Monmouth University Athletics

2014 Preseason All-MAAC selection... 2014 All-MAAC First Team... ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region 2nd Team... NJCBA All-State 2nd Team... Earned 2012 and 2013 All-Northeast Conference First Team… Named 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-District II… Selected to 2012 All-NEC Tournament Team… Named to 2012 NJCBA Second Team… Tabbed to the 2011 All-NJCBA Rookie Squad...Named NEC Rookie of the Week (4/4/13)... Signed with Joliet Slammers (Frontier League) followed by St. Louis Cardinals in July 2014.

2014: Started 48 games at second base… Preseason All-MAAC selection… First-Team All-MAAC choice at second base… NJCBA 2nd Team All-State… ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region 2nd Team… Led the team in hitting at .330, runs scored with 31 and hits with 60… Finishes career fifth all-time in hits with 237, fourth in doubles with 52, and tied for 12th in triples with 6… Had a run of 26 consecutive games reaching base… Strung together a 14 game hitting streak from 4/12 to 5/4… Ended up fourth in the MAAC in sacrifice flies and 11th in the league in batting average… Had a first inning RBI double in season opening win at FAU (2/22)… Went 3-for-4 with a double at top-ranked Virginia (3/1)… Knocked in a pair at George Washington (3/15)… Picked up 200th career hit at Saint Peter’s, going 4-for-5 with three runs scored (4/5)… Had multi-hit games in back-to-back contests, at Saint Peter’s (4/6) and at Princeton (4/10), while driving in two runs against the Tigers… Scored three times in win over Fairleigh Dickinson (4/16)… Had a 2-for-3 afternoon with two RBI’s at Seton Hall (4/22)… Collected another four-hit day vs. Rider (5/4)… Notched a 3-for-3 game with four RBI’s vs. Iona (5/10)… In MAAC Tournament win over Manhattan, went 3-for-6 with two RBI’s, including game-tying double in extra innings (5/22)… Picked up two hits, two runs scored and an RBI in MAAC Tournament victory over Quinnipiac (5/23).

2013: Earned his second-straight All-NEC First Team selection at second base after hitting .302 with 13 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 35 runs scored and 27 RBI’s in 54 starts… Finished first on the team in doubles (13), triples (4) and extra-base hits (20) and second in runs scored (35) and slugging percentage (.443)… His three round trippers ranked third and his on-base percentage (.392) ranked fifth… Selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District II First Team… Had 17 multi-hit games… Had two hits, including a double, at Delaware (Mar. 2)… Went 3-for-5 with a three-run home run and a stolen base at East Carolina (Mar. 8)… Went 3-for-5 at Virginia Commonwealth (Mar. 15)… Added two hits in the series finale against the Rams (Mar. 17)… Went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple and two runs scored at Maryland-Eastern Shore (Mar. 19)… Went 1-for-3 with a double and two walks against Quinnipiac (Mar. 24) to spark a 14-game hitting streak (Mar. 24-April 13)… Went 2-for-4 with three RBI’s against Saint Peter’s (Mar. 27)… Went 2-for-4 in the series opener vs. Central Connecticut (Mar. 28)… Went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI’s in the series opener at Mount St. Mary’s (April 5)… Picked up two hits in each of a pair of non-conference mid-week games against Hofstra (April 9) and Princeton (April 10)… Had his hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-1 effort against Wagner (April 14), though he reached three base three times with two walks and a hit-by-pitch, scoring three runs… Went 2-for-5 with a double, a triple and a run scored vs. Wagner (April 14)… Went 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI at Rutgers (April 17)… Had an RBI double and a run-scoring groundout in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Fairleigh Dickinson (April 20)… Followed up with a 2-for-5 effort with a double, a home run, five RBI’s and a run scored in Game 2 at FDU (April 20)… Had consecutive games of three hits and three runs against Sacred Heart (April 27, 28), chipping in with a triple in the first game… Had a double, two runs scored and an RBI at Saint Peter’s (May 1)… Had a hit, a run and an RBI at Bryant (May 10)… Had a pair of 2-for-4 efforts vs. LIU Brooklyn (May 17, 18), scoring a run in the first game, before doubling, driving in two and walking twice in the second… Had an RBI single in the NEC Tournament vs. Bryant (May 24).     

