Scott Bandura

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Deirdre DeAngelis D''Alessio

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Height:
6-4
Weight:
190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.
High School:
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

Awards:
ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region Second Team (2023)
First-Team All-Ivy (2023)
Ivy League All-Tournament Team (2023)
Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 27, 2023)

2023: Started every game … Contributed a 363/.454/.665 slash line, adding 12 home runs and 45 RBI … Led the team in runs (46), triples (three), slugging percentage, stolen bases (15), total bases (121) and on-base percentage … Set the Princeton program record in total bases while his 46 runs are tied for the second most in program history … Consecutive games with three hits, four RBI and three runs at Georgia (Feb. 26) … Posted two hits including a home run and a stolen base at Navy (Mar. 12) … Contributed four hits and two stolen bases vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 17) … Produced a 15-game hitting streak (Mar. 19-Apr. 16) … Started Ivy League play with five straight multi-hit performances (Mar. 24-Apr. 2) … Snagged three hits, three runs vs. Dartmouth (Mar. 24) … Touched home twice and had at least two hits vs. Dartmouth (Mar. 26) and Harvard (Mar. 31-Apr. 1) … Dropped in three knocks vs. Seton Hall (Apr. 5) … Put up at two hits in each game at Penn (Apr. 8-9) … Secured four hits and six RBI at Monmouth (Apr. 12) … Had four RBI vs. NJIT (Apr. 26) … Collected four hits including a home run with three runs at Rutgers (May 3) … Hit a home run in three straight games of the Ivy League Tournament (May 19-21).

2022: Appeared in eight games before an injury … Had four hits and a RBI.

Before Princeton:
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy: Three-year varsity player who was a senior captain … All-League as a junior … Two-time Carpenter Cup representative … Led the conference in stolen bases and runs as a junior … Team won the Inter-AC conference title in 2019 … Played soccer for a squad that was a two-time state and conference champion … Was also the basketball captain and won the leadership award … Black Student Union and Student Ambassadors.

Academic: Cum Laude Society … Department Distinctions for 9th grade Spanish, 10th grade Chemistry, English, 11th grade Spanish and 12th grade Math … University of Virginia Book Award … Alumni Silver and Gold Character Award.

Personal: Son of Robin and Steve Bandura … Has a sister, Stephanie … Played for the Taney Little League team that went to the Little League World Series.