MEET THE HORNETS
5-10 | 175 | JUNIOR | UTIL | R/R EUREKA, CALIF. (ST. BERNARD’S HS)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2012) • WAC all-Tournament team • Academic all-WAC Appeared in 55 games while making 44 starts, all coming in right field...hit .271 with 19 runs, eight doubles and 23 RBIs overall during the season...named to the all-WAC Tournament team after hitting .353 with four runs, two doubles and four RBIs in four tournament games...hit second in the lineup 14 times and seventh 16 times...had 10 hits, four runs, three RBIs, two stolen bases and four doubles in a five-game series against Dartmouth, including a season-best 4-for-4 performance in the finale on March 19. AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2011) • Academic all-WAC Hit .260 on the year, good for No. 2 on the team...played in 54 games while making 50 starts, primarily at first base (30 starts) and second base (14 starts)... tallied just nine errors and a .975 fielding percentage while recording 296 putouts...had 52 hits in exactly 200 at-bats...posted a season-high nine-game hit streak including both non-conference and conference games, and tallied an eight game hitting streak, all during conference play...had 10 multi-hit games in 17 contests during his two hit streaks...had 15 total multi-hit games. AS A FRESHMAN (2010) Redshirted the season. HIGH SCHOOL A 2009 graduate of St. Bernard’s HS in Eureka, Calif...was a four year letterwinner for his father, Dale Del Grande, and the Crusaders...co-MVP of the Humboldt Del Norte League as a senior...led his team to three straight CIF North Coast Section titles...reached base all five times in the section title game against Tomales High as a senior...was also a standout on the hardwood, leading the Crusaders to the section title as a senior. PERSONAL Parents are Dale and Shanna Del Grande...high school teammate of current Hornet Andrew Ayers...was valedictorian of his high school class...major is history. CAREER STATS Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2011 .260 54 50 200 16 52 6 0 3 13 67 .335 10 4 30 6 .308 0 0 6 6 296 59 9 .975 2012 .271 55 44 166 19 45 8 0 0 23 53 .319 12 16 30 4 .371 3 2 3 5 115 3 2 .983 TOTAL .265 109 94 366 35 97 14 0 3 36 120 .328 22 20 60 10 .338 3 2 9 11 411 62 11 .977
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