2016 Baseball Roster
Dan Rankin
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
- High School:
- Seven Lakes
Career: A lanky right-handed pitcher who will be remembered for his reliability on the mound out of the bullpen over his career for the Green Wave as well as his high leg kick…went 6-4 with three saves to go along with a 3.66 ERA in 52 games with two starts…totaled 86.0 innings and 58 strikeouts…finished his career tied for 15th in school history in most combined shutouts (4), 16th in most games finished (17) and tied for 23rd in most saves (3).
2016 (Redshirt-Junior): Appeared in 16 games, all in relief… went 2-1 with a 2.82 ERA and two saves in 22.1 innings…allowed 21 hits and 11 runs (7 earned) while striking out 25 and walking 14…held opponents to a .256 batting average…was second on the team in games finished (8), tied for second in saves and was third in games in relief (16)…posted two strikeouts in 1.0 inning vs. San Diego (2/27)...picked up two strikeouts over 1.2 innings vs. Pepperdine (3/6)...got the win vs. Furman (3/12), fanning one over 2.0 innings...picked up the series-clinching save at Texas (3/20), striking out two in 1.0 inning...got a save vs. Southern Miss (3/22) in 1.1 innings of work...struck out a career-high five across 3.0 innings for the win in relief during game one of a doubleheader against Illinois State (3/26)...fanned four in 1.2 innings against Cincinnati (4/17)...pitched 2.0 innings of relief during the second game of a doubleheader at Houston (5/20), striking out one...struck out one in 0.2 innings vs. UCF at The American Baseball Championships (5/24)...recorded one strikeout in 1.2 innings vs. Boston College in the season finale during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5).
2015 (Redshirt Sophomore): Appeared in 19 games, all in relief...went 3-1 with a 4.80 ERA in 30.0 innings with one save...allowed 24 hits, 17 runs and 16 earned runs while striking out 19 and walking 13...held opponents to a .226 batting average...pitched in two combined shutouts...struck out one in 2.0 innings for a win in relief at Pepperdine (2/14)...notched his first-career save at Southeastern Louisiana (2/18) in a single inning...fanned three at Southern Miss (3/11) in 2.0 innings...picked up the victory in 2.1 innings out of the bullpen against Xavier (3/14), striking out two in a combined shutout...earned the win in 1.0 inning of relief at UC Riverside (3/21)...picked up two strikeouts in 3.1 innings of work against Southeastern Louisiana (4/28)...struck out two in 2.0 innings against USF (5/10)...tossed3.2 innings in relief against East Carolina (5/21) in The American Baseball Championships...fanned three in 3.0 innings against UNC Wilmington (3/31) during the NCAA Baton Rouge Regionals.
2013 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 games, with two starts during the season...posted a 1-1 record with a 3.42 ERA in 26.1 innings...allowed 25 hits, while allowing ten earned runs and issuing 12 walks...fanned nine batters...saw his first collegiate action against Notre Dame (2/22), going 2.1 innings and striking out his first batter...earned his first collegiate start against New Orleans (2/27), going 1.1 inning and striking out one...pitched 4.0 innings of relief against Northwestern State (3/5), fanning a career-high four batters...earned his first career win in 1.2 innings of relief against High Point (3/10)...allowed just one hit over 4.0 innings of work against Southeastern Louisiana (3/13)...fanned one in 2.2 innings against UTSA (3/17)...posted relief appearances against Memphis (3/24), against LSU (3/26) and at Rice (3/29)...got his second start of the year against Nicholls (4/2), going a season-high 4.1 innings with two strikeouts in the losing effort...made his final appearance of the season against ECU (4/13) before an injury kept him out of the remainder of the season.
About Daniel Rankin
Prep: Lettered all once for head coach Chad Payne at Seven Lakes High School and three seasons for head coach Jeff Schroeder at Second Baptist High School...earned the SBHS Cy Young award winner...named an Underclassmen All-American twice by Perfect Game...earned All-District honors during each of the last three seasons...was named to the All-District 19-5A as a senior and was a Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools All-District selection as a sophomore and a junior...helped Second Baptist to a runner-up finish during his freshman and junior seasons at the TAPPS 4A State Championships...played summer ball for KC Houston...claimed the Texas Premier State Championships with KC Houston in 2012 and 2010.
Personal: Born Daniel Boyd Rankin on September 23, 1993...the son of Dan and Darlene Rankin.
