Charleston Southern University Athletics

2023 at Charleston Southern: Saw action in 39 games on the season with 32 starts ... Batted .260 on the year while slugging .370 and holding an on base percentage of .330 ... Collected 26 hits on the year with five doubles and two home runs ... Scored 16 runs and had 11 RBIs on the year ... Got walked nine times and was hit by a pair of pitches ... Had a pair of three hit games with the first coming against UNC Asheville (3/18) and at Radford (4/16) ... Belted his first homer with the Bucs in the series finale to complete the sweep against UNC Asheville (3/19) as part of a season-high four RBI performance.

Prior to Charleston Southern: Transfer from Coastal Carolina University ... Polanco went to Coastal as one of the top SS on the East Coast  - rated the 5th best SS in the state of New Jersey according to Perfect Game, 2021. Prep Baseball Report also ranked Polanco at #6 best SS in New Jersey ... He was a Perfect Game Pre-Season All-American and ranked #186 Nationally as a SS and Top 500 Overall .... He was also a New Balance Future Star Series participant and played in the National Combine for Jeremy Booth ... He was named All-State in 2019 and 2021. "Ernie" was born in Salcedo, Dominican Republic and moved the United States when he was 10.