2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Daniel Rosica
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 167
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fountain Valley, Calif.
- High School:
- Fountain Valley HS
2018
Named CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 selection โฆ Pac-12 All-Academic first team โฆ marks his third all-academic first team honor โฆ UCLA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year โฆ played in 49 games, making 30 starts โฆ hit .159 with nine runs scored and 11 RBIs โฆ ended season with a .245 on-base percentage โฆ drew eight walks and two hit by pitches โฆ finished 37th in the NCAA in sacrifice bunts (11) โฆregistered one multi-hit game and one multi-RBI game โฆ hit .167 in 25 Pac-12 games with seven runs scored and seven RBIs โฆ finished conference season with a .260 on-base percentage โฆ drove in two runs against USC on April 22 โฆ went 2-for-2 against Cal State Fullerton on April 24.
2017
Pac-12 All-Academic first team selection โฆ appeared in 42 games, and started in 33 games at catcher โฆ hit .271 with 18 runs scored and 14 RBIs โฆ totaled four extra-base hits with one home runs and three doubles โฆ slugged .366 and posted a .333 on-base percentage โฆ drew 10 walks and was hit by a pitch five times โฆ totaled six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI game โฆ appeared in 25 conference games with 19 starts โฆ hit .311 with 16 runs and 10 RBIs during conference play โฆ slugged .410 with one home run and three doubles in Pac-12 play and recorded a .417 on-base percentage โฆ set career-high with four hits and four runs in regular season finale at Oregon on May 27 โฆ Hit two-run home run at Washington state on May 14 โฆ Went 3-for-4 with first career home run against Utah on May 21 โฆ 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 catcherโฆhit .264 with 17 runs and 14 RBIโฆtotaled nine extra-base hits, including eight doubles and one tripleโฆslugged .347 and posted an on-base percentage of .338โฆdrew six walks and was hit by pitch eight timesโฆconverted 1-of-3 stolen base attemptsโฆrecorded eight multi-hit games and four multi-RBI gamesโฆthrew out 25.4 percent of base stealersโฆhit .270 with 10 runs and five RBI during Pac-12 playโฆranked fourth on the team in average during conference playโฆhis start on opening day represented the first opening day freshman starting catcher for UCLA since Steve Rodriguez in 2009โฆrecorded his first career hit on February 21 against North Carolinaโฆstrung together a six-game hit streak from April 19 to April 29, going 9-for-21(.429) with eight runs and five RBIโฆdrove in a career-high three runs, going 1-for-1 with a double and two runs at Pepperdine on April 19โฆwent 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 โฆ 2014 All-Sunset League first team selection โฆ named OC Varsity Scholar-Athlete of the week โฆ team captain โฆ 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 โฆ Born in Fountain Valley, Calif. โฆ parents are Dan and Pat Rosica โฆ has no siblings โฆ attended UCLA to receive a great education at a school with big athletic programs and a beautiful campus โฆ lists his biggest thrill as winning back-to-back league championships in high school โฆ lists his hobbies as biking, hiking, playing/watching sports and reading โฆ 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)
