)

SP: Luke Davis 2-3, 7.23 K/9, 7.23 ERA

SP: Elijah Snyder 5-1, 5.77 K/9, 4.42 ERA

RP: Caleb Cawthern 5-0, 3.47 K/9, 5.79 ERA

RP: Brady Bigler 1-1, 8.38 K/9, 5.12 ERA

RP: Garrett Rosenberry-Waynesboro Area HS (Waynesboro, Pa.)

RP: James Sibert- Strasburg HS (Strasburg, Va.)