cel_22BS_du1_TW_7149E_1920x1080
#17

Cade Hunter Season 2021

PositionC
Weight200 lbs
Height6-2
ClassFreshman
HometownMount Laurel, N.J.
High SchoolLenape
Bat/ThrowL/R
B/TL/R

Career Honors

  • 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft – 35th-round selection, Colorado Rockies

2021:  Played in 18 games for the Hokies, starting 13 at catcher ... Drove in nine runs on eight hits, powering three home runs ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against VCU (March 9) ... Homered during his 2-for-4 outing against North Carolina (March 5) ... Hit a two-run home run at Miami (Feb. 26) ... Smoked a three-run home run against Radford (Feb. 23).

2020: Started seven of the 11 games played for the Hokies – all as the catcher … During the season, had three multi-hit games, including two games with three, vs. UNCG (Feb. 15 in first career start) and William & Mary (March 10) ... Added three multi-RBI games, including one with three against UNCG and one multi-run scoring games, three in the William & Mary game … Had a season-best six-game reached base streak, while ending the season at two straight … For the year, had a .310 batting average with six hits, including two doubles and a home run (against UNCG) for 14 total bases and a .483 slugging percentage … Scored six runs and knocked in eight RBI … Drew seven walks for a .444 on-base percentage … Also went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts … Registered one game-winning RBI ... In two pinch-hit opportunities, drew two of his walks.

High School: Earned three varsity letters playing for coach Phil Fiore at Lenape … Was a two-time all-conference and All-South Jersey catcher in 2018 and 2019 … Named to the NJSCA All-Star Game in 2019 … Named NHSBCA All-Region Player in 2019 … As a senior, batted .463 with 31 hits, including six doubles, four triples and eight home runs, knocked in 31 runs, had a .556 on-base percentage, a 1.030 slugging percentage and a .545 average with runners in scoring position. 
 
Personal: Cade William Hunter … Born November 29, 2000 in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania … Son of Scott and Kari Hunter ... Has a younger brother, Grant … Great-grandfather Fred “Ted” Hunter played professional hockey for the AHL Atlantic Seagulls, a farm team of the Detroit Red Wings … Father was a 1993 all-american and a fifth-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1993, and played 10 professional seasons in the Mets, Expos, Indians, Orioles and Pirate organizations … Is currently the Director of Amateur Scouting for the Seattle Mariners … Majoring in human development.