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2024 Baseball Roster

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31 Ethan Hibbard

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 240
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Roxbury, Conn.
  • Highschool Shepaug Valley

Biography

2024: All-MAAC First Team…ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team…Fairfield University Athletic Director Award…2X MAAC Player of the Week (3/12, 3/19)…MAAC All-Academic Team…Connected on 17 home runs which ranked second in the MAAC and the third-most in program history…Had a career-high .341 average and 70 hits while scoring a conference-best 59 runs…Also finished in the top-three in the MAAC in slugging percentage (.659) and OPS (1.120)…Clubbed a home run in five-straight games while hitting .579 (11-for-19) and 13 RBI during that stretch (3/16 – 3/22)…Tied the program’s single-game record with three home runs against Fordham (3/16)…Also tied the 14-year program mark with nine RBI during a 4-for-4 and two homer showing at Florida Gulf Coast (3/10)…Hit 11 homers in first 20 games while amassing a .480 average (2/16 – 3/22)…Collected six three-hit games over an eight-game span while hitting .636 (21-for-33) with nine homers and 25 RBI (3/5 – 3/17)…Drove in five runs with two homers at Mount St. Mary’s (4/20)…Had five hits and six runs scored during the MAAC Championships (5/23 – 5/25)…His 61 RBI tied for the second-most in a season in program history.

2023: NEIBA Second Team…Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (5/22)…MAAC Player of the Week (5/23)…MAAC All-Academic Team…Had one of the most remarkable breakout seasons by posting career-highs in every category including: average (.294), homers (nine), RBI (35), hits (32), runs (25), and doubles (10)…Finished ninth in the MAAC with a .625 slugging percentage…Blasted a home run in six-straight games, totaling seven long balls while hitting .667 (12-for-18) with 16 runs scored, eight walks, and 16 RBI (5/13 – 5/25)…Reached base 26 times in 41 plate appearances with 16 hits and 10 walks during 10-game hitting streak (5/12 – 5/27)…Had five multi-hit games in a six-game span (5/13 – 5/25)…Went 3-for-3 with five RBI with two doubles and a homer at Marist (5/13)…Connected on a grand slam in a 2-for-5 showing against Manhattan (4/8)…Blasted four homers and scored nine runs while driving in seven in the three-game series against Iona (5/18 – 5/19)…Threw out 47 percent of would-be base stealers, throwing out nine of 19 stolen base attempts.

2022: MAAC All-Academic Team…Made nine appearances with eight at-bats in his junior season…Knocked in a RBI single at Saint Joseph’s (3/6)…Also drove in a run with a single against Saint Peter’s (4/22).

2021: MAAC All-Academic…Recorded one at-bat on the season, notching a base hit on a 96mph fastball against No.2 Texas in the Austin Regional Finals (6/6).

2020: Did not appear in a game during his rookie season.

BEFORE FAIRFIELD: Two-time All-State and All-Berkshire League selection after earning the distinction his junior and senior season…Helped lead the Shepaug Valley Spartans to three Berkshire League Championships…Four-time Berkshire League Scholar Athlete…Earned the Sidney J. Adams and the Stephen Reich Award in high school for “character, service, leadership, and achievement”…Batted .440 with 10 homers and 101 RBI in his high school career… Also lettered in soccer and basketball.
 
PERSONAL: Parents are Emily and Rob…Grandfather William played four years of basketball at Western Connecticut…Born on June 25, 2001…Major is Engineering.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

    Catcher
    6'0" 215 lbs
    31
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    2021Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'0" 215 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2022Junior

    Catcher
    6'0" 215 lbs
    31
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    2023Senior

    Catcher
    6'0" 240 lbs
    31
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    2024Graduate Student

    Catcher
    6'0" 240 lbs
    31