Staff Directory
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Phone:
- 412-648-8334
Sky Duff enters his first year as the baseball program's graduate manager.
Duff spent the entirety of his five-year collegiate career at the University of Pittsburgh, breaking numerous school records and earning multiple individual and team awards. His name is littered all throughout the Pitt baseball record book.
He ranks first all-time in walks (171) and doubles (54), second all-time in career games played (213) and at-bats (794), third all-time in games started (207), fifth all-time in runs scored (163), eighth all-time in hits (226), and 13th all-time in total bases (314). Among these accolades, Duff finished his career with 10 home runs, 10 stolen bases, two triples and 95 RBI while hitting .285 with a .420 on-base percentage.
Following what was arguably his best year at Pitt, in 2021, the then-junior earned ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region Second Team and All-ACC Third Team honors at third base. Duff recorded single-season career highs in many offensive statistical categories as he batted .366 and slugged .524 with 60 hits and 18 doubles while he maintained a .461 on-base percentage. He ended the season with active 21-game on-base and 13-game hit streaks, ranking fourth in the ACC in on-base percentage and fifth in batting average.
Duff started in all 55 of the Panthers’ games as a graduate student last season, collecting 55 hits, 54 runs scored, 47 walks, 25 RBI, 15 doubles and five home runs. He recorded the first three-double game of his career in a win against Harvard early in the season, as he went 3-6 and drove in three runs.
Duff hit leadoff home runs against Georgia Tech and Notre Dame last year, the most in a single season for the fifth-year senior. His leadoff bomb against Notre Dame came in Pitt’s opening game of the 2023 ACC Tournament, Duff would go 3-4 on the day with a walk and two runs scored as Pitt won 9-5. In the preceding game, against No. 1 Wake Forest, Duff barreled up another ball in the first inning. That one would fall short of the wall but as he rounded first and cruised into second, he became Pitt’s all-time leader in doubles.
The Shamong, NJ native played high school ball at Bishop Eustace Prep in Pennsauken, NJ. Freshman catcher, Sebastian Pisacreta, started his high school career there as well. Duff was a was a four-year varsity player at Bishop Eustace and helped lead them to two conference championships.
