The Irish Baseball team was victorious over Georgetown 3-2 at the Eck Baseball Stadium on March 25th.
AT NOTRE DAME: One-year monogram winner enters his sophomore season with a .264 career batting average, one home run and six RBI ... has added nine runs, one double, five walks, three sacrifice flies and one stolen base (one attempt) in 22 games (16 starts) ... in BIG EAST games, owns a career .346 batting average with one home run and four RBI ... has added five runs, one double, two walks, one sacrifice fly and one stolen base (one attempt) in 11 games (eight starts) ... will compete with senior Cameron McConnell for the starting spot behind the plate ... simply loves to play baseball ... owns all the intangibles you look for in a player and more importantly a catcher ... possesses an extremely strong and accurate throwing arm ... great receiver and leader behind the plate ... brings an above average bat with gap-to-gap power.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2010): Appeared in 22 games and started 16 for the Irish, each at catcher ... batted .264 (14-for-53) with nine runs scored, one doubles, one home run and six RBI ... added five walks, three sacrifice flies and one stolen base in one attempt ... recorded 18 total bases, posted a .340 slugging percentage and .311 on-base percentage ... posted a .992 fielding percentage ... committed one error on 119 fielding chances with 16 assists, 102 putouts and participated in double play ... threw out 28.0% (7 of 25) of attempted base stealers ... committed two passed balls ... tied for the second on the Irish in sacrifice flies ... saw action in 11 BIG EAST games and started eight ... batted .346 (9-for-26) with five runs scored, one double, one home run and four RBI ... added two walks, one sacrifice fly and one stolen base in one attempt ... recorded 13 total bases, posted a .500 slugging percentage and .379 on-base percentage ... hit .185 (5-for-27) with four runs scored, two RBI, three walks and two sacrifice flies in non-conference games ... batted .286 (2-for-7) with one run scored, two RBI and two sacrifice flies in the month of February ... hit .083 (1-for-12) with one run scored and three walks in the month of March ... batted .300 (3-for-10) with three runs scored and one RBI in the month of April ... hit .333 (8-for-24) with four runs scored, one double, one home run, three RBI, two walks and one sacrifice fly in the month of May ... batted .158 (3-for-19) with two runs scored, two RBI and two walks in home games ... hit .316 (6-for-19) with three runs scored, one double, one home run, two RBI, three walks, one sacrifice fly and one stolen base in one attempts in road games ... batted .444 (8-for-18) with four runs scored, one home run, four RBI, one walk, three sacrifice flies and one stolen base in one attempt in Irish victories ... hit .333 (11-for-33) with six runs scored, one home run, six RBI, four walks, three sacrifice flies and one stolen base in one attempt in day games ... batted .150 (3-for-20) with three runs scored, one double and one walk in night games ... hit .269 (14-for-52) with nine runs scored, one double, one home run, six RBI, five walks, three sacrifice flies and one stolen base in one attempt in games started ... went 0-for-1 (.000) in games coming off the bench ... batted .071 (1-for-14) against left-handed pitching ... hit .333 (13-for-39) against right-handed pitching ... batted .250 (6-for-24) with runners on base ... batted .276 (8-for-29) with the bases empty ... went 0-for-1 (.000) with the bases loaded ... reached base six times in 12 opportunities when leading off an inning ... hit .167 (3-for-18) with runners in scoring position ... successful on three of five RBI opportunities with a runner on third base and less than two outs ... advanced 12 base runners on 30 attempts, good for a percentage of .400 ... totaled two RBI and batted .250 (5-for-20) with two outs ... registered four multi-hit games, including a three-hit contest against at Villanova on May 16 ... recorded one multi-RBI game versus Mississippi Valley State on Feb. 19 ... registered a season-long three-game hitting streak (picked up a hit in all three games of the BIG EAST series at Villanova)... Notre Dame went 5-11 when Hudson started ... the Irish went 5-1 when Hudson batted eighth ... went 2-for-4 with a run scored, two sacrifice flies and two RBI against Mississippi Valley State on Feb. 21 ... went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored versus Valparaiso on Apr. 28 ... went 3-for-4 with a run scored, walk, stolen base and solo home run at Villanova on May 16 ... went 2-for-3 with a run scored and RBI against Louisville on May 22.
PREP & PERSONAL: Four-year starter and letterwinner at Tampa Jesuit High School ... twice served as team captain ... named all-county and captured team's "Best All-Around" award each of his final two seasons ... ranked as the fifth best overall catching prospect and 30th best overall prospect from the state of Florida according to Prospectwire.com ... Tampa Jesuit opened last season with 23 consecutive victories and ascended to the top ranking in the nation for nine weeks by every major poll (ESPN Rise, Max Preps, Baseball America, Baseball Coaches Association, Easton, Baseball News) ... finished the season 26-3 ... Tampa Jesuit has had nine players sign NCAA Division I scholarships over the past two seasons, including Hudson and 2010 Irish signee Chris Reinhart ... as a senior, batted .410 with three home runs and 30 RBI ... scored a team-leading 33 runs ... recorded 33 hits, thus becoming the only player on the squad with 30 or more hits, runs scored and RBI ... posted a .485 on-base percentage and .982 fielding percentage (only four errors in 221 fielding chances) ... batted a team-best .397 as a junior ... finished second on the team with 31 hits, had a team-best nine doubles, with one triple, one home run, 21 RBI and 22 runs scored ... named second team all-county at third base as a junior ... first team Florida Bombers National Classic All-Tournament team ... helped capture the 2008 WWBA 18U Perfect Game Championship in Marietta, Ga. with the Florida Bombers ... born May 21, 1991 ... son of Amy Martin ... one sister, Ashley ... full name is Joseph Thaddeus Hudson ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business but major remains undecided.
