2011 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 9
Dan Pellegrino
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Poway, CA
- High School:
- Poway HS
2010 Led all Highlanders reserves in home runs and slugging percentage while ranking fourth on the team in most games as a sub ... Won UCR's Best Teammate Award at the 2009-10 Athletics Awards Ceremony ...
2009 Named to the Big West Academic All-Conference team ... Finished seventh among Big West Conference catchers in runners caught stealing ... Recorded five multi-hit games including three with three hits ... Tied his career high with two RBIs vs. Gonzaga on March 6 ... Scored two or more runs in a game on four occasions including a career-high three runs at UNLV on May 5 and vs. UC Santa Barbara on May 16 ... Hit the first home run of his career vs. Gonzaga on March 6 ...
2008 Scored his first career run in his first ever game as a member of the Highlanders against Washington on Feb. 23 ... Picked up his first collegiate hit, a fifth inning single up the middle, at Texas Tech on March 25 ... Recorded his first two RBIs as a collegian in that same game ... Had two or more hits in a game on four occasions including a career-high three hits at Cal State Fullerton on March 28 ...
High School Three-year letter winner win baseball at Poway High School for head coach Boby Parry ... Helped the Titans to the CIF DI championship in 2006 and the San Diego Section ... Team won the Palomar League in 2005 ... Named 2007 First-Team All-League ... Team MVP ... Named Lions Tournament MVP ... Named Union Tribune All-San Diego Section Second-Team in 2005 and 2007 ...
Personal Daniel James Pellegrino is the son of Jack and Jamie Pellegrino ... Majoring in business ... Roots for the San Diego Padres and Chargers ... Favorite athletes are Alex Rodriguez and Phillip Rivers ... Enjoys eating pizza ... Watches "How I Met Your Mother" and "The Office" ... Favorite movie is "Happy Gilmore" ... Listens to Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, and Country ... Hobbies include playing golf and video games ... Most memorable sports moment was winning the San Diego CIF DI championship in 2006 ... His biggest influence is former hitting coach Deron Johnson because he taught him everything he knows about hitting ...
Dan Pellegrino Career Offensive/Fielding Statistics (Click on each year for game-by-game statistics)
Career Multi-Hit Games
Career Multi-RBI Games
Career Multi-Run Games
2009 Named to the Big West Academic All-Conference team ... Finished seventh among Big West Conference catchers in runners caught stealing ... Recorded five multi-hit games including three with three hits ... Tied his career high with two RBIs vs. Gonzaga on March 6 ... Scored two or more runs in a game on four occasions including a career-high three runs at UNLV on May 5 and vs. UC Santa Barbara on May 16 ... Hit the first home run of his career vs. Gonzaga on March 6 ...
2008 Scored his first career run in his first ever game as a member of the Highlanders against Washington on Feb. 23 ... Picked up his first collegiate hit, a fifth inning single up the middle, at Texas Tech on March 25 ... Recorded his first two RBIs as a collegian in that same game ... Had two or more hits in a game on four occasions including a career-high three hits at Cal State Fullerton on March 28 ...
High School Three-year letter winner win baseball at Poway High School for head coach Boby Parry ... Helped the Titans to the CIF DI championship in 2006 and the San Diego Section ... Team won the Palomar League in 2005 ... Named 2007 First-Team All-League ... Team MVP ... Named Lions Tournament MVP ... Named Union Tribune All-San Diego Section Second-Team in 2005 and 2007 ...
Personal Daniel James Pellegrino is the son of Jack and Jamie Pellegrino ... Majoring in business ... Roots for the San Diego Padres and Chargers ... Favorite athletes are Alex Rodriguez and Phillip Rivers ... Enjoys eating pizza ... Watches "How I Met Your Mother" and "The Office" ... Favorite movie is "Happy Gilmore" ... Listens to Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, and Country ... Hobbies include playing golf and video games ... Most memorable sports moment was winning the San Diego CIF DI championship in 2006 ... His biggest influence is former hitting coach Deron Johnson because he taught him everything he knows about hitting ...
Dan Pellegrino Career Offensive/Fielding Statistics (Click on each year for game-by-game statistics)
| Year | Avg | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB | SBA | OPS | PO | A | E | FldPct |
| 2008 | .207 | 27 | 23 | 87 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .230 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .516 | 109 | 28 | 2 | .986 |
| 2009 | .253 | 34 | 27 | 95 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 33 | .347 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 3 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
.680 |
164 | 25 | 1 | .995 |
| 2010 | .283 | 24 | 13 | 53 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 22 | .415 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .339 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .754 | 72 | 12 | 1 | .988 |
| 2011 | .227 | 31 | 29 | 110 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 31 | .282 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 4 | .258 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .540 | 190 | 26 | 4 | .982 |
| Totals | .238 | 116 | 92 | 345 | 41 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 106 | .307 | 26 | 8 | 49 | 11 | .299 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .607 | 535 | 91 | 8 | .987 |
Career Multi-Hit Games
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2008 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
| 2009 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals |
11 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Career Multi-RBI Games
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2008 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2009 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career Multi-Run Games
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2008 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2009 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Day in the Life: Leilani Juan
Monday, May 04
UCR Student-Athletes cheer on our students.
Friday, May 01
UCR Athletics Director Introductory Full Press Conference
Tuesday, March 24
Athletics Director Greg Paules Introductory Presentation Recap
Tuesday, March 24







































