2014 Baseball Roster
Roster
Luke Lombardi
- Position:
- First Base
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Olathe, Kan.
- High School:
- Olathe Northwest
2013: Saw action in 15 games with nine starts ... five starts at DH and four at first base ... hits in five of first six games played ... two-hit outing vs. Towson ... drove in runs against Yale and Towson ... did not commit an error in 43 chances in the field ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2012: Backup first baseman ... also a valuable pinch hitter ... appeared in nine games, including four starts at first base ... three of five hits on the season came against Patriot League opponents Army and Lafayette ... had at least one hit in each start ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2011: One of team’s most valuable pinch hitters ... was 3-for-7 with one home run, four RBIs and three runs scored as a pinch hitter ... also walked twice ... team-best .556 on-base percentage as a pinch hitter ... also a backup first baseman behind durable All-Patriot Leaguer Doug Shribman ... made four appearances at first base ... was 3-for-5 with two RBIs in final three regular-season outings ... first career home run came as a pinch hitter in season-opening series at James Madison.
High School: Graduated from Olathe Northwest High School in 2010 ... All-Sunflower League, All-Johnson County and All-Olathe as a member of the Olathe Northwest Ravens ... All-Tournament Team member at the Nation’s World Series as part of JC Hornets ... MVP of the Great Plains Shootout Championship Game.
Personal: Lucas Foster Lombardi ... born May 1, 1992 in Kansas City, Mo. ... son of Gregg and Laura Lombardi ... Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Ernie Lombardi was great, great grandfather’s nephew ... majoring in civil engineering.
