Juniors Dan Paolini
Junior • Infield Ht/Wt: 6-0/195 Bats/Throws: R/R Stratford, Conn./Bunnell Major: Business
GENERAL: Tri-captain…A Louisville Slugger TPX Preseason Third Team All-American, a College Baseball Lineup All- America Second Team selection, and the defending MAAC Player of the Year…Ranked as No. 316
prospect by
perfectgame.org…One of the premier power hitters in all of Division I…Heads into the 2011 season just ten round-trippers away fromSiena’s career home run record of 47, set by Ryan Finn…A complete player who is also a terror on the basepaths and a slick-fielding second baseman …Preseason MAAC Player of the Year.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Named the MAAC Player of the Year, an All-Conference First Team selection, an ECAC First Team All- Star, an ABCA Northeast Region Second Team selection, and a Second Team All-American after one of the most brilliant offensive seasons in program history…Hit .368 with a pro- gram- and conference-record 26 home runs, 64 RBI, 62 runs scored, 12 stolen bases, and an .816 slugging percentage in 53 games played (all starts)…Was also an asset in the field, committing just four errors all season long…Led Division I with 0.49 home runs per game, was second in the country in four-baggers and was selected to participate in the TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby…Had fourmulti-homer games on the season, including a 4-for-5, two-HR, seven-RBI performance against Bryant (5/3)…Tied a career high with five hits against Saint Peter’s (5/8), going 5-for-6 with two home runs, two doubles, five runs scored, and four RBI… Named MAAC Player of the Week on 5/17 after going 7-of-16 with three home runs and eight RBI in a three-game series sweep over Fairfield…Went on a 12-game hit streak from 4/24-5/15 to tie a personal best, recording 28 hits in that span.
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AS A FRESHMAN: Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American …ECAC and MAAC Rookie of the Year…Also named to ECAC First Team and All-MAAC Second Team…Named Second Team All-Northeast by the American Baseball Coaches Association…Three-time MAAC Rookie of the Week and was once named MAAC Player of the Week…Led the MAAC with a .430 batting average, 86 hits, and .484 on-base per- centage…Added 11 home runs, a team-leading 53 RBI and ranked third in the MAAC with a .685 slugging percentage …86 hits set a new program single-season record…Ranked first in the Northeast, second among all freshmen and ninth nationally in all of Division I with his .430 batting average… Hit safely in 44 of 50 games…Ended the year with a 12- game hitting streak, posting multi-hit games in 11 of those contests…Also recorded a separate hit streak of 12 games from 2/26-3/21…Hit .468 in non-conference games…Hit for the cycle in a win over Saint Peter’s (4/5), going 4-for-5 with a home run, five RBI and career-high five runs scored… Registered four hits in a doubleheader sweep of Iona (5/9) to break the program’s single-season hit record with 81 at that time…Named MAAC Player of the Week (3/16) after batting .600 with six RBI and five runs scored in a four-game weekend series at Big East power West Virginia.
BEFORE SIENA: Earned three letters in baseball and basket- ball at Bunnell…Played guard for the basketball team and saw action at shortstop and pitcher for baseball…Named All-State in baseball as a junior and senior…All-Conference last three years…Hit .400 his junior season…New England Underclassmen Perfect Games participant where he was named to the Top Prospects Team.
ROSSI ON PAOLINI: “Dan is coming off arguably the finest season of any player in the program’s history. While it will undoubtedly be very hard for him to duplicate that record- breaking year, he will again be the featured player on this year’s squad and will be counted on to supply much of the offensive production.”
Career Bests
First Hit: Arkansas State (2/21/09) At Bats: 6 – Nine times Hits: 5 – Two times Runs: 5 – Two times Doubles: 2 – Two times Home Runs: 2 – Six times RBI: 7 – Bryant (5-3-10) Longest Hit Streak: 12 games - Twice
Paolini’s Career Stats Year
2009 2010
.430 .368
53 52 212
Avg GP GS AB RH 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO AE FLD% 50 50 200
42 86 62 78
TOTAL .398 103 102 412 104 164 20
12 13 25
3 11 2 26 5 37
53 137 64 173 117 310
.685 .816
17 22
.752 39
6 8
25 5 27 0
14 52 5
.484 20 7 9 121 121 12 .439 40 12 15 121 139 4
.953 .985
.461 60 19 24 242 260 16 .969
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