Daniel Rizzie

Position:
Catcher
Height:
6-2
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Orland Park, Ill.
High School:
Carl Sandburg

2016 (As A Senior):
• 13th Round Selection in 2016 MLB First Year Player Draft (New York Mets)
• All-BIG EAST First Team
• NCAA Tournament Nashville All-Regional Team
• Johnny Bench Award Watch List
• BIG EAST Championships Most Outstanding Player
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• Preseason All-BIG EAST
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (4/4, 4/25)
Appeared in and started 61 games... led the BIG EAST with 22 baserunners caught stealing and nine pickoffs... played a big role in Xavier's run to the postseason, hitting .383 (36-for-94) with 26 runs scored, four homers and 17 RBI as XU went 18-4 in its last 22 games... walked nine times and struck out just eight times during final 94 plate appearances... gunned down 22 of 38 attempted basestealers for a 58 percent success rate... led Xavier and was second in the BIG EAST with 78 hits and 46 runs scored... third on team and in the BIG EAST with nine homers, as well as 116 total bases... led XU and was fifth in the BIG EAST with a .317 batting average... led Xavier with 24 multiple hit games, including nine multi-hit performances in his last 15 games... second on team with 10 multi-RBI games... had a team-best reached base streak of 21 games during the season... named BIG EAST Championships Most Outstanding Player after batting .571 (8-for-14) with four runs and six RBI in three starts... hit .483 (14-for-29), scoring eight runs and collecting eight RBI in seven starts during the postseason... had a 2-for-5 night and collected a walk-off single in XU's BIG EAST Championship opener against St. John's (5/26)... had a huge three-run double in XU's 5-3 win over Creighton in the BIG EAST Championships (5/27)... went a career-best 5-for-5 with a run and two RBI in the BIG EAST Championship game (5/29)...

2015 (As A Junior):
• Preseason All-BIG EAST
• 2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Appeared in 14 games, making 13 starts until an injury cut his season short... went 3-for-5 in a win over No. 12 Louisville on Feb. 28... had another three-hit game against Wofford on Feb. 14...

2014 (As A Sophomore):
• 2014 Nashville Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2014 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• 2014 All-BIG EAST First Team
• 2014 College Sports Madness BIG EAST All-Conference First Team
• 2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• 2013 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• 3x BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
• 2x College Sports Madness BIG EAST Player of the Week
Closed season by earning a spot on the Nashville Regional All-Tournament Team after going 5-for-12 with five RBIs and three runs scored in Xavier's three games in the NCAA Tournament ... Cracked a three-run bomb against No. 2-seed Oregon and went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs in Xavier's 6-4 victory versus No. 3-seeded Clemson in the Nashville Regional of the NCAA Tournament ... Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after helping Xavier win the championship with two hits and an RBI in the Musketeers win over Creighton in the title game on FOX Sports 1 ... Tabbed All-BIG EAST First Team and College Sports Madness BIG EAST All-Conference First Team after hitting .307 with 41 runs scored, 38 RBIs, 16 doubles (t-3rd BIG EAST) and five homers ... Twice named College Sports Madness BIG EAST Player of the Week ... Picked up accolade, to go along with a BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll mention, on April 21 after going 5-for-8 with five RBIs and three runs in Xavier's weekend series at Butler ... Earned award second time on Mar. 3 following a 4-for-6 showing at Dayton that included two homers, two doubles, four RBIs and four runs scored ... Went 5-for-12 in weekend series at Seton Hall to grab a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on May 12 ... Also nabbed a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on April 7 after posting seven hits, four RBIs and five runs scored in a sweep Georgetown.

2013 (As A Freshman):
• Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
Played in 30 games and earned 28 starts ... Hit .283 during his freshman campaign, including a .298 average during conference play ... Registered 12 RBIs and scored 15 runs ... Connected on a triple against Dayton and drove in a run ... In the following game against the Flyers, went 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs and a run scored ... Hit first-career home run against Charlotte, while also driving in two runs and scoring once ... Picked up a hit and RBI against top-seed Saint Louis in the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship.

Prior to Xavier:
Two-year varsity letter winner at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois ... Had a .375 batting average his senior year...was the recipient of Southwest Suburban all-conference title and all-area title ... Helped his team to regional and sectional championships.

Personal:
Marketing major ... Born November 26, 1993 in Orland Park, Illinois ... Son of Jeffrey and Kelly Rizzie.