Jonathan Santucci

Photo by: Shane Sturtz / Duke Athletics

at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on February 17, 2023 in Durham, North Carolina. (Brian Westerholt/Sports On Film)

Photo by: Brian Westerholt/Sports On Film

Photo by: Shane Sturtz / Duke Athletics

Position:
Outfield/Left-Handed Pitcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
195
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Leominster, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
B/T:
L/L

Awards

All-ACC First Team Starting Pitcher (2024)
Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List (2024)
Perfect Game Second Team Midseason All-American (2024)
D1 Baseball Preseason Second Team All-American (2024)
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Camp Invite (2022)

2024: All-ACC First Team Starting Pitcher … Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List … Started all 13 games he appeared in as Duke’s Friday night ace in 2024 … Missed three weeks due to injury … Tallied a 6-1 record on the mound with a 3.31 ERA … Worked a career high 58 innings striking out 90 batters and holding opponents to a .188 batting average against … Punched out a career high 14 batters against Akron (3/1) and worked a career high six innings against Florida State (4/26) … Tallied back-to-back 10+ strikeout performances against Northwestern (2/23) and Akron (3/1).

2023: Started seven games for the Blue Devils before having his season cut short due to injury… Posted a 2-2 record on the mound with a 4.30 ERA… Punched out a career high 11 batters against Wake Forest (3/10)… Allowed a season low two hits against North Carolina (3/24)… In his first four starts of the year he tallied 38 strikeouts to just four walks… Hit his first career home run against Princeton (3/4)…

2022: Appeared in 20 games on the mound, including seven starts ... emerged into a weekend starting role in the second half of the season ... finished with a 2-3 record while tallying 58 strikeouts and allowing just seven extra-base hits in 41.0 innings of work ... led the team in ERA (4.17), opponent batting average (.211) and strikeouts per nine innings (12.73) ... led Duke to set a program record and rank in the top 15 in the country in strikeouts per nine innings (10.60) ... found his footing in early March, putting together back-to-back scoreless outings including a three-inning showing with just one hit and four strikeouts ... stellar in the month of April, leading the ACC with a 0.57 ERA and .118 opponent batting average ... allowed just one earned run on six hits and seven walks in 15.2 innings pitched in April, striking out 21 batters ... put together strong ACC starts against No. 10 Notre Dame (4/14) and at Georgia Tech (4/23), going 4.0 scoreless innings in each with five and three strikeouts, respectively ... had a career day as he earned the win against High Point while allowing just one walk and one hit and striking out a career-high 10 batters ... went 2-for-13 at the plate with two RBIs and a double in nine games, including two starts in the outfield ... recorded his first career RBI against Bucknell (3/4) ... hit a double versus Miami (4/3) ... invited to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Camp in Cary, N.C., over the summer.

Prior to Duke: Lettered three seasons at Phillips Academy Andover under head coach Kevin Graber … tabbed the second-ranked recruit out of Massachusetts and the 64th overall player in the class of 2022 … ranked the 26th player entering collegiate baseball and the eighth-ranked player in the ACC … 2021 Perfect Game First Team All-American as a senior … earned PG Northeast All-Region Frist Team Honors as a junior … hit .322 in his career with six doubles, two triples, three home runs and 29 RBIs … also made a handful of appearances on the mound, allowing one run while fanning 11 in seven innings pitched … on the club scene, 2019 Perfect Game Underclass All-American … 2020 Ultimate Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team, Perfect Game National Showcase Top Prospect Team, PG 17u Southeast Elite Championship All-Tournament Team … 2020 East Coast Pro and Area Code Games participant.

Personal: Born Jonathan Joseph Santucci on December 28, 2002 … son of Steven and Stephanie Santucci … has two sisters, Isabella and Gabriella … dad, Seven, was a member of the Assumption College baseball program from 1991-93 … cousin, Nick Santucci, is a current member of the Rollins College baseball team.