2016 unanimous All-MAAC First Team... 2017 All-MAAC Second Team.
2017 (Senior): Named to the All-MAAC Second Team… Led Monmouth and finished eighth in the MAAC with 65 hits… Hit .359, third in the league and tops on MU… 14 doubles also led the Hawks and ranked him seventh in the league… .441 on base percentage marked third in the conference… Slugged at a .519 clip, second on the team and fifth in the MAAC… Started 47 games for the Blue and White, missing just one… Homered five times and drove in 30 runs with an on base percentage of .441… Had a hit in 39 of the 47 games he played in, including 17 multi-hit games… Opened the year with a two-hit day at Florida Atlantic (2/17)… Was 3-for-4 with two runs scored at Furman (3/24) before homering the next day… Went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two driven in against William & Mary (3/3)… Launched second homer as part of a two-hit day at Wofford (3/11)… Drove in three runs against Quinnipiac (3/24)… Had multiple RBI’s in every game of the Quinnipiac series (3/24-25)… Had three consecutive three-hit games at Siena (4/8-9)… Homered and scored three runs at Columbia (4/11)… Scored three times against Lafayette (4/19)… Went 4-for-6 with two doubles at Fairfield (5/6)… Followed that with three more hits in the second game of the doubleheader with the Stags, including a home run… Ended the season with a multi-hit game vs. Iona (5/19).
2016 (Junior): Named a unanimous All-MAAC First Team selection.. Started all 39 games before season was cut short with injury... Led the Hawks in hitting with a .385 batting average... Also led MU in doubles with 15 and slugging percentage at .522... Second on Monmouth in runs scored, triples, RBI's, and stolen bases... Compiled an 18-game hitting streak from 2/28 to 4/2... Had three hits in win at nationally ranked Virginia (3/6)... Drove in seven runs in two games, including a home run at James Madison and four RBI's at VCU (3/15-16)... Went 4-for-4 at East Carolina (3/18)... Went 3-for-4 with three RBI's against Rider (3/26)... Put together a 2-for-4 afternoon with four runs driven in at Saint Peter's (4/8)... Was 4-for-6 with four runs driven in at Saint Peter's (4/10)... Scored twice and had three hits vs. Siena (4/16).
2015 (Sophomore): Saw action in 44 games, starting all in the infield… Led the Hawks in batting average, hits, and RBI’s… Completed the season hitting .289 with 46 hits, 34 RBI’s, and two home runs… Went three for four with four RBI’s and a run scored vs Princeton (4/8)… Had four hits to go along with five RBI’s, two runs scored, and two home runs at Niagara (4/18)… Collected three hits and three RBI’s at Siena (5/3).
2014 (Freshman): Played in four games, starting two at first base and designated hitter before suffering a season-ending injury… Collected first two collegiate hits at Florida Atlantic (2/23)… Added another base hit at Navy (3/8).
High School: Three year varsity letter winner at Washington Township High School for Coach Bill Alvaro… Helped lead the Minutemen to three conference championships… Two-time First Team All-Conference choice… Named All-South Jersey as a senior.
Personal: Son of Kim and Scott Hughes… Major is business marketing.
