Steven Hajjar

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
LHP
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 215
Bats/Throws:
R/L
Hometown:
Andover, Mass.
High School:
Central Catholic

Updated June 7, 2021

Redshirt Sophomore (2021)
• Named All-Big Ten Conference First Team at pitcher
• Led all Big Ten pitchers and had the program's sixth most strikeouts in a single season (110)
• Named All-Region second team by ABCA/ Rawlings
• Started 14 games, posting a 4-2 record, 3.09 ERA and 110 strikeouts against just 66 hits in 81.2 innings.
• USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason and Midseason Watch Lists
• Collegiate Baseball Magazine Preseason All-America Second Team
• Baseball America Preseason All-America Second Team
• D1Baseball.com Preseason All-America Third Team
• Big Ten Conference Preseason Honors List
• Struck out eight batters in 6.2 innings of his season debut vs. Iowa (March 6)
• Earned a win over Purdue (March 12) with five strikeouts against four hits and one earned run in 6.0 innings of work
• Struck out a 11 batters in 7.0 innings of work in which he scattered four hits and one earned run at Penn State (March 26)
• Struck out 10 batters against just three hits in 6.2 innings vs. Northwestern (April 3)
• Struck out seven batters, including six consecutive, in 5.0 innings against four hits in a win at Minnesota (April 16)
• Allowed a leadoff single and walked a batter in the first inning before retiring 16 of the next 17 batters he faced with 13 strikeouts in a win at Michigan State (May 7)
• Earned the win with eight strikeouts against six hits in 6.1 innings against No. 21 Indiana (May 14)
• Struck out eight batters against five hits and two earned runs in 5.0 innings against Maryland (May 21)
• Moved into 9th place on the school's single-season strikeouts list (101) with five Ks in 8.0 innings of work at No. 20-ranked Nebraska (May 28).
• Moved into sixth place on the single-season strikeout list (110) with nine Ks in 6.0 innings against UConn in the NCAA Tournament (June 4)

Redshirt Freshman (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 15 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Made four starts on the season, going 3-0 with a 2.70 ERA
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice (Feb. 17 and March 9)
• Spun six shutout innings against No. 9 Arizona State (Feb. 15), striking out seven and allowing just three hits to pick up the win
• Struck out a career-high 10 batters in six innings of work in a win over No. 24 Pepperdine (March 7)
• Also picked up the win over UConn (Feb. 22) in five innings of work

Freshman (2019)
• Has four years of eligibility remaining after red-shirting

Prep
• Four-time letterwinner
• Selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 21st round of the 2018 MLB Draft
• 2018 Gatorade Player of the Year - Massachusetts
• 2018 Merrimack Valley Conference Player of the Year
• Prep Baseball Report Massachusetts Ranking: LHP (1), Overall (3)
• Perfect Game Massachusetts Ranking: LHP (1), Overall (3), Nationally-LHP (16) Nationally-Overall (117)
• Rawlings-Perfect Game 3rd Team All-American
• Rawlings-Perfect Game All-Northeast Region First Team
• 2018 Boston Herald and Boston Globe All Scholastic Team
• 2017 Merrimack Valley Conference Player of the Year
• 2017 Perfect Game Underclass Third Team
• 2017 Area Code Games Participant
• 2017 East Coast Pro Showcase Participant
• 2017 Boston Herald and Boston Globe All Scholastic Team
• 2014-2018 Played for Show Baseball New England
• Member of National Honors Society

Personal
• Steven George Hajjar
• Born Aug. 7, 2000
• Son of Scott and Linda Hajjar
• Has two sisters
• Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts and intends to major in Economics