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2025 Baseball Roster

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13 Jay Bant

  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 220
  • Class Senior
  • Position Infielder
  • Hometown Wall, NJ
  • Highschool Wall Township

Biography

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Honors and Awards:
  • Second Team All-CAA (2025)
  • Second Team ABCA All-East Region (2025)
2025 (Senior):
  • Started all 50 game he appeared in for the Hawks.
  • Served primarily as the DH but also saw time at first base.
  • Hit .333 with a team-best 58 RBIs and 31 runs scored.
  • Led Monmouth with 16 multi-RBI games.
  • Reached base safely in 13 straight games and each of his last six.
  • Had the walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th to beat Delaware (5/11).
  • Was 4-for-5 with three runs scored and the three RBIs to beat Saint Peter's (4/2).
  • Hit the walk-off home run for the Hawks to beat the Peacocks.
  • Contributed two home runs and six RBIs in the win at Georgetown (3/14).
  • Finished with five hits, four runs scored and four RBIs in the road win at FDU (3/11).
  • Had four hits, three runs scored and three RBIs in the win over Rutgers (4/15).
  • Went 6-for-10 with three RBIs and the 100th hit of his career in the Stony Brook series.
2024 (Junior)
  • Appeared in 32 games and made four starts.
  • Served as the DH and as a pinch hitter. 
  • Hit .250 with eight RBIs for the year.
  • Knocked a home run and finished with four RBIs in the win over Penn State (2/17).
  • Contributed two RBIs in the victory at George Mason (3/10).
  • Drew eight walks on the season. 
2023 (Sophomore)
  • Appeared in 28 games and made 12 starts.
  • Saw time at first base, third base, as the DH and as a pinch hitter.
  • Hit .281 with seven runs scored and 12 RBIs.
  • Had a four-game hit streak (2/25-3/5).
  • Recorded five multi-hit games.
  • Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs, a double and a home run vs. NJIT (4/5).
  • Posted two hits and three RBIs vs. Merrimack (3/3).
  • Had two hits, two RBIs and a home run vs. Charleston (4/16).
2022 (Freshman)
  • Named to MAAC All-Rookie Team
  • Named MAAC Rookie of the Week on 3/22
  • Listed preseason by DI Baseball as #4 impact freshman in MAAC
  • Finished season with 14 hits and two home runs
  • Played in 27 games on the infield, starting 17
  • First career hit was a double at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/8)
  • Hit in five games in a row from 3/8 to 3/26
  • Lifted first career home run at Penn (3/16)
  • Notched two hits in win over Iona (4/1)
  • Added two more hits in topping Iona (4/3)
  • Hit game-winning home run in three-hit game against Niagara (4/9)
  • Added two hits in victory over Seton Hall (4/12)
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Bant is a left-handed hitting infielder from nearby Wall, and played scholastically for the Knights under Head Coach James Rochford as well as club baseball for the 9ers.
  • As a sophomore in 2019, Bant hit .341 with two home runs and 27 RBI's, with 30 hits to his credit while slugging .477.
  • He was named to the Shore Conference All-B North Team as a result, and helped his team to a 27-4 record and a state championship.
  • Bant was named a Perfect Game Preseason Underclassmen All American in both 2019 and 2020.
PERSONAL
  • Son of Christine and Jay Bant
  • Major is business.

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2022Freshman

    Infielder
    5'11" 220 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2023Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'11" 220 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2024Junior

    Infielder
    5'11" 220 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2025Senior

    Infielder
    5'11" 220 lbs
    13