Dan Rajkowski

Height:
6-1
Weight:
178
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
New Canaan, Conn.

2018 Season: Battled injury and appeared in 10 games out of the pen…Went 1-2 with a 11.91 ERA…Pitched 11.1 innings and struck out 17…Threw a scoreless frame at UMass Lowell (April 18)…2.0 shutout innings at Cincinnati (April 21)…Notched career-high five strikeouts at Holy Cross (April 24) in 2.0 innings of work to earn win out of the pen…Fired two scoreless innings at Northeastern (May 9).

2017 Summer: Pitched for the Mystic Schooners in the New England Collegiate Baseball League…Appeared in seven games, went 0-1 with a 4.00 ERA…Pitched nine innings and recorded eight strikeouts.

2017 Season: Appeared 22 times out of the UConn bullpen…Went 2-1 with a 5.09 ERA in 23 innings with 19 strikeouts…Threw a career-high three scoreless innings against Western Michigan (3/3)… Recorded career-high in strikeouts (4) at Seton Hall (3/25)...String of five-straight scoreless outings spanning seven innings (4/5-4/22)…Notched first career win with scoreless inning at UCF (4/22)…Picked up win in The American Championship vs. Cincinnati with an inning of work out of the pen.

2016 Summer: All-Star campaign with the Brockton Rox in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League...Recorded nine appearances out of the bullpen, going 1-1 with a 2.07 ERA...Tossed 17.1 innings, racked up 28 strikeouts and locked down two saves...Chalked up seven scoreless outings for the Rox.

2016 Season: Made 11 appearances out of the Husky bullpen, holding a 5.40 ERA in 10.0 innings of work… Struck out 11 batters and allowed just seven hits… Pitched a scoreless inning of work against top-seeded Florida in the NCAA Regionals on June 4…Threw a season-best 1.2 innings of scoreless relief against Memphis in an American Athletic Conference semifinal tilt on May 28.

High School: Earned three varsity letters at New Canaan High School...Two-time All-Conference East...Perfect Game Preseason All-American High Honorable Mention...Perfect Game First Team All-Region...Captained New Canaan as a senior and helped the team to a Class L state championship in 2013...Honor roll student each year of high school.

Personal: Daniel Patrick Rajkowski...Born Oct. 27, 1995...Son of Mark and Deirdre Rajkowski...Has an older brother, Ryan...Finance major.