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2008 Baseball Roster

7 Dan Valentine

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Goshen, CT
  • Highschool Avon Old Farms

Biography

Photo by Tom Tamsett '07

2008: Started all 48 games ... Second in the Liberty League and first on the team with a .431 batting average ... Led the league and set the school record for both hits (78) and doubles (24) in season ... Had two triples and three home runs ... Second the team in both RBI's (53) and runs scored (56) ... Third on the squad in slugging percentage (.635) and was tops in on base percentage (.481) ... Led the Red Hawks with seven sacrifice flies ... Went 9 for 11 on stolen base attempts ... Fielded at a .980 clip ... Went 5 for 5 with a double, two home runs, five runs and three RBI's against Augustana (3/15) ... Went 6 for 6 with a double, a triple, three runs and four RBI's against William Patterson (4/22) ... Was 5 for 5 with a run and an RBI against Skidmore (5/3) ... Liberty League Performer of the Week once ... All-Liberty League First Team ... All-New York Region First Team ... American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-America Second Team ... Liberty League All-Academic ... ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 1 First Team ...

2007: Played in 22 games, 21 as a starter ... Second on the team in batting with a .386 average ... Posted 27 hits, including five doubles, a triple and a home run ... Scored 23 runs with 13 runs batted in ... Stole a base ... Led the Liberty League in on base percentage (.536) ... Second in the league in walks (20) ... Had two runs and two RBI against Union (4/22) ... Posted two hits, including a triple, with two RBI versus Clarkson (4/24) ... Set the school record for hits in a game, going 6 for 6, including a double and a home run, with four runs and three RBI against Vassar (5/6) ... Had three hits, including a double, with a run scored against St. Lawrence (5/12) ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... Liberty League All-Academic ...

2006: Started 36 of the 38 games he played ... Had a .364 batting average with a .421 slugging percentage ... Posted 44 Photo by Tom Killipshits, including seven doubles ... Scored 30 runs with 23 runs batted in ... Fourth on the team in stolen bases with 12 ... Liberty League Rookie of the Week once (5/15) ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... Liberty League All-Tournament Team ... Liberty League All-Academic ...

2005: Started on the junior varsity …

High School: Member of varsity baseball for three years ... Two-year starter … Team won two Colonial League and two Founders League Championships ... Two-year starter in soccer … Captained soccer for one season … Tim Straus ’75 Award ... Associate Editor of school newspaper ... Bausch & Laumb Science Award … Cum Laude … National Honor Society …

Personal: Civil Engineering major … Dean’s List ... Son of Deborah and Robert Valentine.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2007Junior

    Outfield
    5'11" 180 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2008Senior

    Outfield
    5'11" 180 lbs
    7