Monmouth University Athletics

Quickly: Very good defensive catcher... Excellent receiver... Will provide solid depth behind the plate.

High School: Three-year letterwinner in baseball at West Essex H.S... Team advanced to the state tournament all three seasons, and won county championship in 2006... Registered a .374 batting average with 22 RBI as a junior... Recorded the game-winning hit in the Greater Newark Tournament final against Seton Hall Prep... As a senior, batted .347 with 21 RBI... Also went 2-0 on the mound with a 1.31 ERA... Named second-team All-Essex County and third-team all-state Group II... Tabbed West Essex Defensive Player of the Year in junior and senior seasons... Named first-team all-conference as a senior... Played in NJ Senior All-Star Game... Lettered twice in wrestling.

Personal: Son of Matthew and Dea Baab... Born January 15, 1989 in Wooster, Ohio... Majoring in business management.