Natale Monastra

Position:
Catcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Lewis Center, Ohio
High School:
Olentangy
B/T:
R/R

2020 (As A Senior):
• Preseason All-BIG EAST
Started in all 15 games for the Musketeers in season cut short due to COVID-19... Had a .230 average at the plate, collecting 14 hits and scoring 10 runs, both team highs, against the nation's second toughest schedule...Among those hits were three triples, matching team-high and a home run...Had five multi-hit games, including a season high three hits in win over NKU...Also scored a season-high four times against NKU...Had a .992 fielding percentage for the season, playing primarily at catcher.

2019 (As A Junior):
• All-BIG EAST Second Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Made a career-high 51 appearances and 48 starts... hit .237 with 4 home runs and 19 RBIs... drew 14 walks and stole one base on two attempts... accumulated a SLG% of .370 and a fielding percentage of .997 (only one error)... Had a season-high four-hit game at Villanova (5/10)... scored three runs in a game at Samford (2/24)... tallied two extra base hits in a series against Seton Hall (5/4-5/5)

2018 (As A Sophomore):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Appeared in 47 games with 44 starts... Hit .280 with five homers and 19 RBI... had 12 multi-hit games this season... boosted batting average by 73 points from freshman season... had a huge game against Villanova, going 5-for-6 with four runs scored, while homering and driving in two in a 23-1 win (5/17)... hit a solo homer and went 1-for-4 in a midweek loss to UC (5/8)... had a productive series at Butler, hitting .462 (6-for-13) with three doubles in three starts... hit .333 (4-for-12) with two doubles and three RBI in the St. John's series... was 2-for-5 with a solo homer in a loss to St. John's (4/28)... had a hit in all three games of the Creighton series... went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and a homer in a 12-8 win in the series finale (4/22)... had a 2-for-3 day with a homer and three RBI in a 13-3 win over Miami (3/18)... went 2-for-3 with an RBI against No. 6 Kentucky (3/20)... had a 3-for-5 day with two doubles and an RBI in a win at USC Upstate (2/24)...

2017 (As A Freshman):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Played in 37 games with 21 starts... hit .207 in 82 AB's, collecting two homers and 11 RBI... went 1-for-2 with a walk, two runs scored and hit second homer of season in a 7-4 win over Wright State (3/21)... went 3-for-9 with a double and two RBI in a pair of games against Georgia (3/7-8)... went 2-for-3 with a homer and double in his first two college at-bats at Troy (2/18)...

Prior to Xavier: Hit .456 with 28 RBI and 29 runs as a senior, earning OCC Player of the Year honors... named First Team All-OCC in back-to-back years... helped Olentangy to three consecutive 20-win seasons... hit .340 during his junior season... Perfect Game/Prep Baseball Report rated Monastra as the second-best catching prospect in the state of Ohio... outside of baseball, Monastra is involved with National Honor Society, student mentorship and service club...