Steve Serratore

Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Mayo
Prev School:
Des Moines Area CC

WATCH: Steve Serratore Profile (3.24.17)

HONORS
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2015)

Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2017)
Played in a career-best 49 games (49 starts) with a .292 average, .400 OBP and .466 SLG ... Set career highs in hits (52), triples (2), home runs (6) and RBI (42) ... Second on team with 42 RBI, 20 two-out RBI and 12 multi-RBI games ... Totaled 14 multi-hit games ... Hit .348 (23-for-66) with runners in scoring position ... Posted a career-best five hits and five RBI vs. Iowa on Mach 19 ... Hit K-State's first grand slam since 2013 against Liberty on February 25 in Lexington, South Carolina ... Hit go-ahead three-run homer in final series of season at Baylor ... First career multi-homer game against Northwestern State on March 8.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2016)
Played in 30 games (28 starts) before going down with a season-ending injury for the second year in a row … Hit .310 (31-for-100) with 8 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 22 RBI and a .410 OBP in his 30 games … Also scored 18 runs and was 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts … Defensively, he saw time at third base (18 starts) and in right field (7) … Had an 11-game hitting streak from 2/27-3/22, tied for the longest by a Wildcat all season … Back-to-back games with home runs on 2/28 vs. Utah and 3/4 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Missed 10 games from 4/2-4/17 … After a pinch-hit at-bat on 4/19 vs. Nebraska, he started in 7 consecutive games, all in right field, and hit .400 (10-for-25) with 5 extra-base hits and 7 RBI … Went 2-for-4 with a home run and 3 RBI on 4/24 vs. Baylor … Was 1-for-2 with a double in his final game of the season on 5/1 at Iowa … 17 of his 31 hits came over his final 11 games of the year (.486 batting average) … For the overall season, he hit .392 (20-for-51) with runners on base and .355 with runners in scoring position … Also batted .375 (12-for-32) with two outs … 12 of his 22 RBI were with two outs.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2015)

Playing third base for nearly half the season, Serratore hit .265 (40-for-151) with 10 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run and 26 RBI in 44 games ... Third on the team in doubles and tied for fourth in RBI ... Hit .333 (20-for-60) with runners in scoring position ... Started 26 games at third base, 13 as designated hitter and 4 at first base ... Made just 2 errors on 97 chances (.979 fielding percentage) ... 10 multi-hit games, including 6 over his final 15 contests … The Wildcats were 8-2 in games in which he had 2 or more hits ... Over his last 15 games, he hit .308 (16-for-52) with 12 RBI ... Started the season with a 15-game on-base streak, his longest stretch of his season ... Hit his first career home run on April 29 at Minnesota … Went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored in the 9-0 win over the Golden Gophers ... Season-high 3 hits on April 8 at Omaha, going 3-for-5 with an RBI.

DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2013-14)
Played baseball at Des Moines Area (IA) Community College, under head coach Kyle Hanna ... Hit .338 (54-for-160) with 12 doubles, 2 triples, 5 home runs, 41 RBI and a .418 OBP in 51 games as a freshman in 2013 ... Player catcher, throwing out 15 of 34 attempted base stealers (44%) ... Named second team all-conference as a freshman ... Second team academic all-region in 2013 ... Only played in 11 games in 2014, hitting .343 (12-for-35) with 5 doubles and 9 RBI ... Threw out 43% of base stealers (6 out of 14) ... Granted a medical redshirt in 2014.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Mayo (MN) High School ... Lettered four years in baseball, playing for head coach Dan Hoefs ... 2012 Co-Big Nine Conference Player of the Year ... First team all-state as a senior and all-state honorable mention as a junior ... Three-time all-conference ... Top 10 finalist for Minnesota's Mr. Baseball award in 2012 ... Hit .460 and led the state in home runs with 7 as a senior ... Hit over .400 and had 17 homers for his entire career ... Also a four-year letterwinner in hockey, where he was named all-conference and team captain in his junior and senior seasons.

PERSONAL
Born on June 10, 1993 in Austin, Minnesota ... Parents are Joe and Kathy Serratore ... Has one sibling, Samantha ... Completed his bachelor's degree in history ... Both parents are teachers ... Wants to be a high school teacher and baseball and hockey coach ... Father played baseball at St. Cloud State ... Uncle, Frank, is the head hockey coach at the Air Force Academy ... Uncle, Tom, is the head hockey coach at Bemidji State ... Cousin, Tom, played hockey at Minnesota and professionally.

Season	AVG	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	SB-A
2015	.265	44-43	151	19	40	10	1	1	26	.367	.364	18	7	28	5-8
2016	.310	30-28	100	18	31	8	1	3	22	.412	.500	13	5	20	4-4
2017	.292	49-49	178	33	52	9	2	6	42	.400	.466	26	6	42	3-5
Career	.287	123-120	429	70	123	27	4	10	90	.391	.438	57	18	90	12-17