2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
Daniel Rosica
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fountain Valley, Calif.
- High School:
- Fountain Valley HS
2018
Named CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 selection … Pac-12 All-Academic first team … marks his third all-academic first team honor … UCLA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year … played in 49 games, making 30 starts … hit .159 with nine runs scored and 11 RBIs … ended season with a .245 on-base percentage … drew eight walks and two hit by pitches … finished 37th in the NCAA in sacrifice bunts (11) …registered one multi-hit game and one multi-RBI game … hit .167 in 25 Pac-12 games with seven runs scored and seven RBIs … finished conference season with a .260 on-base percentage … drove in two runs against USC on April 22 … went 2-for-2 against Cal State Fullerton on April 24.
2017
Pac-12 All-Academic first team selection … appeared in 42 games, and started in 33 games at catcher … hit .271 with 18 runs scored and 14 RBIs … totaled four extra-base hits with one home runs and three doubles … slugged .366 and posted a .333 on-base percentage … drew 10 walks and was hit by a pitch five times … totaled six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI game … appeared in 25 conference games with 19 starts … hit .311 with 16 runs and 10 RBIs during conference play … slugged .410 with one home run and three doubles in Pac-12 play and recorded a .417 on-base percentage … set career-high with four hits and four runs in regular season finale at Oregon on May 27 … Hit two-run home run at Washington state on May 14 … Went 3-for-4 with first career home run against Utah on May 21 … tied career-high with three RBIs vs. San Jose State on Feb. 19.
2016
First team Pac-12 All-Academic selection...appeared in 44 games, making 40 starts at catcher…hit .264 with 17 runs and 14 RBI…totaled nine extra-base hits, including eight doubles and one triple…slugged .347 and posted an on-base percentage of .338…drew six walks and was hit by pitch eight times…converted 1-of-3 stolen base attempts…recorded eight multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games…threw out 25.4 percent of base stealers…hit .270 with 10 runs and five RBI during Pac-12 play…ranked fourth on the team in average during conference play…his start on opening day represented the first opening day freshman starting catcher for UCLA since Steve Rodriguez in 2009…recorded his first career hit on February 21 against North Carolina…strung together a six-game hit streak from April 19 to April 29, going 9-for-21(.429) with eight runs and five RBI…drove in a career-high three runs, going 1-for-1 with a double and two runs at Pepperdine on April 19…went 2-for-4 with a career-high two doubles and two RBI against Arizona State on May 20.
2015
Redshirted.
High School
Two-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Fountain Valley High School (Fountain Valley, Calif.) under head coach Deric Yanagisawa … 2014 All-Sunset League first team selection … named OC Varsity Scholar-Athlete of the week … team captain … as a senior, led Fountain Valley High School to the second round of the CIF SS Division I playoffs.
Personal
Full name: Daniel Nicholas Rosica … Born in Fountain Valley, Calif. … parents are Dan and Pat Rosica … has no siblings … attended UCLA to receive a great education at a school with big athletic programs and a beautiful campus … lists his biggest thrill as winning back-to-back league championships in high school … lists his hobbies as biking, hiking, playing/watching sports and reading … majoring in economics and psychology.
Career Highs
At-Bats: 5 (three times) at Oregon (5/27/17)
Runs: 4 at Oregon (5/27/17)
Hits: 4 at Oregon (5/27/17)
RBI: 3 (two times) vs. San Jose State (2/19/17)
Doubles: 2 vs. Arizona State (5/20/16)
Triples: 1 at Oregon State (5/29/16)
Home Runs: 1 vs. Utah (5/21/17)
Stolen Bases: 1 (three times) vs. CSF (4/24/18)
