Chris Polemeni

NCAA DI Media Day - 2025 - UConn Spring Media Day, Rizza Performance Center, Storrs, Connecticut.

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
194
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Staten Island, N.Y.
Prev School:
College of Staten Island
High School:
Saint Peter's Boys

2026 Season: Played in 51 games and made 50 starts in the outfield and as designated hitter. Hit .297 with nine doubles, nine homers and 34 runs batted in. Scored 44 runs and led the team with 14 stolen bases. Had second longest reach base streak on the team with 30-game stretch. Had 16 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games. Went 3-4 with a go-ahead RBI double in 8th inning at Arizona (2/21). Notched a three-hit effort at UNCW (3/1). Hit first home run of the season at Old Dominion (3/8). Recorded three hits and scored three runs vs. Boston College (3/10). Had four hits including a go-ahead three-run home run in 6th inning at Portland (3/14). Homered in back-to-back games in San Jose (3/20-3/21). Had three hits and a home run in rubber game win vs. Creighton (4/4). Went 2-4 with a three-run homer at Rutgers (4/28).

2025 (Sophomore Year): East Coast Conference Player of the Year at College of Staten Island. He slugged a conference-leading .751 this spring, also topping the ECC in total bases (127) while ranking second in hits (64), home runs (14), and runs scored (52), third in batting average (.379), and fourth in runs batted in (46) and stolen bases (14); his 14 home runs tie the CSI single-season record and his 64 hits are just seven shy of the CSI single-season mark. In conference play only, the two-time ECC Player of the Week led the conference in slugging percentage (.884), home runs (12), runs scored (29) and stolen bases (seven) and sat second in hits (33) and runs batted in (29) while hitting .384. CSI’s everyday center fielder, Polemeni made 89 putouts with one assist in 95 opportunities for a .947 fielding percentage in 44 starts.