2024 Baseball Roster
Serrano III, Eli
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Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 16
Eli Serrano III
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fuquay-Varina, N.C.
- B/T:
- L/L
- Major:
- Sport Management
- High School (Last School):
- Pro5 Baseball Academy
Bio
Drafted 111th Overall in 2024 MLB Draft (New York Mets, 4-111)
2024 - Sophomore Season
2023 ACC All-Freshman Team
2023 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
2024 - Sophomore Season
- One of four Pack9 players to play and start in all 61 games, starting all 61 games in center field
- Batted leadoff in the final 27 games of the season and finished the year batting .286 with 70 hits, 56 runs scored, nine homers, nine doubles and 106 total bases
- Ranked third on the team with 70 hits, 22 multi-hit games and seven stolen bases
- Finished fourth on the roster with 56 runs scored, nine doubles, nine home runs, 11 multi-RBI games and 106 total bases
- Batted .333 with five runs scored, four hits and a home run in the NCAA Raleigh Regional to be named to the All-Regional Team
- Batted .429 with six hits, two doubles, two home runs, three RBI and four runs scored in the Pack’s Super Regional series victory at No. 10 Georgia
- Started all eight NCAA Tournament games in center field and batted .286 with three homers, nine runs scored and 10 hits
- Crushed a two-out, two-run walk-off homer to complete a ninth-inning comeback for NC State over No. 9 Duke on March 23
- Set new career bests in home runs (two), total bases (nine) and RBI (five) in a win over Boston College on March 10
- Finished his sophomore season with a .988 fielding percentage, making just two errors on 164 defensive chances
- Finished the season with six outfield assists and 156 putouts
2023 ACC All-Freshman Team
2023 - Freshman Season
- Made an immediate impact in his freshman season, appearing in 53 games with 49 starts at first base
- Batted .292 with 54 hits, 12 doubles, seven homers, 32 RBI and 87 total bases
- Recorded 15 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games
- Tied for third on the team with a 10-game hitting streak and ranked fifth alone with a 17-game reached base streak
- Smacked his first-career grand slam in a win at UNCG on March 7
- Went 3-for-3 with a career-high three runs scored, also logging three RBI and a double in NC State’s win over Florida State on April 14
- Tied for the team lead with eight doubles in ACC play, batting .267 with eight doubles, four homers and 15 RBI in 29 ACC contests
- Sported a .988 fielding percentage with 381 putouts and 43 assists in his first season playing first base
High School / Prep Career
- Perfect Game’s second-ranked player in North Carolina’s 2022 class while maintaining a spot in the nation’s top-50 list
- 2021 Perfect Game All-American Classic Player
- Slashed a .434 batting average and .505 on-base percentage during his senior season
- Posted 36 hits and 25 RBI over 24 games during his 2022 campaign
- Father (Sammy Serrano) and mother (Cheryl Serrano) played baseball and women's basketball, respectively, at Stetson University -- Sammy was drafted in the Second Round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft by the San Francisco Giants
- Brother (Christian Serrano) is committed to play baseball at NC State