Danny Melnick

Position:
Utility
Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Hamilton, N.J.
Prev School:
Rutgers

2024: Started all 54 games … third on the team in batting average with .294 … led the team with 64 hits … led the BIG EAST conference and team in doubles with 20 … Tied third in the BIG EAST conference in triples with four … third on the team with 26 RBI … went 4-for-5 with 3 RBI and three runs scored against Georgia State … tallied 20 multi-hit games.

2022 ABCA/Rawlings Northeast All-Region First Team
2022 NEIBA All-New England First Team
2022 All-MAAC First Team

2023 (Rutgers): Went 1-for-2 in against Michigan State in Big Ten Tournament (5/25) ... Got the start and went 1-for-4 with a run scored in win over Purdue (4/30) ... Went 1-for-1 with a walk, sac bunt and game-winning run in win at St. John's (4/25) ... 1-fo-3 with an RBI in win at Monmouth (4/18) ... 1-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored in win over Marist (4/12) ... Walked a scored a run in win over Hofstra (4/4) ... 3-for-7 with two home runs, four runs scored and five RBIs in series at Mercer (3/17-19) ... 2-for-5 in series finale at UNC Greensboro with two RBIs (3/5) ... Drove in two runs and went 1-for-3 in win over George Mason (2/24) ... Was 3-for-4 with four runs scored and a double in win at Campbell (2/19).

2022 (Quinnipiac): Finished the season with a .344 AVG/.422 OBP/.656 SLG% slash line, all of which led the team, good for a 1.078 OPS … hit a team-high 11 home runs with 33 RBI, while also leading the Bobcats with 45 runs scored and 17 doubles … batted .423 with 32 runs, 10 doubles, eight home runs and 19 RBIs over the last 22 games of the season … had 17 multi-hit games, including seven games with three hits … had a three-home run game against Fairfield on May 19 … threw out 13 runners from behind the plate.

2021 (Quinnipiac): played in 10 games and made eight starts for a second straight season … had a career-high five walks and went 2 for 19 with two runs and one RBI … drove in an RBI with a sacrifice fly at Niagara on April 2 … reached base four times as he went 2 for 2 with two walks and a run scored in an 11-1 win vs. Siena on April 9 … had another two-walk game at Canisius on May 9.

2020 (Quinnipiac): Played in 11 games and made eight starts in his first season with the program … batted .154 as he went 4 for 26 with a double, three walks, one RBI and two runs scored … made his collegiate debut at UTSA on Feb. 14 … recorded his first collegiate hit, walked and scored a run in the second game of a doubleheader at VMI on March 1 … was a perfect 3 for 3 for his first three-hit game with a double, stolen base, RBI and run scored in a win at Kennesaw State on March 11.

Personal: Son of Brian and Stacey Melnick … has one sister, Samantha