2019 Baseball Roster
Oriente, Danny
Jersey Number 9
Danny Oriente
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Downers Grove, Ill.
- High School:
- Downers Grove South
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2019 NCAA All-Louisville Regional Team
• 2018 NCAA All-Lubbock Regional Team
• 2018 All-ACC Third Team
• 2018 All-ACC Academic Team
2020: One of three Cardinals to start at 17 games before the season was halted... Hit .268 with a pair of doubles, a home run and was second on the team with 16 RBIs... Started all three games in right field at Ole Miss... Hit his first home run of the season in the ninth inning in game two at Ole Miss on Feb. 15... Picked up at least one hit in all three games against Valparaiso, driving in three runs in the finale... Matched his career high with four RBIs in the win over Xavier... Cleared the bases with a three-run double Feb. 29 against Western Michigan.
2019: Played in 63 games with 56 starts, hitting a team-best .332 with a home run and 49 RBIs. Led the Cardinals with 17 doubles. Registered a hit in all four games of the College World Series, going 2-for-3 against Auburn on June 18 before driving in the game-tying run and scoring the game-winner in the walk-off win over Mississippi State on June 20. Went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored versus East Carolina in the second game of the Super Regional on June 8. Had a pair of hits, including a three-run double, in the first game of the Super Regional against East Carolina on June 7. Hit his first home run of the season and drove in three against UIC in the opening game of the NCAA Regional on May 31. Had three hits and two runs scored in the finale against Florida State on May 18. Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and run scored at Indiana on May 14. Reached base three times in a 2-for-3 game with a RBI double against No. 2 Vanderbilt on May 7. Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and drove in four against Alabama A&M on April 27. Tallied a career-high three doubles and matched his career-best with four RBIs in the series opener against Alabama A&M on April 26. Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored at NC State on April 13. Tallied a pair of doubles and drove in two in game one against Wake Forest on March 29. Went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI at Eastern Kentucky on March 19. Drove in two runs and score another in the win over Ole Miss on March 13. Drove in a run in all three games of the Boston College series. Had two hits and drove in a pair in the win over James Madison on March 1. Went 3-for-3 with a run-scoring double against Brown on Feb. 23. Recorded two doubles versus UConn on Feb. 17. Drove in the first run of the season with a sacrifice fly on Feb. 15 against UConn.
2018: Finished second collegiate season with .331 batting average, 10 doubles and 41 RBIs in 55 appearances, including 50 starts... Hit safely in all four games of the NCAA Regional, including two or more hits in three games... Finished NCAA Regional 8-for-15 at the plate with two doubles and five RBIs... Went 3-for-5 with a double and four RBIs in elimination game win over Kent State at NCAA Regional... Was 2-for-5 with one RBI and scored once in May 27 ACC Championship final against No. 7 Florida State... Had two hits and drove in a run in May 12 win at Pittsburgh... Was 2-for-3 with first career triple and two RBIs in May 1 win over No. 15 Vanderbilt... Finished 6-for-8 with two doubles, four RBIs, two HBPs and one walk in series against Virginia on April 20-22... Was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in April 17 win over No. 6 Kentucky... Finished 6-for-12 with four RBIs and three stolen bases in series sweep at Virginia Tech on April 13-14... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and scored once in April 10 win over NKU... Was 4-for-8 with five RBIs in three-game series with No. 4 NC State on April 6-8... Delivered career best three RBIs and was 2-for-3 in series-opening win against Wolfpack... Had career best three hits, including a double, with two RBIs and one run scored in March 31 win at No. 5 Florida State... Connected for two-run single of March 21 win at WKU... Was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored in first start of the season in March 2 win over Western Carolina.
2017: Appeared in two games, including one start before ending season with injury during opening weekend.
High School: Played three seasons of prep baseball at Downers Grove South High School where he was by coached by Darren Orel... Received All-Area and All-State honors in 2015 and 2016... Ended his high school career as Downers Grove South’s career leader in batting average, hits, doubles and triples... Finished with .518 batting average, nine doubles, 33 RBI, 23 walks and 37 runs scored during senior season... Hit .560 with 15 doubles, 37 RBI and 31 runs scored as a junior... Also lettered one season in football at Downers Grove South.
Personal: Born Daniel Raymond Oriente in Downers Grove, Ill. on October 8, 1997... Parents are Julie and Brian Oriente... Majoring in sport administration... Signed with UofL after strongly considering Arizona State, Memphis, Kansas State, Cincinnati and Illinois State... Hobbies include playing various musical instruments... Favorite movie is The Prestige... Favorite TV show is Seinfeld... Favorite athlete is Pete Rose... Favorite cereal is Special K... Favorite candy bar is Snickers... Favorite food is pasta... Favorite team is the Chicago White Sox... Favorite restaurants are Italian Village and Los Burritos Tapatios.
