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Career Highlights | |
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2024 Freshman All-American | |
2024 | |
After the season, was named a Second Team Freshman All-American by Perfect Game ... Received an honorable mention on the 2024 Pac-12 All-Conference Team ... Started all 52 of UCLA's games, the lone Bruin to appear in every contest in 2024 ... Slashed .308/.399/.500 over 198 at-bats with 38 runs, 61 hits, 12 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 33 RBIs, 24 walks, and eight HBPs ... Stole six bases in seven tries ... Led the team in batting, slugging, games, at-bats, runs, hits, home runs, total bases (99), and RBIs (tied with Mulivai Levu) ... Second on the team in doubles, extra-base hits, OBP, HBPs, and walks ... Started 42 games at third base and 10 at shortstop ... Started in each of the top seven spots in the lineup, including a team-high 17 games at cleanup ... Was red-hot down the stretch, slashing .391/.452/.766 with seven home runs and 18 RBIs over the final 16 games of the season ... Batted a team-high .410 (16-39) in May alone ... Slashed .307/.389/.465 in league play ... Batted .340 in day games (33-97) ... Had a team-leading .351 (34-97) batting average in home games ... Posted multiple hits in a team-high 16 games, and added seven multi-RBI efforts, second on the team only to Levu ... Reached base in 16 consecutive contests from March 1-29, the second-longest streak by a Bruin in 2024 ... Reached base safely in 46 of 52 games overall ... Went 2-5 with an RBI on Opening Day (Feb. 16 vs. Gonzaga) in his collegiate debut ... Hit his first-career home run on March 26 against UC Santa Barbara ... Had a season-high four knocks and scored three runs in the season finale against Stanford on May 18 ... Had a pair of two-homer games, on April 23 against UC Irvine and against Cal State Fullerton on May 5 ... Had three hits, homered, and matched a season-high with four RBIs on May 11 at Oregon State. | |
High School | |
Earned four varsity letters at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz. ... 2023 Gatorade Arizona Baseball Player of the Year after slashing .466/.577/.970 with 11 home runs and 35 RBIs ... Listed as the No. 2 incoming player in the country by Perfect Game ... Led Hamilton to back-to-back Arizona State Championships in 2022 and 2023 ... As of Signing Day, was the top-ranked prospect from Arizona and the Four Corners region per Perfect Game ... Nationally, was the No. 4-ranked shortstop and No. 14-ranked prospect overall ... 2023 Preseason All-American ... Two-time Preseason Underclass All-American … Participated in the 2022 Perfect Game National Showcase … Three-time WWBA Champion … Played in the 2022 Perfect Game All-American Classic at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz. … Was also starting QB for the Hamilton HS football team … Was part of state champion teams in both baseball and football in 2022, defeating rival Chandler HS in both games … Named the national Rawlings Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 … Named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2022 17U National Team Championships. | |
Personal | |
Full name | Daniel Roch Cholowsky ... Name is pronounced "Rock" "chill-OW-skee" ... Born in 2005 in Vallejo, Calif. to parents Tika and Dan ... Has an older sister, Shyla ... Chose to attend UCLA because "it's been my dream school since I was young. I love Westwood and everything it has to offer. The coaching staff and the history of the program made it an easy decision for me." ... Cites winning back-to-back state titles in Arizona as his greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires MLB star infielders Brandon Crawford, Nolan Arenado, and Derek Jeter ... Hobbies and interests include football, snowboarding, basketball, working out, and wake surfing ... His father, Dan, was selected in the first round of the 1991 MLB Draft by St. Louis and played eight seasons of professional baseball ... His uncle, Bill, attended UCLA. |
Career Highs (as of conclusion of 2024) | |
At-Bats | 6 (four times) |
Runs | 3 (three times) |
Hits | 4 vs. Stanford (5/18/24) |
RBI | 4 (twice) |
Doubles | 1 (many times) |
Triples | 1 at Washington (4/14/24) |
Home Runs | 2 (twice) |
Stolen Bases | 2 vs. Gonzaga (2/18/24) |