Ryan Daniels

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-0
Weight:
191
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Meriden, Conn.
High School:
St. Paul Catholic

2025 Season: 11th Round Pick By the Minnesota Twins in 2025 MLB Draft. College Foundation All American. Second Team ABCA All-American. Second Team NCBWA All-American. Second Team Baseball America All-American. First Team ABCA Northeast All-Region. BIG EAST Player of the Year. First Team All-BIG EAST. BIG EAST All-Tournament team. Led the BIG EAST Conference with 75 runs batted in (fourth most single-season history) and .744 slugging percentage. Played in 54 games and made 53 starts. Led the team with a .365 AVG and 15 doubles. Second on the team with 69 runs scored and 18 home runs (tied for fourth most in single-season history). Added 74 hits, four triples, 40 walks and 10 stolen bases. Led the team with 23 multi-RBI games and added 20 multi-hit games. Had three multi-homer games. Posted a three-hit game vs. Penn State (2/16). Recorded a four-hit game and hit a go-ahead home run in the 10th inning at FAU (2/23). Homered in a win vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt (3/2). Collected three hits, three RBI and three runs scored at Miami (3/8). Hit five home runs in four games from 4/19-4/25. Went 3-7 with a pair of homers and four RBI at Villanova (5/3). Posted back-to-back four hits games in the doubleheader vs. Butler (5/10) including two-homers and 7 RBI in game two. Homered in three-straight games in the BIG EAST Championship (5/22-5/24).

2024 Season: Played in 20 games and made 18 starts before having his season end to a hip injury. Hit .197 with two doubles, three home runs and 13 runs batted in. Added 10 runs scored and stole five bases in six attempts. Drove in a pair of runs at California (2/23). Homered in a win at No. 23 Auburn (3/2). Went 2-3 with a double, homer and pair of runs scored at UCSB (3/8). Stole a pair of bases at UCSB (3/9). Went 3-4 with three runs scored and hit a three-run home run in win at No. 22 UC Irvine (3/13). Played final game of the season on March 27 vs. Northeastern.

2023 Season: Played in 42 games and made 25 starts at second base in his freshman campaign. Hit .273 with eight doubles, two triples, one home run, 20 runs batted in and scored 26 runs. Stole 16 bases in 17 attempts. Slugged it at a .409 clip and had a .401 on-base percentage. Came off the bench vs. Ohio State (2/20) and register his first collegiate hit. Grabbed his first career multi-hit game with a pair of hits at Hawaii (3/13). Put the Huskies ahead for good with an RBI double at San Diego State (3/16). Went 2-3 with a season-high three runs scored vs. UMass (3/22). Had a career day with a triple and season-high five runs batted in to help Huskies knock off Rutgers (3/24). His first career home run was a two-run shot to tie the game in ninth inning at Xavier (4/15). Collected his first career three-hit game with a 3-3 evening vs. Northeastern (4/18). Came off the bench and gave the Huskies a late lead with a pinch-hit, go-ahead two-run single at Creighton (5/19). Drove in a run as a pinch hitter in first NCAA Tournament game vs. Texas Tech (6/2) in the NCAA Gainesville Regional. First postseason hit came against Hurston Waldrep and No. 2 Florida (6/4).

High School: Lettered four seasons for head coach Victor Rinaldi at St. Paul Catholic in Bristol, Conn. Batted .530 with 13 home runs during his high school career. Was a team captain and named to the All-State team twice.

Personal: Parents are Wendy and Pete. Has one sister, Alyssa. Undecided major.