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2021 Baseball Roster

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40 Daniel Cipriano

  • Position First Baseman
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Agoura Hills, CA
  • Previous School Moorpark College
  • Major Biology

Biography

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Heavy Hitter: Cipriano Shattering MSU Billings Home Run Mark (Scott Breen/MTN Sports - March 23, 2021)

Career Single Game Bests
Category Total Date Opponent
At-Bats 6 2/22/20 2 times
Runs 4 3/19/21 2 times
Hits 4 3/8/19 at Northwest Nazarene
RBIs 7 3/19/21 Saint Martin's
2B 2 4/2/21 4 times
3B 1 4/13/19 Western Oregon
HR 3 3/19/21 Saint Martin's
Walks 2 3/21/21 10 times
Stolen Bases 1 4/3/21 at Central Washington
Putouts 13 3/16/19 2 times
Assists 1 2/14/20 8 times
*Date of last occurrence if multiple | *Bold italics indicate school record

Awards
NCAA D2 All-American Season
Second Team D2CCA 2019 (Junior)
Third Team ABCA/Rawlings 2019 (Junior)
Third Team NCBWA 2019 (Junior)
NCAA D2 All-West Region Season
First Team ABCA 2021 (Senior)
First Team D2CCA 2021 (Senior)
First Team NCBWA 2021 (Senior)
First Team ABCA 2019 (Junior)
First Team D2CCA 2019 (Junior)
First Team NCBWA 2019 (Junior)
All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference Season
Player of the Year 2019 (Junior)
Newcomer of the Year 2019 (Junior)
First Team 2021 (Senior)
First Team 2019 (Junior)
NCBWA West Region Player of the Week Season
March 15-21 2021 (Senior)
March 1-7 2021 (Senior)
Feb.17-23 2020 (Senior)
Apr. 22-28 2019 (Junior)
Feb. 25-March 3 2019 (Junior)
GNAC Player of the Week Season
March 15-21 2021 (Senior)
March 1-7 2021 (Senior)
Feb. 24 - March 1 2020 (Senior)
Feb. 17-23 2020 (Senior)
Apr. 22-28 2019 (Junior)
Feb.25 - March 3 2019 (Junior)
Athletic Department Awards (Buzzies) Season
Baseball Player of the Year 2019-20 (Senior)
Newcomer of the Year  2018-19 (Junior)





Career Summary: At end of career ranked No. 1 in MSUB history and No. 2 in GNAC history in home runs with 39…ranked No. 1 in MSUB history and in GNAC history in slugging percentage at .765…ranked No. 1 in MSUB history in batting average (.366) and hit by pitch (50)…ranked second in MSUB history in RBIs (128) and on-base percentage (.483)…ranked fourth in MSUB history in total bases (286) and runs scored (116)…ranked ninth in MSUB history in hits (137) and doubles (30)…five NCBWA West Region Player of the Week awards were most in school history…five GNAC Player of the Week awards were most in school history.
 
2021: Unanimous first-team all-region selection…first-team all-GNAC selection…won two GNAC Player of the Week awards and two NCBWA West Region Player of the Week awards…led team and ranked second in the GNAC with 14 home runs…led the team and ranked second in the GNAC with 52 RBIs…led the team and ranked third in the GNAC in slugging percentage at .702…ranked second on the team and fourth in the GNAC with 99 total bases…ranked second on the team and seventh in the GNAC in on-base percentage at .455…ranked second on the team and seventh in the GNAC with 47 hits…ranked second on the team and fifth in the GNAC with 39 runs scored…ranked third on the team and seventh in the GNAC with 10 doubles…posted a .333 batting average…was 1 of 3 Yellowjackets to start all 40 games, playing primarily designated hitter…led the team with 18 times hit by a pitch…posted a .967 fielding percentage in 90 total chances…turned seven double plays…broke MSUB career home run record on March 6 at UC Colorado Springs with the 28th of his career, surpassing Ryan Myers (27 home runs).

