• Top 10 second baseman (D1Baseball)
• All-Canada, Third Team (Canadian Baseball Network, 2023)
•  All Southeastern Conference, Second Team (2023)
•  SEC All-Defensive Team (2023)
  
•  Academic All-District (College Sports Communicators, 2023)
• All-Cal Ripken Collegiate Summer League (2022)
• Bethesda Big Train Golden Spikes Award (Summer, 2022)
• Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball Summer League all-star (2022)
• Dean’s List (Spring 2022)
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2022)
• Canadian Junior National Team (2020)

(Pronunciation: Eh-milly-en Pee-tree)

2023 SUMMER

Shined in the elite Cape Cod League, showing all the same skills as he did with the Cats the prior spring…Had a .342 OBP and five multi-hit games in just 62 at bats…Recorded hits in 10 of 17 games.

2023

Batted .318 in 223 at bats while starting all 61 games…Had 71 hits, scored 51 runs, smacked 16 doubles, one triple one home run and drove in 51…Had an .853 OPS…Led the team with 42 bases on balls and drew nine hit by pitch…Stole 20 bases in 24 attempts…Had more walks (42) than strikeouts (35)…Had knack for clutch at bats…Batted .360 vs. LHP and .336 with runners on base…Had 16 multi-hit games, including eight with either three or four hits…Went 4-for-4 on April 13 at eventual national champion LSU, including three hits off No. 1 overall MLB Draft selection Paul Skenes…Had a 10-game hit streak and 21-game reached base safely streak…Was named Second-Team All-SEC and All-SEC Defensive Team.

2022 SUMMER

Played for the Bethesda Big Train of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League…Led the league in batting during the regular season with a .405 batting average…Was named First-Team All-CRCBL…Earned an all-star nod…Scored 24 runs…Had seven doubles, 20 RBI, 21 walks and six steals…Had a .973 OPS and .510 on-base percentage…Had a 15-game hitting streak.

2022

Appeared in 11 games…Did not record a hit but scored three times as a pinch runner…Walked twice and did not strike out…Served as primary backup at shortstop.

SUMMER 2021
Played for the Elmira Pioneers of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League…Despite very little live game action over the previous year due to the pandemic, really took off down the stretch…In his last eight games he batted .407 with four doubles, six RBI and four multi-hit games…Overall, batted .250 in 68 at-bats with eight runs, five doubles, 13 RBI, eight walks and two stolen bases with a .346 on-base percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked the No. 6 player in Quebec, Canada by Prep Baseball Report and the No. 17 player in Quebec by Perfect Game…Named to Perfect Game’s 2021 Preseason Canada/Puerto Rico Team…Participated in the 2019 PBR Futures Games with Team Canada…Played at Felix-Leclerc Secondary School in Repentigny, Quebec…Member of the Canadian Junior National Team in 2020…Won Canadian national championship in 2015 and 2017…Named the best hitter at the Canada Cup in 2019.

PERSONAL
Full name is Emilien Joyal Pitre…Son of Patrice Pitre and Vivianne Joyal…Has two siblings, Roseline and Jules…French is first language and his high school was a French speaking school…Hometown is a suburb of Montreal.