2018 Baseball Roster

34 Duke Stunkel Jr.

  • Position Outfielder/Infielder
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
  • High School Dwyer HS
  • Major Communications

Biography

Career Stats

Major: Communications

2018 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team
2018 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (5/14/18 and 5/21/18) 
2018 Preseason All-American Athletic Conference
2017 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team 

2017 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (5/1/17)
2015 FCSAA Conference Player of the Year

AS A SENIOR (2018): Appeared in 53 games, starting all but one in his senior campaign … Hit .330 with 16 doubles, three home runs, 24 RBI scored and 37 runs scored … Named to the All-American Athletic Conference second team for a second-straight year … Recorded 24 multi-hit games … Batted .500 during a 12-game hitting streak from April 28 – May 24 with four doubles, 15 runs and six RBI, slugging .646 … During the stretch, picked up a career-high four hits at Wichita St. on May 12 with a double and two runs … Scored a career-best three runs in consecutive games at Cincinnati on May 18, going 5-for-9 with two doubles and a homer during a doubleheader.   

AS A JUNIOR (2017): Appeared in 55 games and made 50 starts, majority of which came in the outfield…Played mostly left field, but spent time in right and in center, while also playing first base in a couple of games…Finished second on the team with a .344 average…Led the team with 16 doubles and had a triple and two homers…Finished with 37 runs and 24 RBI…One of only two regular starters to not commit an error…Hit his first career homer at UCF on May 18…Had a 12-game hitting streak at one point during the season and tied for the team lead with a 21-game on base streak…Recorded multiple hits in 20 games, seven of which he tallied three hits…Notched a career-high four hits in the Gainesville Regional opener vs. Bethune-Cookman on June 2…Went a combined 7-for-11 in the first two games of the NCAA Tournament with three runs, a homer and three RBI…Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on May 1 and to the All-American Athletic Conference Second Team. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): Appeared in 54 games, making 53 starts (43 at first base, 10 in outfield)...Hit .260 with two home runs and 21 runs batted in...Posted 13 multi-hit and two multi-RBI games...Made his Bulls debut with two hits, a walk, and two runs scored in the 11-10 Opening Day win over Liberty (2/19)...Hit his first home run with USF in a 6-5 win against Liberty (2/21)...Recorded multiple hits in three straight games (2/27 to 3/4)...Career-high 12 game hit streak (4/3 to 4/29), raising his batting average 54 points...Scored two runs in three straight games (4/24 to 4/29)...Notched three hits against Memphis in the American Athletic Conference Tournament (5/27). 

AS A FRESHMAN AT ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE (2015): FCSAA Conference Player of the Year…Appeared in 44 games…Hit .400 with one home run and 34 runs batted in…Tallied 26 runs scored and 24 stolen bases in 25 attempts…Hit safely in the first six games of the season (1/31 to 2/13)…Went 1-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs in the 12-2 win over Broward College (2/1)…Collected three hits, two runs scored, two RBIs and a career-best three stolen bases in the 7-5 win against Lake-Sumter St. College (2/25)…Set season-high with four hits, two runs scored, a home run and three RBIs in the 8-4 win at Lake-Sumter St. College (3/2)…Matched career-bests with four hits and three stolen bases, going 4-for-4 with two walks in the 6-5 victory against Hillsborough Community College (4/15).

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letter winner for head coach Frank Torre at Dwyer HS …2014 Perfect Game All-American Honorable Mention…First-team all-county as a senior, hitting .408 with 25 RBI and 24 runs.

PERSONAL: Born Bradley Benton Stunkel Jr. on Feb. 8, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nev. ...Parents are Brad and Kathy…Father, Brad, played football at the University of Miami…Mother, Kathy, was a professional tennis player. 

STUNKEL JR.'S CAREER HIGHS (as of 6/19/18)
At Bats: 6, 5x, last at No. 7 ECU (4/14/18) 
Runs Scored: 3, 4x, last at Cincinnati (5/18/18)
Hits: 4, 2x, last at Wichita St. (5/12/18)
RBI: 3, 2x, last vs. Valpo (3/10/17)
Doubles: 2 at UNF (3/21/18)
Triples: 1, 3x, last vs. Houston (4/28/17)
Home Runs: 1, 7x, last vs. UConn (5/25/18)
Walks: 3 at No. 5 Florida (5/9/17)
Stolen Bases: 1, 9x, last vs. UNF (4/17/18)

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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2016Sophomore

    Outfield/Infield
    6'3" 194 lbs
    44
  • 34

    2017Junior

    Outfield/Infield
    6'3" 204 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2018Senior

    Outfielder/Infielder
    6'4" 210 lbs
    34