Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2025:
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024:
Conference USA Newcomer of the Year
Second Team All-Conference USA
Conference USA All-Tournament Team
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023:
Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
First Team All-Southland Conference
Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association All-Louisiana Baseball Team

MLB DRAFT
9th Round - St. Louis Cardinals (2025)
 
2025 (JUNIOR)
Started all 59 games, including 53 starts at third base … Ranked third on the team in hits (71) … Finished the year with a .318 batting average and 35 RBI … Totaled three home runs, 15 doubles, and one triple on the season … Posted a team-high 16-game hit streak and compiled a .417 batting average from April 22 - May 24 ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Blasted a two-run homer in an 11-0 win over No. 10 Oklahoma (3/4) … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI at No. 16 Oklahoma (4/8) … Helped lift DBU to a 6-5 win at No. 15 TCU after going 2-for-5 with two RBI … vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: Went 2-for-5 and scored two runs in a victory over Middle Tennessee (3/21) in the conference opener ... Notched a pair of hits including a double at New Mexico State (3/28) … Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI at New Mexico State (3/29) … Doubled as part of a two-hit day against WKU (4/4) … Went 2-for-4 and ripped his lone triple of the year to complete a three-game sweep at Jacksonville State (4/13) … Racked up three hits and knocked in two runs at Louisiana Tech (4/25) … Went 2-for-3 with a double against Louisiana Tech (4/26) … Picked up two hits versus FIU (5/2) … Doubled and drove in a run as part of a two-hit game against FIU (5/3) … Smashed a double and delivered three RBI to lead DBU to a sweep of FIU (5/4) … Went 2-for-4 versus Kennesaw State (5/9) … Delivered a pair of hits and scored two runs to help DBU clinch the CUSA regular season title at Liberty (5/15) … Went 2-for-4 with a double at Liberty (5/17) … vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI to help DBU complete a three-game sweep of North Dakota State (2/16) … Picked up two hits and drove in a run against SIU Edwardsville (2/22) … Notched a two-hit day in a series-clinching win at Oral Roberts (3/2) … Went 2-for-5 at Louisiana (3/7) … Laced a double and drove in a run as part of a two-hit game at Louisiana (3/8) … Hit his second career grand slam in a 14-3 rout of UTSA (3/14) … Went 2-for-3 and homered in his second straight game against UTSA (3/15) … Led the Patriots to a series win over UTSA (3/16) after going 2-for-4 … CUSA TOURNAMENT: Went 2-for-4 with an RBI double that tied the game in the fifth inning against Jacksonville State (5/22) … BATON ROUGE REGIONAL: Helped lead DBU to a win over Rhode Island (5/30) after lacing two base hits and scoring a run ... MLB DRAFT: Selected in the ninth round by the St. Louis Cardinals.

2024 (SOPHOMORE)
Named Conference USA’s Newcomer of the Year and was tabbed a Second Team All-CUSA selection … Made 59 starts including 47 at third base ... Hit .345 with eight home runs, 14 doubles, one triple, and drove in 47 runs … Ranked sixth in CUSA in hits (80) and eighth in batting average … Had a career-high 16-game hit streak from April 12 - May 7 … vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against No. 19 Indiana at the Frisco College Classic (3/2) … Laced a double in a 7-5 win over No. 15 Alabama at the Frisco College Classic (3/3) … Had two hits including a double in an 8-7 victory at No. 15 Oklahoma State (4/16) … vs. CUSA OPPONENTS: Hit his first home run of the year as part of a two-hit day at Sam Houston (3/23) … Homered in his second straight game in an 8-3 win over New Mexico State (3/28) … Went 2-for-4 at WKU (4/5) … Racked up three hits including a pair of doubles against Louisiana Tech (4/21) … Smashed his first career grand slam at FIU (4/28) … Went 3-for-5 with three RBI versus Jacksonville State (5/3) … Homered and drove in three runs against Jacksonville State (5/4) … Helped lift DBU to a 5-4 win over Jacksonville State (5/5) with two hits and an RBI … Went 2-for-4 with a double versus Liberty (5/11) … Led the Patriots to a 15-1 win at Middle Tennessee (5/16) with two hits including a home run … Homered in his second straight game and drove in two runs at Middle Tennessee (5/16) … vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Made his Patriot debut on Opening Day versus Southeast Missouri (2/16) and went 1-for-4 with an RBI … Racked up three hits including a double and drove in two runs against Southeast Missouri (2/17) … Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in a win over Central Michigan (2/24) … Posted a 3-for-3 day with two RBI against Central Michigan (2/24) … Helped lift DBU to a 14-4 win over Oklahoma State (2-27) with a two-hit game and an RBI … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI at Baylor (3/5) … Hit a solo homer to break a scoreless tie in the fifth inning at UT Arlington (3/26) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI double at Air Force (4/12) … Delivered a two-hit day at Air Force (4/13) … Went 3-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, and three RBI at Air Force (4/14) … Capped off his career-high 16-game hit streak with a 2-for-3 day and scored three runs versus UT Arlington (5/7) … CUSA TOURNAMENT: Named to the CUSA All-Tournament Team after hitting .500 (7-for-14) and leading the Patriots to a CUSA title … Went 3-for-5 against FIU (5/23) … Led DBU to a 17-10 win over Louisiana Tech in the CUSA Championship (5/26) after going 3-for-5 with two RBI … TUCSON REGIONAL: Went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 7-0 win at No. 15 Arizona (6/1) … Went 1-for-4 and scored two runs against Grand Canyon (6/2).
 
2023 (FRESHMAN – NORTHWESTERN STATE)
Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball … Also garnered First Team All-Southland Conference honors and was tabbed to the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association All-Louisiana Baseball Team … Led Northwestern State in batting average (.372), hits (83), total bases (125), slugging percentage (.561), multi-hit games (25), and shared the team lead with five sacrifice flies … Ranked second on the team in home runs (8) and walks (27) while his 39 RBI were the third-most on the team … Was the lone player to start all 56 games and reached base safely in the first 26 games of his career … Made his collegiate debut at South Alabama (2/17) and went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base … Notched his first career three-hit game against UAB (2/18) … Hit his first career home run versus UT Arlington (3/4) … Delivered his first career four-hit game with a 4-for-5 day and three RBI in a win over LSU-Alexandria (3/21) … Went 3-for-5 with a double versus Lamar (4/7) … Posted his second four-hit game by going 4-for-5 at Houston Christian (4/14) … Homered in both games of a doubleheader and drove in five runs against Houston Christian (4/16) … Went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI versus Incarnate Word (4/22) … Posted his second straight three-hit game and homered in a win over Incarnate Word (4/23) … Doubled and drove in a run as part of a 3-for-5 day at Louisiana Tech (5/2) … Homered and drove in two runs at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5/5) … Went 4-for-4 with an inside-the-park home run and drove in a season-high four runs at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5/7) … Smashed a home run and also delivered a double versus No. 2 LSU (5/9) … Went 3-for-5 at Southeastern (5/20).
 
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Spent last summer with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks and was named to the Cape Cod League All-Star Team … Played for the Martinsville Mustangs in the Coastal Plains League in 2023.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year letterman at Keller High School ... Played for head coach Rob Stramp … Garnered First Team All-State honors as a senior … Was also a two-time First Team All-Area and First Team All-Region selection … Helped lead Keller to the Class 6A state title game as a junior and the regional finals as a senior … Also lettered three years in hockey … Competed in the summers for the Impact Baseball Club.

PERSONAL
Born on January 22, 2004 … Parents are Todd and Michelle Dattalo … Majoring in Business … Favorite Bible verse is Hebrews 12:11.