HENNIKER, N.H. - New England College freshman infielder Jaken Pellerin (Manchester, N.H.) of the NEC baseball team has been named the Male Pilgrim of the Month for the month of April 2025 in an announcement by the Department of Athletics on Thursday morning.

Pellerin started all 17 games in April for the Pilgrims, batting .329 with 24 hits, 18 RBIs, and 10 runs scored. 10 of his 24 hits went for extra bases as he notched six doubles and four home runs this month. The rookie had seven multi-hit games including a monster 5-for-6 day against Clark University on April 2nd where he had seven runs batted in with a home run. In addition to Clark, Pellerin mashed home runs against Rivier, Albertus Magnus, and WPI this month.

Pellerin excelled in his freshman season for the 'Grims, leading the team in hits, extra-base hits, runs batted in, batting average, slugging percentage, and OPS. He batted .364 with an OPS over 1.000 with 43 hits, of which 19 went for extra-bases as he had 14 doubles and five home runs. He ranked tied for fourth in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) in doubles, fifth in slugging percentage, and tied for seventh in home runs.

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