Rutgers University Athletics

Went 5-for-17 in the Big Ten Tournament with 6 runs scored and 2 RBI, including a solo home run to lead off the Tournament against Purdue, had a hit and run scored in all four games of the Tournament (5/26-5/29) ... Had three hits and 3 runs scored in Michigan series (5/19=5/21) ... Had a two-game stretch where he scored 8 runs and was 4-for-7 with 3 RBI, two doubles and three walks against Bowling Green and Saint Joseph's (5/14, 5/17) ... Was 5-for-5 with 5 runs scored, 4 RBI and two home runs against Maryland (5/8) ... Swept national player of the week honors after monster weekend at Ohio State, which included a three-home run game on Saturday. Finished the series 10-for-16 with 7 runs scored, 10 RBI two doubles and five home runs (4/29-5/1) ... 4-for-5 with 2 runs, 4 RBI and a double against Hofstra (4/26) ... Had hits in all three games against Iowa (4/22-4/24) ... 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored against Lafayette (4/12) ... Had a monster series at Nebraska, going 7-for-13 with three home runs, including two on Friday night, scored 7 runs, had five RBI and drew a walk to lead Rutgers to a sweep of the Cornhuskers (4/8-4/10) ... Laced a go-ahead 2-run double in win over Monmouth (4/5) ... Had a hit in all three games against Minnesota, while scoring 3 runs in the series (4/1-4/2) ... HIt a 3-run home run in win over Saint Peter's (3/30) ... Was 2-for-5 with a double, run scored and RBI in NJIT win (3/29) ... Moved into leadoff spot in Penn State series, proceeded to reach base 3+ times in every game. Went 8-for-12 in series with 5 runs scored, a home run, 3 RBI, two doubles, five walks and two stolen bases, was a triple short of the cycle in series finale where he tied career highs with four hits and 3 runs (3/25-3/26) ... Was 1-for-3 with a triple, sac fly and run scored, while also throwing out a runner at home plate in win at Rider (3/22) ... Collected three hits including an RBI double in series at Omaha (3/18-3/20) ... Had hits in three straight games to close out series at Hawaii, finishing weekend with 5 runs scored and 2 RBI (3/11-3/13) ... Roped a two-run double in the home opener against Wagner (3/8) ... doubled and singled with two runs scored at VCU (3/6) ... went 2-for-3 with a walk at William & Mary (3/4) ... lifted first homer of the season at Saint Joseph's (3/1) ... collected four hits with two RBIs and a steal in first win at UNCW (2/26) ... recorded four hits, three walks, five runs and two RBIs in season-opening sweep at Houston Baptist (2/18-20) ... named to the Perfect Game Preseason All-Big Ten Team.

2021 (Freshman)

Played in 42 games with 40 starts in the outfield (30 in center, eight in right, two in left) ... became the first Scarlet Knight in the Big Ten era to earn an All-America honor by being selected to the Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American Team (6/9) ... named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team (5/30) ... earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times, tied for the most selections in the league ... led Big Ten freshmen and fifth overall following the regular season with 11 homers ... the first Rutgers player to reach double-digit homers in a season since Patrick Kivlehan (14) in 2012 ... the first RU freshman to hit 11 homers since Jeff Frazier (13) in 2002 ... second on the team with 30 RBIs, 22 walks and 74 total bases ... doubled five times with 36 hits overall, 10 multiple-hit games and a .474 slugging percentage ... added four stolen bases ... tied the team lead with nine games driving in multiple runs ... led RU outfielders with 122 putouts defensively ... singled and walked in the first win over Illinois (5/28) ... scored three runs with a pair of hits versus Michigan State (5/23) ... worked a walk with bases loaded and crushed a go-ahead, three-run homer in the win over the Spartans (5/22) ... made two diving catches in the outfield on eight putouts in the shutout win at Penn State (5/16) ... tied the game in the seventh inning with a two-out, three-run homer against Nebraska (5/10) ... lined an RBI single at No. 19 Nebraska (4/30) ... drew five walks in the series at No. 17 Michigan (4/23-25), with a two-run homer to put the team ahead in the rubber-game victory ... earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time in four weeks ... reached 4-of-5 times with a double, single, hit by pitch and walk to score three times in comeback win over Iowa (4/18) ... lifted a solo homer in game two (4/17) against the Hawkeyes after crushing a three-run homer with a sacrifice fly for four RBIs in the series opener (4/16) ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (4/13) for the second time ... homered twice to knock in three, drew two walks and stole a base in rubber-game win at Northwestern (4/11) ... lifted a two-run homer and singled in the first game against the Wildcats (4/9) ... singled and hit by a pitch in the win over Penn State (4/4) ... selected as Big Ten Freshman of the Week (3/30) ... became the first Scarlet Knight with three doubles in a game since 2010 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the rubber-game win at Purdue (3/28) ... blasted two homers, singled and walked in the first win over the Boilermakers (3/26) ... delivered a two-out RBI single and stole a base against Ohio State (3/22) ... doubled, singled and scored at Minnesota (3/7) ... hit a two-run homer for first collegiate hit at Minnesota (3/6) ... made debut as starting rightfielder on Opening Day against Indiana (3/5) and walked ... named Big Ten Preseason Freshman of the Year by D1Baseball.

Prior to Rutgers: Played three seasons of varsity baseball at Jackson Memorial … helped team make a run to the championship game of the "Last Dance World Series" in the summer of 2020 ... named Second Team All-Shore in 2019 … helped team become 2018 South Jersey Group IV state champions … played travel baseball for Baseball U.

Personal: Son of Patricia and James Lasko … has two older siblings: Dan and Emily … sister plays lacrosse at Caldwell … cousin, Jayson DeMild, plays quarterback for American International College.