The Citadel Athletics

AWARDS
2025 All-SoCon Defensive -- C
 
2025: Appeared in all 57 games, making 56 starts…hit by a pitch 20 times over the course of the season, the first time a batter eclipsed the 20-mark since Bo Thompson in 2014 and the third-most by a Citadel batter in a single season ever…hit by a pitch three times against Wofford, the first time that has happened to a Citadel batter in over a decade…third on the team with a .297 batting average…second on the team with a .878 OPS…slashed two hits and scored twice in season opener against UIC while driving in a run…reached base safely four times against Yale, including hitting three singles while scoring a run…led the team with 16 doubles on the season…second on the team with 78 total bases…emptied the bases with a three-run double against Northwestern…knocked in two runs with two doubles against Mercer, while also scoring twice…slashed three hits against Samford, including two doubles…hit a solo home run against Samford…recorded three hits against VMI…reached base safely all four plate appearances against UNCG, hitting three singles and drawing a walk…hit a solo home run in the first inning against College of Charleston…hit two doubles in the season finale against Mercer.

2024: Appeared in 42 games and started in 17 games…hit .107 with a double and 10 RBIs…had two hits in the second game of the season-opening series and tallied an RBI…hit a double and had an RBI in the first matchup against Charleston Southern

2023: Appeared in 14 games, making four starts behind the plate…hit .133 with a RBI and a run scored…also drew three walks…delivered a RBI single against Lehigh…drew a pair of walks in a start against Winthrop…added a base hit at Charleston.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Andy Hallett at AC Flora High School…earned all-state and all-region honors after hitting .405 with 18 doubles, three home runs and 25 RBIs as a senior…voted team MVP after hitting .427 with five home runs, 15 doubles and 43 RBIs…helped team capture the state championship as a junior…hit over .400 as a freshman, earning team Gold Glove Award …selected as the Rookie of the Year after hitting over .300 while in the eighth grade…ranked as the No. 3 catcher in the state by Diamond Prospects, and No. 26 overall player in the state by Prep Baseball Report…also lettered two years in football, helping team to state championship…member of the National Honor Society…two-time All-Region Academic list.
 
PERSONAL: Son of Josh and Mitzi Daniels…grandfather, Paul, played football at South Carolina and for the Norfolk Neptunes in the CFL…dad is a 1994 graduate of The Citadel…plans to major in business.