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2022 Baseball Roster

26 Christian Policelli

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Hometown Walkersville, Md.
  • High School Walkersville

Biography

Career Honors:
- Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2022)
- 2022 Senior CLASS Award Recipient
- All-Patriot League First Team (2022 - At-Large)
- All-Patriot League First Team (2021-At-Large)
- Patriot League All-Tournament Team (2021)
 
Career Highs:
Runs: 4, vs. Massachusetts (3/1/20)
Hits: 4, at Bucknell (4/18/21)
RBI: 6, vs. Holy Cross (4/24/21)
Stolen Bases: 3, vs. UMass (3/15/22)
Hit Streak: 8 games (4/11/21-4/25/21)

2022 (Senior) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Named First Team All-Patriot League selection for the second-consecutive season
- 2022 Senior CLASS Award Recipient
- One of three players to start all 45 games for the Midshipmen
- Hit .328 with two triples, three home runs, 11 doubles, 28 runs scored and 33 RBIs
- Led the team with 57 hits
- Reached base at a .405 clip, along with recording a .466 slugging percentage
- Stole a team-high 11 bases
- Finished the season ranking top 10 in the Patriot League in batting average, slugging percentage, OPS, hits, RBIs and stolen bases
- Ended 2022 ranking among the top-50 hitters nationally in the toughest-to-strikeout category
- Led the Midshipmen with 21 multi-hit games and eight contests with two or more RBIs
- Reached base safely in each of the final 17 games of the season, the second-longest streak on the team in 2022
- Totaled a season-high four RBIs in a 2-for-4 performance against Coppin State (2/23) which included a home run and a triple
- Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
 
2021 (Junior) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Named First Team All-Patriot League
- Selected to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team
- Policelli played and started in 28 of Navy’s 32 games
- Reached base safely in all 28 games he appeared and recorded a hit in 20 of those games
- Finished the year with a team-leading .340 batting average while slugging .468 and reaching base at a .445 clip
- Was third on the team with 32 hits and 22 RBIs
- Recorded four doubles, a triple and two home runs
- Posted a career-best four hits on April 18 against Bucknell and then drove in a career-high six RBIs the next game against Holy Cross on April 24
- Playing outfield and catcher, Policelli finished the year with 113 putouts and eight assists
 
2020 (Sophomore) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- In 15 starts, Policelli ranked second on the team with 12 runs scored and he chipped in with 12 hits
- He also led the Midshipmen with 15 RBIs and ranked seventh in the nation with four sacrifice flies
- Policelli finished with a .222 average and a .407 slugging percentage
- He recorded three home runs and one double during the season
- Against Massachusetts on March 1, Policelli finished 3-for-3 with three RBIs and he tallied a career-best four runs scored
- He notched another three-RBI game against Mount St. Mary’s on March 10
 
2019 (Freshman) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Played in 32 games making 23 starts during his freshman season
- Posted a .299 batting average and slugged .483 with seven doubles and three home runs
- Finished the year with a .446 on-base percentage
- His first career home run was a grand slam on the road against Villanova on March 13, which also set a personal best for RBIs in a game with four
- Tallied a career-high three hits on April 24 at George Mason where he also drove in three runs
- Scored three runs against Georgetown on April 16 to post a career best
- Policelli recorded 161 putouts and 13 assists for a .983 fielding percentage as a freshman

High School
- Four-time letter winner on the Walkersville High School baseball team and earned three letters playing for the football team
- Won the Maryland Class 2A State Championship in 2016 with the football after helping the team go 14-0
- Three-time All-Area First Team catcher
- Was named the 2017 All-Area Defensive Player of the Year on the football field
- First Team All-Area linebacker in 2016
- First Team All-State linebacker in 2016
 
Personal
- Son of Vincent and Katherine
- Member of the National Honor Society and FCA
- Played baseball with Old Dominion OF Jacob Wetzel
- Brother, Brady Policelli, played baseball at Towson and now plays in the Detroit Tigers minor league system
- Named to the Naval Academy's Commandant List twice

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Sophomore

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    2021Junior

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    2022Senior

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