2012 - First Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA ... USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List ... Preseason First Team All-SoCon ... hit .287 with 11 home runs and tied for team high with 46 RBI and slugging percentage of .574 ... finished second on team in walks with 32, while leading squad with seven triples ... hit 7-of-13 with 4 RBI in series against Samford (4/13-15) ... hit two-run homer in win over No. 8 South Carolina (4/17) ... named SoCon Co-Player of the Week after launching career-high three home runs at Western Carolina (4/27) ... earned second SoCon Player of the Week award after nearly hitting for the cycle against UNC Asheville (5/14) ... hit a walk-off single to beat Coastal Carolina in the 12th inning (5/15) ... earned All-Gainesville Regional Team honors after hitting .417 with two doubles and a home run in three NCAA games.
2011 - Had a breakout season as he was named the NCBWA Freshman Player of the Year, Collegiate Baseball National Freshman of the Year and SoCon Freshman of the Year ... selected as Louisville Slugger All-American, NCBWA All-American, ABCA/Rawlings All-American, and CBI All-American ... won the 2011 TD Ameritrade Home Run Derby ... led all Division I freshmen in home runs (22), RBIs (73), slugging percentage (.739) and total bases (164) ... finished with 25 multi-hit games and boasted a team-best 17-game hitting streak in February and March.
2010 - Saw action in six games with one start... Hit .167 with two RBI... Earned a medical redshirt.
Before CofC - Played for coach Jeff Blankenship at Wando High School in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. ... hit .461 with 43 RBI ... led the state with 13 homers ... stole nine bases ... scored 35 runs ... 41-for-89 at the plate ... added six doubles and a triple ... two-time All-State ... World Wood Bat MVP ... Baseball America second team All-American ... Rawlings 3rd team pre-season All-American.
Personal - Born Daniel Alexander Aldrich on Oct. 5, 1990 in Wurzburg, Germany ... parents are Luz and Charles Aldrich ... father played baseball at South Carolina ... communication major.
