2019 Baseball Roster
Ricotta, John
Jersey Number 31
John Ricotta
- Position:
- First Baseman
- Bats/Throws::
- R/R
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rochester, N.Y.
- Prev School:
- Monroe CC
- Major:
- General Studies
Bio
2019 2nd Team All-MAC
2019 MAC All-Defensive Team
Ricotta's Statistics
CAREER | 2019 GBG | 2018 GBG
2019 - Senior Season: Voted 2nd team All-MAC and to the league's all-defensive team ... ranked among the conference leaders in home runs (3rd) ... RBIs (6th) and doubles (T-8th) ... started 56 games and played in all 57, hitting .308 with 27 extra-base hits ... led team with 10 home runs and was second with 48 RBIs ... slugged .520, the second-best mark on the team ...
2018 - Junior Season: Saw action in 56 games with 42 starts at first base … piled up 6 RBIs in a three-game stretch in late March, helping the Cardinals earn wins over Kent State (March 25), Valparaiso (March 26) and Central Michigan (March 30) … hit his first home run with the Cardinals, a 2-run shot, in the win at Kent State on March 25 … finished with a season-high 3 hits, including a solo home run, in the win at Ohio on May 6 … tallied a team season-high 4 walks in the win at Toledo on May 13.
BEFORE BALL STATE: Played two years at Monroe Community College under coach Dave Brust, who played baseball at Ball State in the 1980s … holds single-season (15) and career home run (20) records … holds career RBI (126) record … holds records for total bases (141) and extra base hits (36) in a single season … first team All-American as a sophomore … Monroe CC’s male athlete of the year in 2017 … two-time all-region selection.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for coach Jason Bunting at Greece Athena High … four-time all-county honoree … team captain … second team all-state as a senior … hit .575 with 11 doubles and three home runs as a senior … a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Son of John and Karen Ricotta … born Oct. 19, 1997.
2019 MAC All-Defensive Team
Ricotta's Statistics
CAREER | 2019 GBG | 2018 GBG
2019 - Senior Season: Voted 2nd team All-MAC and to the league's all-defensive team ... ranked among the conference leaders in home runs (3rd) ... RBIs (6th) and doubles (T-8th) ... started 56 games and played in all 57, hitting .308 with 27 extra-base hits ... led team with 10 home runs and was second with 48 RBIs ... slugged .520, the second-best mark on the team ...
2018 - Junior Season: Saw action in 56 games with 42 starts at first base … piled up 6 RBIs in a three-game stretch in late March, helping the Cardinals earn wins over Kent State (March 25), Valparaiso (March 26) and Central Michigan (March 30) … hit his first home run with the Cardinals, a 2-run shot, in the win at Kent State on March 25 … finished with a season-high 3 hits, including a solo home run, in the win at Ohio on May 6 … tallied a team season-high 4 walks in the win at Toledo on May 13.
BEFORE BALL STATE: Played two years at Monroe Community College under coach Dave Brust, who played baseball at Ball State in the 1980s … holds single-season (15) and career home run (20) records … holds career RBI (126) record … holds records for total bases (141) and extra base hits (36) in a single season … first team All-American as a sophomore … Monroe CC’s male athlete of the year in 2017 … two-time all-region selection.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for coach Jason Bunting at Greece Athena High … four-time all-county honoree … team captain … second team all-state as a senior … hit .575 with 11 doubles and three home runs as a senior … a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Son of John and Karen Ricotta … born Oct. 19, 1997.
Baseball // 5 AM Workouts
Tuesday, August 26
Ball State Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell discusses the NCAA vs. House Settlement
Tuesday, July 01
Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell discusses NCAA vs. House Settlement & Bill Richards Thank You
Friday, June 27
Baseball // Day 1 MAC Tournament Recap: Win vs. EMU
Thursday, May 22
