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2022 Baseball

27 Connor Harding

  • Bat/Throws L/R
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Vestal, N.Y.
  • High School Vestal Central
  • Position OF
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

  • Holds all-time program and Landmark Conference records in hits (238) and runs scored (167)
  • Also the program's all-time leader in triples (14), ranks second in stolen bases (69), fourth in batting average (.398) & RBI (126) and tied for sixth in doubles (34)
  • Holds single-season program records for hits (70, 2019), runs scored (61, 2022) and 3B (9, 2019)
  • Only student-athlete in University history to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-American on four different occasions

Graduate Student Year (2022)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 41 games in center field and hit .402 with four home runs, 38 RBI, 10 doubles, two triples, 18 stolen bases and 61 runs scored
  • Led the Landmark Conference in runs scored; ranked second in hits, fourth in batting average & on-base percentage and tied for fourth in stolen bases
  • Registered 22 multi-hit games on the season
  • Did not commit an error in 90 total chances as he posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage
  • Homered and drove in four runs in a win over Franklin & Marshall (Mar. 5)
  • Went 5-9 with two doubles, two RBI and five runs scored in a doubleheader sweep of Moravian (Mar. 26)
  • Tallied seven multi-hit games in an eight game stretch from Apr. 9-23 including matching his career-high with four hits in a win over Misericordia (Apr. 11)
  • Homered and matched his career-high with five RBI in a victory over Catholic (Apr. 23)
  • Doubled, drove in two runs and scored three more in a 19-18 win versus William Paterson (Apr. 25)
  • Plated multiple runs in four straight games from Apr. 30-May 8

Senior Year (2021)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 31 games in center field for the Royals and hit .330 with a home run, 22 RBI, eight doubles, 29 runs scored and 19 stolen bases
  • Led Landmark in runs scored, ranked second in stolen bases and tied for third in hits (36) to earn All-Landmark First Team honors
  • Matched career-highs in hits (4) and RBI (5) in a 20-1 win over Drew (Apr. 5)
  • Hit a walk-off double in bottom of ninth to complete comeback win vs. Catholic (Apr. 25)
  • Drove in seven runs over two games of a doubleheader at Juniata (May 2)
  • Went 3-4 with a run scored and stole four bases in NCAA Tournament Regionals vs. Chapman (May 29)
  • Tallied 11 multi-hit games 

Junior Year (2020) (Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all seven games in center field for the Royals and hit .500 (14-28)
  • Registered six multi-hit games, a home run, four RBI, three runs scored and two stolen bases
  • Homered in season opener against Vassar on Feb. 23
  • Went 2-3 and drove in a pair of runs against Albright on March 7
  • Went 3-4 with an RBI, run scored and a stolen base in a 6-1 win over Brockport (March 8)

Sophomore Year (2019)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started all 39 games as the Royals' centerfielder
  • Hit .464 with a .695 slugging percentage and a .517 on-base percentage
  • Totaled a school record 70 hits including eight doubles, nine triples (also a school record), and three home runs
  • Scored 46 runs and had 34 RBI
  • Walked 20 times and stole 14 bases
  • Had the third highest single-season batting average in Scranton history while tying for sixth in runs, tying for 12th in stolen bases, and ranking 14th in RBI
  • Hit safely in 34 games on the season with 22 multi-hits efforts
  • Had four hits three contests and had a season-high five RBI in a loss to Drew on Apr. 7 
  • Posted a .972 fielding percentage with 101 putouts and four assists in 108 total chances

Freshman Year (2018)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Played in 38 games, including 37 as a starter, in the outfield.
  • Hit .356, third-best on the team, with 52 hits, second-most on the squad.
  • Had five doubles and two triples.
  • Scored 28 runs, third-most on the team, and drove in 28, also third-most on the team.
  • His 16 stolen bases were the third-most on the team.
  • Hit safely in 30 games, including a 11-game hitting streak from April 21 to May 1.
  • Went 23-for-47 (.489) with five doubles, 12 runs and nine RBIs during that hitting streak.
  • Had 16 games with two or more hits, including five with at least three.
  • Went 4-for-5 with a double, three RBIs and two runs in a 14-3 win at Drew on April 22.
  • Finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs, a run, two walks and a stolen base in an 8-4 win over Catholic in the Landmark Conference playoffs on May 12.

Awards & Honors

  • CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2019, 2021, 2022)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team (2020)
  • D3baseball.com All-America Third Team (2019)
  • ABCA/Rawlings All-Region V First Team (2022)
  • D3baseball.com All-Region V First Team (2022)
  • ABCA/Rawlings All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team (2019)
  • D3baseball.com All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team (2019)
  • Landmark Conference Player of the Year (2019)
  • First Team All-Landmark Conference (2019, 2021)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Landmark Conference Overall & Baseball Senior Scholar Athlete (2021)
  • Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (May 7, 2018, Apr. 12, 2021)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Mar. 25, 2019, Mar. 10, 2020)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)

High school/Personal

  • Earned two varsity letters in both baseball and basketball, and one each in football and golf at Vestal Central.
  • Helped Vestal Central's baseball team win the state title as a senior.
  • Son of Tom and Colleen Harding. His mother is a graduate of The University of Scranton.
  • Has two younger siblings, Sarah and Danny.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    OF
    27
  • 27

    2019Sophomore

    OF
    27
  • 27
    C

    2020Junior

    OF
    27
    C
  • 27
    C

    2021Senior

    OF
    27
    C
  • 27
    C

    2022Graduate Student

    OF
    27
    C
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