University of Delaware Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 29
Joey Loynd
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Doylestown, Pa.
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- High School:
- Central Bucks South
- Major:
- Undeclared
2024 SEASON
2023 SEASON
2022 SEASON
• Named first team All-CAA
• Started all but one game at third base
• Led the Blue Hens and ranked fifth in the CAA with 45 RBI
• Batted .298 with 54 hits, 33 runs scored, 12 doubles and eight homers
• Tied for the team lead with 17 multi-hit games and led the squad with 14 multi-RBI games
• Had two doubles and a homer at Florida Atlantic
• Also finished with three hits against Monmouth, Rider and Saint Joseph’s
• Belted a grand slam and finished with five RBI vs. Delaware State
• Named to National College Athlete Honor Society
2021 SEASON
• Started all 34 games, all but one at third base
• Ranked second on the team with a .294 batting average and 37 hits
• Led the Blue Hens with 13 doubles
• Recorded three-hit games against La Salle, Hofstra and Towson
• Added eight two-hit games on the year
• Drilled home runs in consecutive games at Hofstra
2020 SEASON
• Cemented himself as the team's starting third baseman, hitting .342 with four doubles and two home runs as a freshman
• Named the No. 7 freshman hitter in the nation by D1 Baseball
• Hit his first career home run in a multi-homer day in the season finale against Delaware State (3/10), going 3-for-3 with two home runs, three RBIs and three runs
• Went 2-for-4 against UMass Lowell (3/1) with a double, two runs and an RBI
• Named to CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll for fall semester
HIGH SCHOOL
• Starting varsity shortstop 2017-2019
• Central Bucks Team Captain 2018-2019
• PIAA 6A State runner-up
• First Team All-League Shortstop 2018
• Third Team All-League Shortstop 2017
• Third team All-State 2015
• Achieved honor roll all four years
PERSONAL
• Joseph "Joey" Patrick Loynd
• Born July 2, 2001 in Abington, Pa.
• Son of Killeen and Joe Loynd
• Has two brothers, Liam and Breckyn
- Preseason All-CAA
- All-CAA Honorable Mention
- Was the only player on the Blue Hens roster to appear and start in all 57 games
- Led Blue Hens with 53 RBI’s and 15 doubles, tied for second on roster with 61 hits, and was third in home runs with 12
- Batted .271 with a .397 on base percentage and a .507 slugging percentage
- Walked 38 times
- Had 15 multi-hit games, including five games with three hits, and three games with four hits
- Tied program record for most RBI’s in a season with 10 on April 9 against Lafayette
- Had a six-game hitting streak during the season
- Had 40 putouts and 105 assists, leading to a .948 fielding percentage
2023 SEASON
- Preseason All-CAA Team
- CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 27, May 22)
- All-CAA First Team
- Had a monster season at the plate starting all 59 games at third base, batting .392 with 98 hits, 14 home runs, 27 doubles and 80 RBIs and a 1.146 OPS
- Led the conference in doubles, doubles per game, hits, hits per game, RBIs, RBIs per game and total bases
- 98 hits tied program single-season record set by Jeff Trout in 1983, recorded second-most RBIs in a single season by a Blue Hen
- Second in the country in doubles, top-ten in the country in doubles per game, hits, RBIs and total bases
- Recorded multiple hits in 33 games
- Became first Blue Hen to record back-to-back five-RBI performances since at least 2018 against UMBC and Stetson
- Went 5-for-6 with five RBIs against UMBC
- Hit first home run of the season at Stetson in a 2-for-5, four-RBI effort
- Went 4-for-6 with two home runs and three RBIs against Hofstra
- Drove in seven runs in a 2-for-4 performance against UMass Lowell, also reaching 100 career RBIs
- Drove in four in a 3-for-4 performance at Northeastern
- Hit for the program's first cycle since 2017, doing so at Monmouth
- Recorded five hits during the CAA Tournament, including becoming the 39th player to reach 200 career hits
2022 SEASON
• Named first team All-CAA
• Started all but one game at third base
• Led the Blue Hens and ranked fifth in the CAA with 45 RBI
• Batted .298 with 54 hits, 33 runs scored, 12 doubles and eight homers
• Tied for the team lead with 17 multi-hit games and led the squad with 14 multi-RBI games
• Had two doubles and a homer at Florida Atlantic
• Also finished with three hits against Monmouth, Rider and Saint Joseph’s
• Belted a grand slam and finished with five RBI vs. Delaware State
• Named to National College Athlete Honor Society
2021 SEASON
• Started all 34 games, all but one at third base
• Ranked second on the team with a .294 batting average and 37 hits
• Led the Blue Hens with 13 doubles
• Recorded three-hit games against La Salle, Hofstra and Towson
• Added eight two-hit games on the year
• Drilled home runs in consecutive games at Hofstra
2020 SEASON
• Cemented himself as the team's starting third baseman, hitting .342 with four doubles and two home runs as a freshman
• Named the No. 7 freshman hitter in the nation by D1 Baseball
• Hit his first career home run in a multi-homer day in the season finale against Delaware State (3/10), going 3-for-3 with two home runs, three RBIs and three runs
• Went 2-for-4 against UMass Lowell (3/1) with a double, two runs and an RBI
• Named to CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll for fall semester
HIGH SCHOOL
• Starting varsity shortstop 2017-2019
• Central Bucks Team Captain 2018-2019
• PIAA 6A State runner-up
• First Team All-League Shortstop 2018
• Third Team All-League Shortstop 2017
• Third team All-State 2015
• Achieved honor roll all four years
PERSONAL
• Joseph "Joey" Patrick Loynd
• Born July 2, 2001 in Abington, Pa.
• Son of Killeen and Joe Loynd
• Has two brothers, Liam and Breckyn
Conversation With: John Schneider - Toronto Blue Jays Manager
Thursday, June 15
Built To Win: Sky's The Limit - Chris Grome
Wednesday, April 26
Highlight: Baseball vs. Charleston - 4/2/23 Series
Tuesday, April 04
Highlight: Baseball vs. Hofstra
Tuesday, March 14
