2017 Baseball Roster
Lebek, Justin
Jersey Number 7
Justin Lebek
- Class:
- Sophomore
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Wilton, Conn.
- High School:
- The Taft School
Bio
Major: Economics
2018: Started in all 54 games, mostly in a corner outfield role but also spent time as the DH… named to the A-10 All-Championship Team after blasting three homers in the A-10 Tournament, including two against Saint Louis (5/24), turning in a 1.231 slugging and .385 average with a triple, 5 RBI, 3 runs, and a handful of fantastic catches in right field… his solo shot at Wake Forest (4/3) measured 456 feet, the longest to leave Couch Ballpark this season… his two homers vs. Georgetown helped the ‘Cats to set a single-game program record for HRs (7)… drove in three in back-to-back games (NC Central- 5/8, Presby- 5/9)… turned in 14 multi-hit games and 11 with multiple RBI… scored multiple runs in nine contests, including three in the VCU finale (4/29) where he had three hits with a homer and drove in three… hit first collegiate grand slam on the road at Saint Louis (5/4)… finished tied for the team-lead with 11 HR, ranking second in the league… finished with a .258 average, .490 SLG, .369 OBP, 39 RBI, 39 runs, 50 hits and a near perfect fielding percentage at .991, committing just one error on the season… hit .289 in conference play with a .456 slugging… leader among outfielders with eight assists…
2017: Appeared in program-high 61 games, starting all but two… carried an above-.300 average all season until final regular season game… collected first collegiate homer in towering two-run bomb over left field at Duke (3/28)… recorded first inside-the-park homerun in Coach Cooke’s 27-year tenure at La Salle (4/7)… ranked fourth all-time for single-season hit-by-pitches after being plunked 14 times this season… beat out three infield singles at then-No. 3 North Carolina (5/9)… totaled 16 multi-hit games, including seven with three-hits each… scored four times at La Salle (4/7)… homered in four of eight games from 4/22-5/05… finished at a .282 clip, with 62 hits, 33 runs and a .445 slugging percentage…
2016: Appeared in seven games, spending time at first base and in the outfield … finished the season with three at bats … got hit by a pitch and scored his first collegiate run against Iona (3/22).
Prep Years: Four-year letterwinner at The Taft School … The Stone Baseball Award winner … Team captain his senior campaign … Also a four-year letterwinner in football … The Black Football Award winner … Senior-year Co-Captain … Also lettered in basketball ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Won the Lawrence Hunter Stone award for contributing most to men's athletics at Taft.
Personal: Born on August 15, 1996 in Rockville Center, N.Y. … Son of Lillian Cooke and Erik Lebek… has two younger siblings, Erik and Morgan … Father, Erik, was a pitcher at Villanova University.
2018: Started in all 54 games, mostly in a corner outfield role but also spent time as the DH… named to the A-10 All-Championship Team after blasting three homers in the A-10 Tournament, including two against Saint Louis (5/24), turning in a 1.231 slugging and .385 average with a triple, 5 RBI, 3 runs, and a handful of fantastic catches in right field… his solo shot at Wake Forest (4/3) measured 456 feet, the longest to leave Couch Ballpark this season… his two homers vs. Georgetown helped the ‘Cats to set a single-game program record for HRs (7)… drove in three in back-to-back games (NC Central- 5/8, Presby- 5/9)… turned in 14 multi-hit games and 11 with multiple RBI… scored multiple runs in nine contests, including three in the VCU finale (4/29) where he had three hits with a homer and drove in three… hit first collegiate grand slam on the road at Saint Louis (5/4)… finished tied for the team-lead with 11 HR, ranking second in the league… finished with a .258 average, .490 SLG, .369 OBP, 39 RBI, 39 runs, 50 hits and a near perfect fielding percentage at .991, committing just one error on the season… hit .289 in conference play with a .456 slugging… leader among outfielders with eight assists…
2017: Appeared in program-high 61 games, starting all but two… carried an above-.300 average all season until final regular season game… collected first collegiate homer in towering two-run bomb over left field at Duke (3/28)… recorded first inside-the-park homerun in Coach Cooke’s 27-year tenure at La Salle (4/7)… ranked fourth all-time for single-season hit-by-pitches after being plunked 14 times this season… beat out three infield singles at then-No. 3 North Carolina (5/9)… totaled 16 multi-hit games, including seven with three-hits each… scored four times at La Salle (4/7)… homered in four of eight games from 4/22-5/05… finished at a .282 clip, with 62 hits, 33 runs and a .445 slugging percentage…
2016: Appeared in seven games, spending time at first base and in the outfield … finished the season with three at bats … got hit by a pitch and scored his first collegiate run against Iona (3/22).
Prep Years: Four-year letterwinner at The Taft School … The Stone Baseball Award winner … Team captain his senior campaign … Also a four-year letterwinner in football … The Black Football Award winner … Senior-year Co-Captain … Also lettered in basketball ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Won the Lawrence Hunter Stone award for contributing most to men's athletics at Taft.
Personal: Born on August 15, 1996 in Rockville Center, N.Y. … Son of Lillian Cooke and Erik Lebek… has two younger siblings, Erik and Morgan … Father, Erik, was a pitcher at Villanova University.
2024 Davidson Baseball Alumni Game Will DuBose message
Wednesday, August 14
Baseball Wins at Kannapolis
Thursday, March 16
Baseball - A-10 Regular Season Champions
Monday, January 30
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Monday, January 30