2020: NCBWA west region player of the week February 17-23...Started all 18 games of shortened season and hit .338 which was third best on the team...led the team and the GNAC with seven home runs, tied for 16th in NCAA Division II...Led the team and the GNAC with 18 runs scored...led league and team with 24 runs batted in, tied for 43rd in NCAA Division II...50th in NCAA Division II in runs batted in per game at 1.33...Led the team and GNAC with 48 total bases...second on the team and ninth in the GNAC in on base percentage at .423...led the team and finished second in the league with a .738 slugging percentage...second on the team with 22 hits...drew six walks and held a team leading 1.161 OPS...Had six multi-hit games with one three-hit game on February 14 against Sioux Falls...Had season high six runs batted in on February 22 against Colorado School of Mines...Marked five runs batted in against CSU Pueblo on February 15 with a home run and a double...one multi-home run game on February 22 against Colorado School of Mines...Three runs batted in on March 6 against Saint Martin's...Appeared exclusively as the 'Jackets designated hitter.

2019: Second-team D2CCA All-American…third-team ABCA & NCBWA All-American…second consensus All-American in MSUB history…first-team ABCA, D2CCA, and NCBWA all-region…GNAC Player of the Year…GNAC Newcomer of the Year…unanimous first-team all-GNAC first baseman…tied GNAC record and broke MSUB record for single-season home runs with 18…home run total ranked No. 2 in the west region and tied for No. 10 in the NCAA…second player in GNAC history to complete Triple Crown, leading league in batting (.405), home runs (18), and RBIs (52)…led GNAC and ranked No. 6 in the NCAA with a .827 slugging percentage, the No. 2 single-season mark in GNAC and MSUB history…broke school record for on-base percentage at .528, which led GNAC and ranked No. 8 in the NCAA…tied for third-highest OPS in NCAA at 1.355…broke GNAC and MSUB record for hit by pitch with 27, ranking No. 2 in the NCAA…broke MSUB single-season record with 59 runs scored, leading the GNAC and ranking No. 38 in the NCAA…broke MSUB single-season record with 139 total bases, leading the GNAC and ranking No. 18 in the NCAA…totaled 68 hits, including 15 doubles…started 46 games at first base and played in 50 overall…broke MSUB record for consecutive games reaching base, with 42 spanning from February 17-May 3…batting average was second-highest in MSUB single-season history…was named NCBWA West Region Player of the Week and GNAC Player of the Week on March 4 and April 29…tied school record with four runs scored on April 27 against Central Washington…became first player in school history to hit four home runs on a single date, on March 3 at Western Oregon…had a season-high four hits on March 8 against NNU…had a season-high four RBIs in four different games…had a season-high two doubles on March 8…had a season-high two home runs in four different games…had a season-high 10 total bases on April 18 against NNU…had a season-high 13 putouts on March 9 against NNU and March 16 against CWU…tied for team lead with 306 chances, and made just four errors for a fielding percentage of .987…carries a streak of 129 consecutive chances without an error into the 2020 season…named MSUB Newcomer of the Year at The Buzzies…helped the ‘Jackets claim their fourth regular-season title in the last five years and tie the school record with 33 wins…helped the team win its first-ever GNAC tournament title and claim its first-ever berth into an NCAA D2 West Region Championship tournament.

Moorpark College: As a sophomore in 2017 batted .288 with 10 doubles, one home run, and 17 RBIs…was named first-team all-Western State Conference…named a 4.0 scholar athlete…played in 35 games primarily as an infielder…reached base at a clip of .394 and held a slugging percentage of .398…also threw 6.2 innings on the mound and logged a 4.05 ERA…as a freshman in 2016 batted .254 with seven extra-base hits and 10 RBIs…played in 26 games…made one appearance on the mound and logged 1.1 innings. MC Stats Page
 
Agoura High School: Competed in baseball for four years and basketball for two…as a senior in 2014 batted .350 with five home runs and a 1.079 OPS…was a first-team all-league and all-county selection…helped his team to the Marmonte League championship.
 
Coach Waddoups on Cipriano: "Cip is one of the most developed hitters I have had the opportunity to coach.  He has power, will take his walks, and is an outstanding situational hitter.  With all that being said about his baseball abilities he is even a better person and student."

Cipriano on choosing MSUB: “I chose MSUB based on the quality of the coaching staff and the reputation of the program as a whole.”

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2019Junior

    Infielder/Pitcher
    6'3"
    40
  • 40

    2020Senior

    Infielder
    6'3"
    40
  • 40

    2021Senior

    First Baseman
    6'3"
    40