NEW YORK – St. John’s redshirt junior John Valente was honored as BIG EAST Baseball Player of the Week, while Butler starter Jeff Schank was named Pitcher of the Week. On Monday, St. John’s baseball made an appearance in the Collegiate Baseball (No. 16) and D1Baseball.com Top 25 polls (No. 22) after a 7-0 start to the 2017 season.
BIG EAST Player of the Week
John Valente, St. John’s, RS-Jr., UTIL (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
In four games last week, Valente helped St. John’s extend its current winning streak to seven games as the redshirt junior hit for .