2022 Baseball Roster
Rushing, Dalton
Jersey Number 20
Dalton Rushing
- B/T:
- L/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Brighton, Tenn.
- High School:
- Brighton
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2022 MLB Draft, 2nd Round (40th overall), Los Angeles Dodgers
• 2022 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-America Second Team
• 2022 ABCA All-America Third Team
• 2022 Perfect Game All-America Third Team
• 2022 All-ACC Second Team
• 2022 All-ACC Baseball Academic Team
2022: Played in all 64 games, starting 63 ... Finished with a .310 average, 16 doubles, a team-best 23 home runs, 62 RBIs and 68 runs scored ... His 23 home runs were tied for the fourth-most in a single season in Louisville history and were the most by a Louisville player since 2009 ... Ranked top 10 in the ACC in walks, hit by pitch, home runs, on-base percentage, runs and slugging percentage, and ranked top 15 in RBIs and total bases ... Went 2-for-2 with a home run, two walks and a go-ahead two-run double against Xavier on Feb. 21 ... Homered in the opening game of the series against Dartmouth on Feb. 25 ... Homered and drove in two against Akron on March 5 ... Hit a solo home run against TCU on March 8 ... Launched a 442-foot home run against Michigan on March 13 ... Extended his hitting streak to a career-best seven games with multiple hits against Northern Kentucky and Bellarmine ... Drove in three in the win over No. 1 Notre Dame on March 18 ... Homered in the final two games of the weekend at Boston College ... Homered and drove in three in the win over Pitt on April 2 ... Went deep in each of the first two games against North Carolina ... Homered for the third time in four games with a solo shot against Cincinnati on April 12 ... Had back-to-back multi-hit games against NC State, including a two-run homer in the finale on April 24 ... Picked up three hits, including two doubles, and scored a career-high four runs against Clemson on May 1 ... Homered in the final two games of the series at Wake Forest, including a go-ahead shot in the eighth inning on May 8 ... Hit a two-run homer and drove in three in the win over Indiana on May 10 ... Homered in the first and third games at Virginia Tech, driving in three in the finale ... Hit home runs number 18 and 19 of the season in the final two games of the series against Virginia ... Recorded the first multi-homer game of his career against Pitt at the ACC Tournament on May 25 ... Hit his 23rd homer of the season at Texas A&M on June 11.
2021: Played in 28 games, getting 19 starts ... Hit .254 with two doubles, four home runs and 14 RBIs ... Made two starts at first base and one behind the plate in the season opening series against Bellarmine ... Went back-to-back with Cameron Masterman in his first at bat of the season ... Went 2-for-3 with a game-tying RBI double against Florida State on April 11 ... Homered in each of the first two games of the series at Virginia, driving in five runs ... Put together a 3-for-4 night, homering for the third consecutive game and driving in a career-high four runs in the win at Kentucky on April 20.
2020: Played in 11 games before the season was halted, making six starts at first base... Hit .308 with four doubles, a home run and six RBIs... Made his Louisville debut as a pinch-hitter in the opener against Ole Miss... Started at first base in the second game of the series at Ole Miss, doubling off the left-centerfield wall for this first hit... Tallied his first career RBIs on a two-run double Feb. 23 against Valparaiso... Went 3-for-4 with a double, four RBIs, three runs scored and his first collegiate home run in the win over Chicago State on March 11.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball and two in football at Brighton High School… Ranked No. 102 nationally and the No. 3 player in Tennessee by Prep Baseball Report… 2019 District Player of the Year… Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year finalist as a senior… Hit .491 in his senior season with 10 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs and 46 RBIs… Earned All-State honors in 2016 and 2018.
Personal: Parents are Melissa and Joe Rushing… Siblings are Chandler and Logan… Majoring in sport administration… Chose Louisville over LSU, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Florida… Credits his mom with having the greatest influence on his athletic career… Enjoys playing Fortnite and MLB The Show in his spare time… Favorite athlete is Mike Trout… Favorite food is sushi… Favorite team is the Atlanta Braves.
