University of San Francisco Athletics

GENERAL CAPSULE: Powerful right handedhitter... will be a leader on the team... good defensive catcher...can also pitch out of the bullpen... has 88-92 MPH fastball...great slider. AT USF (2006): Appeared in 46 gameswith 34 starts as a junior... hit first home run of the year at Cal(2/7)... was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run against SanJose State (2/14)... had two hits, an RBI and two runs againstGeorgetown (3/10)... homered and drove in two runs at New Mexico(3/18)... hit a towering three-run homer in the fourth inning ofthe Inaugural Dante Benedetti Classic at AT&T Park (4/25)...was 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored againstUC Davis (5/2)... went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI, two runs anda walk at Cal (5/9)... finished 2-for-4 with an RBI against LoyolaMarymount (5/13)... collected a season high four hits againstHawai'i (5/16), with two doubles and three RBI. AT USF(2005): Appeared in 43 games and started 40... was secondon the team with six homeruns and fourth with 27 RBI... had asix-game hit streak in which he had nine hits, four RBI, threedoubles, and one homerun (3/4-9)... launched a two-run homer in thefirst game of the season at San Jose State (2/8)... went 2-for-4with two doubles and a run scored against UC Davis (2/23)... posteda 3-for-4 day with two doubles at Pacific (3/5)... hit first careergrand slam in a 2-for-4, six RBI night at Portland (3/18)... addeda 2-for-3 day with a homer against Portland (5/13). AT USF(2004): Appeared in 16 games and started four duringfreshman campaign... hit .316 in limited action... went 2-for-2with two RBI and a double versus Lafayette College (3/16).PREP CAREER: Played three years of varsitybaseball at McAteer High School and played his senior campaign atLincoln High School... before transferring after the closure ofMcAteer launched a titanic game-winning homer against his futureschool in 2002... hit .515 in 2003 as a senior catcher... had an0.51 ERA as a closer in 2003... also played four years ofbasketball, averaging 17 points and 11 rebounds per game as asenior. PERSONAL: Daniel Anthony Morales... goalfor the season is to learn as much as possible and have it showthrough performance... chose USF for the baseball program and theeducation and small class sizes... the best advice I would give toyoung people is to look for the positive side in everything...favorite movie is Kings of Comedy... favorite book is The GreatGatsby... enjoys the music of Jagged Edge... favorite food isMexican... would like to have a career as a team trainer... enjoysplaying basketball in his spare time... mother is Denise Ohlssen...born on January 28, 1985. GIARRATANO ON MORALES:"Daniel Morales is a wonderful competitor. If he continues tomature, he has the opportunity to do whatever he wants to do inthis game, whether that be catching, hitting or pitching."