Joaquin Monque

South Florida Bulls during a baseball game against the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Spartans on March 17, 2024. (Mary Holt/South Florida Baseball)

Photo by: Mary Holt / University of South Florida Athletics

Photo by: RJ Colo/South Florida Athletics

South Florida Bulls during a baseball game against the University of Florida Gators on February 21, 2023. (Aschley Joseph/South Florida Athletics)

Photo by: Aschley Joseph / University of South Florida Athletics

Photo by: Mary Holt / University of South Florida Athletics

Photo by: Mary Holt / University of South Florida Athletics

Photo by: Stephen Galvin / University of South Florida Athletics

Position:
C/UTL
Height:
6-0
Weight:
212
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Weston, Fla.
High School:
Cypress Bay HS

2024 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Watch List
AAC Honor Roll (5/10/21)

2024: Played in 49 games and made 47 starts in his final season at South Florida…made 22 starts at catcher, 14 at third base, six at shortstop and five at first base...led the team with a .313 batting average…recorded seven doubles, two homers, 26 RBI and 25 runs scored…drew 18 walks and posted a .389 OBP…went 7-for-9 in stolen base attempts…batted .333 with five doubles, two homers and 12 RBI in conference play…recorded 14 multi-hit games, including two three-hit efforts…posted eight multi-RBI games, including a season-best three RBI at Tulane (4/14)…ended the season with a 10-game hitting streak.

2023: Played in 39 games and made 35 starts…made 19 starts at catcher and 16 at first base…batted .297 with five doubles, five homers, 20 runs scored and 21 RBI…slugged .453 with a .381 OBP…went 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts…recorded nine multi-hit games and four multi-RBI efforts…tallied a season-best four RBI at Houston (4/16) and vs. UCF (4/22)…went 4-for-4 vs. ECU (5/19).

2022: Played in 41 games and made 31 starts, splitting time at catcher (16) and first base (15)…batted .188 with nine doubles, three homers and 15 RBI…launched his first career home run vs. Stony Brook (2/26)…went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and season-high three RBI vs. Mercer (3/19)…recorded five multi-hit games and had five multi-RBI efforts…tallied a three-game hitting streak and a seven-game streak of reaching base safely…went 1-for-1 in stolen base attempts…threw out 8-of-26 attempted base stealers from behind the plate.

2021: Appeared in 23 games during his freshman season...made 18 starts between DH/LF...batted .254 with nine RBI...recorded nine walks and seven runs scored...recorded two hits in a game 4x...tallied three games with three RBI...owned a six-game hitting streak before suffering a season-ending injury in early May.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by MLB catcher Bo Diaz at Cypress Bay High School, where he earned all-state honors in 2019 after leading his team in hitting… Also earned team MVP honors and served as team captain… Strong student who was a member of the honor society.

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 18, 2001 in Venezuela… Son of Jose Monque and Roselvic Noguera… Played travel ball for X Team based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. … Has done volunteer work doing Ronald McDonald food delivery at hospitals… Plans to major in business… Also received a scholarship offer from St. Leo University… Enjoys playing video games and golfing.