• 2019 NCAA All-Louisville Regional Team
• 2018 NCAA All-Lubbock Regional Team
• 2018 All-ACC Third Team
• 2018 All-ACC Academic Team
2020: One of three Cardinals to start at 17 games before the season was halted... Hit .268 with a pair of doubles, a home run and was second on the team with 16 RBIs... Started all three games in right field at Ole Miss... Hit his first home run of the season in the ninth inning in game two at Ole Miss on Feb. 15... Picked up at least one hit in all three games against Valparaiso, driving in three runs in the finale... Matched his career high with four RBIs in the win over Xavier... Cleared the bases with a three-run double Feb. 29 against Western Michigan.
2019: Played in 63 games with 56 starts, hitting a team-best .332 with a home run and 49 RBIs. Led the Cardinals with 17 doubles. Registered a hit in all four games of the College World Series, going 2-for-3 against Auburn on June 18 before driving in the game-tying run and scoring the game-winner in the walk-off win over Mississippi State on June 20. Went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored versus East Carolina in the second game of the Super Regional on June 8. Had a pair of hits, including a three-run double, in the first game of the Super Regional against East Carolina on June 7. Hit his first home run of the season and drove in three against UIC in the opening game of the NCAA Regional on May 31. Had three hits and two runs scored in the finale against Florida State on May 18. Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and run scored at Indiana on May 14. Reached base three times in a 2-for-3 game with a RBI double against No. 2 Vanderbilt on May 7. Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and drove in four against Alabama A&M on April 27. Tallied a career-high three doubles and matched his career-best with four RBIs in the series opener against Alabama A&M on April 26. Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored at NC State on April 13. Tallied a pair of doubles and drove in two in game one against Wake Forest on March 29. Went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI at Eastern Kentucky on March 19. Drove in two runs and score another in the win over Ole Miss on March 13. Drove in a run in all three games of the Boston College series. Had two hits and drove in a pair in the win over James Madison on March 1. Went 3-for-3 with a run-scoring double against Brown on Feb. 23. Recorded two doubles versus UConn on Feb. 17. Drove in the first run of the season with a sacrifice fly on Feb. 15 against UConn.
2018: Finished second collegiate season with .331 batting average, 10 doubles and 41 RBIs in 55 appearances, including 50 starts... Hit safely in all four games of the NCAA Regional, including two or more hits in three games... Finished NCAA Regional 8-for-15 at the plate with two doubles and five RBIs... Went 3-for-5 with a double and four RBIs in elimination game win over Kent State at NCAA Regional... Was 2-for-5 with one RBI and scored once in May 27 ACC Championship final against No. 7 Florida State... Had two hits and drove in a run in May 12 win at Pittsburgh... Was 2-for-3 with first career triple and two RBIs in May 1 win over No. 15 Vanderbilt... Finished 6-for-8 with two doubles, four RBIs, two HBPs and one walk in series against Virginia on April 20-22... Was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in April 17 win over No. 6 Kentucky... Finished 6-for-12 with four RBIs and three stolen bases in series sweep at Virginia Tech on April 13-14... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and scored once in April 10 win over NKU... Was 4-for-8 with five RBIs in three-game series with No. 4 NC State on April 6-8... Delivered career best three RBIs and was 2-for-3 in series-opening win against Wolfpack... Had career best three hits, including a double, with two RBIs and one run scored in March 31 win at No. 5 Florida State... Connected for two-run single of March 21 win at WKU... Was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored in first start of the season in March 2 win over Western Carolina.
2017: Appeared in two games, including one start before ending season with injury during opening weekend.
High School: Played three seasons of prep baseball at Downers Grove South High School where he was by coached by Darren Orel... Received All-Area and All-State honors in 2015 and 2016... Ended his high school career as Downers Grove South’s career leader in batting average, hits, doubles and triples... Finished with .518 batting average, nine doubles, 33 RBI, 23 walks and 37 runs scored during senior season... Hit .560 with 15 doubles, 37 RBI and 31 runs scored as a junior... Also lettered one season in football at Downers Grove South.
Personal: Born Daniel Raymond Oriente in Downers Grove, Ill. on October 8, 1997... Parents are Julie and Brian Oriente... Majoring in sport administration... Signed with UofL after strongly considering Arizona State, Memphis, Kansas State, Cincinnati and Illinois State... Hobbies include playing various musical instruments... Favorite movie is The Prestige... Favorite TV show is Seinfeld... Favorite athlete is Pete Rose... Favorite cereal is Special K... Favorite candy bar is Snickers... Favorite food is pasta... Favorite team is the Chicago White Sox... Favorite restaurants are Italian Village and Los Burritos Tapatios.
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