Daniel Calabretta

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-10
Weight:
190
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Weddington, N.C.
High School:
Weddington

Career Statistics

2017 (Stats): Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Narrowly missed becomoing the program's first two-time Omaha Award winner, given to the team's best all-around athlete at the end of offseason testing ... Set the program's back squat record during offseason workouts ... Played in 13 games ... Posted a .222 (2-9) batting average with a .333 slugging percentage and .222 on base percentage ... Doubled and scored a run March 24 at Virginia.

2016 (Stats): Played in 17 game, starting two ... Started one game at second base and one game as designated hitter ... Saw the most time at second base but also played third in two contests ... Hit .176 (3-17) with .294 slugging percentage and .222 on base percentage ... Belted two doubles, scored two runs and contributed an RBI ... Posted a .250 (2-8) batting average when pinch hitting ... Laced his first career double March 11 versus Virginia ... Added a second double March 19 against North Carolina ... In the weight room, squatted a team-record 555 pounds and recorded a team-record 39.5 inch vertical jump.

2015 (Stats): Earned the team's Omaha Award, given annually to the best all-around athlete on the squad ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Played in 10 games, seeing time at second base … Batted .250 (1-for-4) and scored two runs … Made his collegiate debut Feb. 25 against N.C. Central, playing second base … Drew a walk in his first career plate appearance March 18 versus Columbia … Notched his first career hit April 5 on a pinch-hit single in the ninth at then-No. 12 Miami … Played for the Holly Springs Salamanders of the Coastal Plain League over the summer.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Weddington High School in Weddington, N.C. … Led the Warriors to the 2013 NCHSAA State Championship as a junior and earned MVP honors … Hit for the cycle in the state championship series finale … Three-time All-Southern Carolina Conference and All-Union Count honoree … Also tabbed all-state … Hit .400 with 32 runs scored, 15 RBI, 13 doubles and 14 stolen bases in 2014 … Led Union County with a .427 batting average in 2013, totaling 53 hits, 49 runs, 16 doubles, 21 stolen bases and two home runs … Second-ranked infielder in North Carolina and one of the top 20 second baseman in the country according to Perfect Game … 2014 Perfect Game Atlantic Region honorable mention selection … Named 2013 Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention … Two-year member of the Beta Club … Named to the Spanish National Honor Society … AP Scholar.

Personal: Born Daniel Arthur Calabretta on Oct. 2, 1995 in York, Pa. … The son of Art and Angie Calabretta … Has two older brothers (Matthew and Brett) … Both brothers wrestled at Penn State ... Majoring in economics with a concentration in financial economics while minoring in history.

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