Handsome Monica

Position:
Catcher
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 230
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Mandeville, La.
High School:
St. Paul's HS
Prev School:
Northwest Florida State

2018 Season (Senior)
Started in the season opener against Texas before missing the rest of the season due to injury … Earned a spot on the Commissioner’s Academic List.

2017 Season (Junior)
Made an appearance in 55 of the team’s 57 games making 54 starts at catcher…Hit .215 (40-for-186) with six doubles and four home runs…Drove in 19 runs while also scoring 21 times…Had a .312 slugging percentage with a .290 on-base percentage…Drew 18 walks during the season…Led the squad and ranked 29th in the nation with 12 sacrifice bunts…Recorded 10 multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games…Posted a career-best three hits against Southern Miss (3/5)…Had a season-best two RBI against Saint Peter’s (3/11) and Georgia Southern (5/26)…Gunned down 23 stolen base attempts on the season…Had a .990 fielding percentage.

Prior To Louisiana
Drafted in the 33rd round of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves…Was a member of the NJCAA National Team…Played his sophomore season at Northwest Florida State in 2016 where he hit .348 with 12 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and drove in 48 runs…Also scored 45 runs for the Raiders with a .418 on base percentage, slugged .684 and swiped five bases…Threw out 12 runners at Northwest Florida…Signed with Arizona out of high school and hit .300 in nine game as a freshman with the Wildcats.

High School
Prepped at St. Paul High School in Covington, La. where he earned 2014 Perfect Game Third Team All-America honors…Tabbed the third rated prospect in Louisiana coming out of high school and the No. 17 ranked catcher nationally…Named All-State his senior year…Hit .415 in four years with the Wolves.

Personal
Full name is Handsome Enrique Ray Monica…Born on August 5, 1995 in Muncie, Ind….Son of John and Melissa Monica…Has two sisters, Chelsea and Kassadi Monica…Is majoring in political science.