2016 Baseball
Danny Edgeworth
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Suwanee, Ga.
- High School:
- Lambert HS
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2017 All-Southern Conference First Team (Coaches)
2017 All-Southern Conference Second Team (Media)
2017 Southern Conference Player of the Month (February)
2017 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
2015 SoCon All-Tournament Team
SEASON-BY-SEASON
2016 at Mercer: One of four Bears to start all 61 games during his junior season … Batted .265 with 61 hits … Hit 10 home runs with 41 RBIs … Drew 33 walks to compile a .385 on-base percentage … Stole two bases in three attempts … Finished fourth on the team with 17 multi-hit performances … Tallied 12 multi-RBI games … Strung together a 22-game on-base streak near the end of the season and raised his batting average 26 percentage points in the process … Defensively sound third baseman ranked third among Mercer players with 93 putouts and helped the Bears to the best fielding percentage in the SoCon (.980) … Recorded career-highs with five RBIs and two home runs against College of Charleston (March 13) … Smacked a grand slam at Savannah State (April 26) … Picked up six multi-hit performances in final 12 games of the season … Drew career-high three walks and scored three times at Western Carolina (May 1).
2015 at Mercer: Established himself as one of the top defensive third basemen in the Southern Conference during sophomore season … Ranked fourth on the team with a .292 batting average and 62 hits … Recorded 19 extra-base hits including 12 doubles, six home runs and one triple … Drove in 42 runs on the year to rank third on the team … Owned a .443 slugging percentage and a .398 on-base percentage … Finished second on the team with 20 multiple-hit performances … Tallied 11 multi-RBI efforts … Reached base in 13 straight games (Feb. 18-Mar. 8) … Hit by a pitch a SoCon-leading 16 times … Led the team with five stolen bases on six attempts … Recorded 101 assists and 30 putouts on the year … Also tallied 46 runs scored and 22 bases on balls … Had a career-best four hits on two occasions … Scored four runs in the Bears’ victory over VMI (May 3) … Drove in four runs against The Citadel (Apr. 3).
2014 at Mercer: Saw time on the corners during rookie campaign … Played in 30 games as a true freshman, making eight starts on the year … Hit .209 with four RBIs … Tallied two multi-hit performances … Scored eight runs … Drew seven walks … Finished the season with a .340 on-base percentage … Crossed the plate twice in a 12-4 defeat of Florida A&M (Feb. 18) … Drove in a run with a pinch-hit triple against Auburn (Mar. 9) … Recorded a 2-for-3 outing at the plate in a 5-3 win over Florida Gulf Coast (Apr. 27) … Went 2-for-3 versus ETSU in the Atlantic Sun Tournament (May 22).
High School: Was a three-sport star at Lambert High School, earning at least three varsity letters in baseball, football and basketball … Hit .340 as a senior and was voted onto the All-Region first team and the All-Forsyth County first team … Helped Lambert to the second round of the Class AAAAAA state playoffs as a senior as well.
Personal: Son of Tom and Elaine Edgeworth … Has an older sister, Natalie, and an older brother, Tommy … Born on July 26, 1995 in Nashville, Tenn. … Plans to major in business at Mercer … Lists the Chicago Bears as his favorite sports team and Will Smith as his favorite actor.
