EAST STROUDSBURG - The East Stroudsburg University baseball program will induct the fifth class of its "Bat Club" on Saturday, September 30, which will include a scrimmage and alumni social.

Four Warriors - catcher/third baseman Pete Radocha (1975-77), second baseman Ryan Hatfield (2000-03), catcher/designated hitter Nico Delerme (2010-14) and outfielder Chris Knott (2011-14) - join 15 previous inductees.

The event will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. at ESU's Innovation Center (562 Independence Road, East Stroudsburg, Pa.).

The ceremonies will be preceded by the Warriors' fall intrasquad scrimmage at Mitterling Field (10 a.m.-1 p.m.).

Previous inductees to the Bat Club are - pitcher/shortstop Joel Bennett, outfielder J.D. Stern, second baseman Jacob De Boer and pitcher Jeremy Gigliotti (2013), pitcher/infielder/outfielder Tim Bishop, shortstop Brett Reynolds, outfielder Josh Butler and third baseman Mark Angelo (2014), pitcher Mike Balent, outfielder Kyle Sheaffer, pitcher Christian Saveri and pitcher/first baseman Brian Ernst (2015) and pitcher Don Rentschler, second baseman Tadgh La Bar and outfielder Kevin Thompson (2016).

To RSVP for Saturday's events, please contact ESU baseball head coach John Kochmansky at jkochmansky@esu.edu or (570) 422-3263. All Warriors baseball alumni and friends are invited to attend.


Information on the Bat Club honorees is below:

Pete Radocha - All-PSAC East 1st team at catcher in 1976 and third base in 1977 … held ESU career records for on-base percentage (.454) and walks (68) upon graduation … in 1976, hit .283 (28-for-99) with 34 walks, 3 doubles, 5 home runs, 17 RBI and 16 runs … in 1977, hit .319 (30-for-94) with 22 walks, 7 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 24 RBI and 23 runs … also starred on ESU's football team (1974-76) which included 1975 and 1976 PSAC championships … had 2,047 career rushing yards and 17 touchdowns, including 913 yards and 12 TD in 1976 … also threw 4 career TD passes as a halfback.

Ryan Hatfield - 2-time All-PSAC East 2nd team at second base in 2002 and 2003 … graduated with 4 school records - total bases, extra-base hits, triples and games played … had 190 career hits (3rd upon graduation - currently 10th) … 34 doubles (2nd - 9th) … 14 triples (1st - 2nd) … 15 HR (2nd - 9th) ... 63 extra-base hits (1st - t-4th) ... 297 total bases (1st - t-4th) ... 24 stolen bases ... 96 RBI (t-3rd - t-16th) … 124 runs (4th - 10th) … 79 walks (t-3rd - t-9th) … 182 games played (1st - t-7th) … 277 times reached base (3rd - 10th).

Nico Delerme - Consensus All-America 3rd team selection and All-Region 1st team at designated hitter in 2014 … NCAA Division II statistical champion in on-base percentage (.557) … ABCA Gold Glove Atlantic Region selection at catcher in 2011 … career .348 hitter with .450 on-base percentage and .468 slugging percentage … 148 hits, 79 walks, 23 doubles, 2 triples, 8 HR, 89 RBI and 84 runs … in 2014, hit .437 - ESU's best batting average since 1998 … .557 on-base percentage and .635 slugging percentage … drew 37 walks … had 10 doubles, 5 HR, 44 RBI and 36 runs … set ESU freshman record with .395 average in 2010 … helped Warriors to 2011 NCAA DII Tournament which finished 3rd in Atlantic Region.

Chris Knott - Atlantic Region Player of the Year by ABCA and Daktronics as a senior in 2014 … All-Ameirca 2nd team by both organizations … selected by Tampa Bay Rays in 34th round of 2014 MLB Draft … Tino Martinez Award (DII Player of the Year) semifinalist … ABCA Gold Glove Atlantic Region outfielder … 2-time consensus 1st team All-Region by ABCA, Daktronics and NCBWA (2013-14) and 2-time All-PSAC East 1st team … 2014 PSAC East Athlete of  the Year … helped lead Warriors to 2013 PSAC championship (first since 1971) and two NCAA Tournaments (2011, 2013) … had career line of .345/.443/.568 … graduated with 7 school records - doubles (46), triples (16), HR (19), extra-base hits (81), total bases (344), RBI (146) and games played (189) … ranks 3rd at ESU in career hits (209), 3rd in runs (142), 3rd in stolen bases (57), t-4th in walks (88) and 2nd in HBP (29) … as a junior on 2013 PSAC championship team, hit .374/.472/.626 with 14 doubles, 5 triples, 6 HR, 46 RBI, 37 runs and 17 stolen bases … as a senior, hit .399/.484/.667 with 15 doubles, 4 triples, 6 HR, 44 RBI, 46 runs and 14 stolen bases to earn PSAC and national honors.