2012: Was named to the 2012 All-Northeast Conference First Team and All-NEC Tournament Team, as well as the NJCBA Second Team… Started all 59 games, primarily at second base… Hit safely in 45 of 59 games played, including 20 multi-hit games… Had separate hitting streaks of nine (Apr. 21-May 5) and 10 games (Mar. 21-Apr. 5)… Led the Hawks with a .313 batting average, 71 hits, 20 doubles and 11 hit by pitch… Also finished second in slugging percentage (.436), on-base percentage (.377), runs scored (36), RBI’s (35) and total bases (99) and third in home runs (2)… Started the year with a season-high four RBI’s on a 3-for-5 day with a double and a run scored against Wright State (Feb. 17)… Went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles in a 5-1 win over Troy (Mar. 11)… Sparked an 8-3 win over Georgia State (Mar. 13) with a 4-for-5 day with a double, three RBI’s and two runs scored… Had a season-high four hits in a 4-for-5 effort against Wagner (Mar. 24), including a double, an RBI and two runs scored… Had three multi-hit games in a four-game stretch with two hits each against Temple (Mar. 30), Lafayette (Apr. 4) and Quinnipiac (Apr. 5)… Hit his first home run of the season against Temple (Mar. 30)… Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and two RBI’s against Quinnipiac (Apr. 5)… Had three-straight two-hit games against Central Connecticut (Apr. 14,15)… Connected for his second home run of the season at LIU Brooklyn (Apr. 28)… Had three-hit game against Bryant (May 4)… Contributed six hits, four RBI’s and two runs scored in four games en route to All-NEC Tournament honors.  

2011: Saw action in 42 games for MU, starting 38 contests... Finished with .292 average with 42 hits, 19 runs, and 19 RBIs... Made collegiate debut against VCU (2/26)... Made first start against the Rams (2/27)... Recorded his first hit, a run producing single, at Florida Atlantic (3/6)... Posted two hits, including a double, scored a run and drove in a tally against St. Bonaventure (3/7)... Drove in a run on a double against Liberty (3/12)... Went 2-for-4 in two games against Sacred Heart (3/18, 3/20)... Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs at Temple (3/22)... Brought in a pair of runs and scored once at Bryant (3/25)... Scored three runs on two hits at Saint Peter's (3/29)... Registered a 2-for-2 game with a double, four RBIs, and two runs scored in win over Columbia (3/30)... Connected with an RBI double against Central Connecticut State (3/2)... Plated four runs on two hits, including his first career homerun, while scoring twice at Quinnipiac (4/8)... Drove in two runs at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/30)... Crossed the plate twice against Long Island (5/8)... Doubled and scored a run in the Northeast Conference Tournament against Central Connecticut State (5/22)... Brought in a run in the Northeast Conference Championships game against Sacred Heart (5/22).

High School: Four-year letter winner for head coach Devin Knorr at Danville Area High School...Named to the Pre-Season Atlantic Regional All-American team by Perfect Game USA...Holds the school's hits record...Name to the All-District and All-League squads three times..All-Legion selection for four years

Personal:  Son of David and Karen Gronsky...Majoring in communication.

Gronsky's Game-Highs
At Bats:  6, four times; last vs. Manhattan (5/22/14)
Runs: 3, five times; last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (4/16/14)
Hits: 4, four times; last vs. Rider (5/4/14)
RBI: 5 at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/20/13)
Doubles: 2, three times; last at Sacred Heart (5/10/12)
Triples: 1, six times; last at Seton Hall (4/22/14)
Home Runs: 1, six times; last at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/20/13)
Walks: 2, seven times; last vs. LIU Brooklyn (5/18/13)
Stolen Bases: 2 vs. Iona (5/10/14)
Hit Streak: 14 games, twice; (3/24/13 - 4/13/13, 4/12/14 - 5/4/14)