Baseball

2004: Named second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and third-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association ... drafted in the sixth round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers...Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year after leading the Rams and ranking in the top 5 in the conference in every major offensive category ... Also named first-team All-New England and first-team All-Northeast by the ABCA ... earned the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week three times this season ... Went 4-for-5 with a RBI and two runs scored vs. St. Bonaventure in the Atlantic 10 Tournament ...Finished the Atlantic 10 Championship with a .429 batting average (6-for-14) with a home run and seven runs scored...He led the A-10 in hits (76), doubles (24), total bases (138), on-base percentage (.507) and slugging percentage (.738), was second in batting average (.406) and runs (58) and third in RBI (59) ... Has set a host of URI single-season and career records, including posting the highest career batting average (.387) and hitting the most career home runs (23)...He has the single-season school record in RBI, home runs, doubles, hits, and total bases ... Batz holds career records in hits (280), home runs (23), runs scored (162), doubles (62), total bases (425), RBIs (159) and extra base hits (92)...Hit .460 with runners in scoring position.

2003: 2nd Team All-Atlantic 10 ... All-New England performer and first-team All-Northeast Region selection ... won two Atlantic 10 player of the week awards ... his 75 hits led the Atlantic 10 and ranks 2nd all-time in school history ... his .393 batting average led the team and is 4th all-time ... his 46 RBI ranks 2nd all-time ... his 15 doubles and 109 total bases both rank 2nd all-time.

2002: All-New England performer ... Named to the Rollins Baseball Week all-tournament team ... led the team with a .371 average and .536 slugging percentage ... his 72 hits led the team and is tied for 2nd all-time ... his 104 total bases led the team and is 3rd all-time ... led the team with 31 RBI ... had 23 multi-hit games in 52 starts ... showed more power in his second season with 14 doubles, three triples, and four home runs.

2001: Freshman All-American ... Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year ... posted a .375 batting average ... started 44 of the Rams' 50 games ... 3rd on team with 39 runs ... had an impressive .487 slugging percentage and .438 on base percentage ... had 10 multi-hit games.

High School: Lettered three years at Governor Mifflin High School under coach Mike Mitchell ... named to the all-division team as a sophomore, junior, and senior ... received second team all-state honors his senior year ... named all-division in football as a junior and in basketball as a senior.

Personal: Daniel Michael Batz ... born March 19, 1982 in Mohnton, Pa ... son of Tom and Marilyn Batz of Mohnton, Pa. ... brother Tom played baseball at St. Michael's College ... sister played softball at Drexel ... physical education major.