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2023 Baseball Roster

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1 Lucas DiLuca

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Major Exercise Science
  • Hometown Lasalle, Ontario
  • Highschool St. Thomas of Villanova

Biography

2022 - 2nd Team All-OVC (2nd Base)

2023: (5th YEAR):
Played in 52 games making 43 starts at second base... finished season hitting .237 with 26 runs scored... drove in 19 runs moving to the bottom of portion of the line-up for most of the season... had six multi-hit games for the season with a season high three hit game against Western Illinois... had three multi-RBI games with two RBI against Arkansas State, Western Illinois and Little Rock... had a season long streak of 23 games of reaching base in consecutives... had 12 sacrifice bunts during the year which ranked 7th in the NCAA for the season and was second on the EIU single season record book list... started all six games during OVC Tournament run scoring a run in win over Tennessee Tech... drove in one run in OVC Tournament Championship game... had one hit in NCAA Regional against Vanderbilt... Academic All-District as selected by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA)... 

2022 (RS-SENIOR):
Played in all 53 games starting at second base... became the only member of the 2022 EIU team to start all 53 games... was primarily in the number two spot (38 games) hitting .320 for the year with an on-base percentage of .440 which was second on the team among players with at least 100 at-bats... from Feb. 27 at Tarleton State to March 27 at UT Martin, DiLuca had a 17-game hitting streak... he also reached safely in 24 straight games this season... DiLuca hit a walk-off single at SIUE (April 9) to give EIU a 5-4 win... went 2-for-4 in a 13-11 win at Grambling State which included four RBI and his first career home run (March 5)... collected three hits in back-to-back games against SIUE and Valparaiso... posted 17 games with multiple hits and eight games with multiple RBI... lead the team in runs scored with 50, and was second on the team in walks with 33... was one of three Panthers to collected at least 65 hits this season... went nine for 10 in stolen bases... posted a .974 fielding percentage... CoSIDA Academic All-District... 

2021 (RS-JUNIOR): Played in 48 games making 45 starts at second base... spent a majority of the season in the leadoff spot (35 games) hitting .265 for the year with an on-base percentage of .391... first EIU hit was in a 3-for-5 effort at Arkansas Little Rock (Feb. 26)... posted 11 multiple hit games for the season including a 5-for-6 game at Kansas State (March 7)... added four three hit games against Arkansas Little Rock (Feb. 26), Tennessee Tech (March 21), Southeast Missouri (March 27) and Maryville (April 13)... finished season with four doubles and 15 RBI... scored 42 runs to rank second on the team... season high three RBI at Kansas State (March 7)... had a pair of doubles and two RBI against Southeast Missouri (March 27)... was 4-for-5 on stolen base attempts... ended season reaching base in seven straight games (season high streak of 11 games)... 

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played at Cuyahoga CC... hit .415 as a freshman in 2018 with 56 runs scored, 20 stolen bases, 36 RBI and two home runs... named a second team All-Canada College Team selection in 2018... redshirted 2019 season and appeared in 11 games in shortened 2020 campaign... All-Academic selection... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended St. Thomas of Villanova school... played baseball for Windsor Selects... 

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Infield
    5'8" 175 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Infield
    5'8" 175 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023Senior

    Infield
    5'8" 175 lbs
    1
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