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2026 Baseball Roster

26 Justin Szestowicki

  • Position Shortstop
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mount Royal, NJ
  • Highschool Kingsway Regional

Biography

Prior to La Salle:

Arrives at La Salle with strong Division I experience from the state of North Carolina, playing his freshman season at the University of North Carolina before transferring to Elon to play his sophomore and junior seasons … Initially played at UNC as a right-handed pitcher out of high school and has logged 12 career appearances on the mound, spending limited time as a two-way as a sophomore at Elon before focusing on hitting … Appeared in 91 collegiate games coming into the 2026 season, carrying a .737 OPS with six career home runs … Coming off a strong 2025 season at Elon, posting career-bests in home runs (four), RBI (24), and OPS (.744) … During time at Elon, was teammates with current La Salle Explorers: Alec Welshans and Hudson Narke.

2025: Slugged a career-high .423 on the power of four homers and nine extra base hits, good for an also career-best .744 OPS as a platoon player for the Elon Phoenix … Appeared in 43 games and started 23 … Hit .237 with a .321 on base mark … Drove in career-high 24 RBI … Homered on consecutive days on 5/3 and 5/4 against Hofstra … Drove in six runs and scored three while going 3-for-4 in a win at Hofstra on 5/3 … Followed that up the next day with two more hits and RBI … Hit first home run of the season on 4/2 against powerhouse East Carolina … Hit safely in five straight games from 4/5-4/12 … Committed just five errors in 93 chances on the infield, primarily at shortstop.

2024: Hit .260 in 104 at bats, starting 29 out of 40 games played … slugged a pair of home runs and drove in nine … drew 12 walks and four hit by pitches en route to a career-high .355 on base percentage … Posted a five-game hitting streak from 4/3-4/12 … Went 2-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and four runs scored in a win against Hofstra on 4/12 … Slugged first career collegiate home run on 3/2 against Valparaiso … Posted six multi-hit games … Had a stretch of scoring 12 runs in ten games played from 3/29-4/19.

2023: Appeared in eight games out of the bullpen as a redshirt freshman for North Carolina … Posted a 5.68 ERA for the Tar Heels, but did not allow an earned run in six out of eight total appearances … Posted spotless outings in first two collegiate appearances, posting one and 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief during the Tar Heels’ season-opening series against Seton Hall … Struck out a batter in first collegiate appearance on 2/17 against the Pirates … Also pitched scoreless frames against Notre Dame, South Carolina, and UNC-Wilmington throughout the season.

2022: Redshirted freshman season at North Carolina.
 

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