• 2022 MLB Draft, 2nd Round (40th overall), Los Angeles Dodgers
• 2022 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-America Second Team
• 2022 ABCA All-America Third Team
• 2022 Perfect Game All-America Third Team
• 2022 All-ACC Second Team
• 2022 All-ACC Baseball Academic Team
2022: Played in all 64 games, starting 63 ... Finished with a .310 average, 16 doubles, a team-best 23 home runs, 62 RBIs and 68 runs scored ... His 23 home runs were tied for the fourth-most in a single season in Louisville history and were the most by a Louisville player since 2009 ... Ranked top 10 in the ACC in walks, hit by pitch, home runs, on-base percentage, runs and slugging percentage, and ranked top 15 in RBIs and total bases ... Went 2-for-2 with a home run, two walks and a go-ahead two-run double against Xavier on Feb. 21 ... Homered in the opening game of the series against Dartmouth on Feb. 25 ... Homered and drove in two against Akron on March 5 ... Hit a solo home run against TCU on March 8 ... Launched a 442-foot home run against Michigan on March 13 ... Extended his hitting streak to a career-best seven games with multiple hits against Northern Kentucky and Bellarmine ... Drove in three in the win over No. 1 Notre Dame on March 18 ... Homered in the final two games of the weekend at Boston College ... Homered and drove in three in the win over Pitt on April 2 ... Went deep in each of the first two games against North Carolina ... Homered for the third time in four games with a solo shot against Cincinnati on April 12 ... Had back-to-back multi-hit games against NC State, including a two-run homer in the finale on April 24 ... Picked up three hits, including two doubles, and scored a career-high four runs against Clemson on May 1 ... Homered in the final two games of the series at Wake Forest, including a go-ahead shot in the eighth inning on May 8 ... Hit a two-run homer and drove in three in the win over Indiana on May 10 ... Homered in the first and third games at Virginia Tech, driving in three in the finale ... Hit home runs number 18 and 19 of the season in the final two games of the series against Virginia ... Recorded the first multi-homer game of his career against Pitt at the ACC Tournament on May 25 ... Hit his 23rd homer of the season at Texas A&M on June 11.
2021: Played in 28 games, getting 19 starts ... Hit .254 with two doubles, four home runs and 14 RBIs ... Made two starts at first base and one behind the plate in the season opening series against Bellarmine ... Went back-to-back with Cameron Masterman in his first at bat of the season ... Went 2-for-3 with a game-tying RBI double against Florida State on April 11 ... Homered in each of the first two games of the series at Virginia, driving in five runs ... Put together a 3-for-4 night, homering for the third consecutive game and driving in a career-high four runs in the win at Kentucky on April 20.
2020: Played in 11 games before the season was halted, making six starts at first base... Hit .308 with four doubles, a home run and six RBIs... Made his Louisville debut as a pinch-hitter in the opener against Ole Miss... Started at first base in the second game of the series at Ole Miss, doubling off the left-centerfield wall for this first hit... Tallied his first career RBIs on a two-run double Feb. 23 against Valparaiso... Went 3-for-4 with a double, four RBIs, three runs scored and his first collegiate home run in the win over Chicago State on March 11.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball and two in football at Brighton High School… Ranked No. 102 nationally and the No. 3 player in Tennessee by Prep Baseball Report… 2019 District Player of the Year… Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year finalist as a senior… Hit .491 in his senior season with 10 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs and 46 RBIs… Earned All-State honors in 2016 and 2018.
Personal: Parents are Melissa and Joe Rushing… Siblings are Chandler and Logan… Majoring in sport administration… Chose Louisville over LSU, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Florida… Credits his mom with having the greatest influence on his athletic career… Enjoys playing Fortnite and MLB The Show in his spare time… Favorite athlete is Mike Trout… Favorite food is sushi… Favorite team is the Atlanta Braves.
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