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2023 Baseball Roster

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14 Danny Borgstrom

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 175
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Morris, IL
  • Highschool Morris HS

Biography

2022
  • Played in 49 of UE’s 56 games, with 45 starts primarily in left field in his fourth year with the program
  • Hit .243 with 10 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 21 RBI
  • Produced nine multi-hit games (seven two-hit and two three-hit contests)
  • Also had five multi-RBI games (three two-RBI and two three-RBI games)
  • Went a season-best 3-for-4 with a career-best three doubles at Indiana State (4/24/22)
  • Also went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI against SIUE (5/11/22)
  • Had back-to-back two-hit games in the MVC Tournament against both Dallas Baptist (2-for-4, 3 RBI – 5/27/22) and Missouri State (2-for-4, 2B, RBI – 5/28/22)
  • Hit .385 (5-for-13) in four MVC Tournament games
  • Had a season-best five-game hitting streak from April 24 at Indiana State through May 1 against Bradley in which he hit .500 (8-for-16) with five doubles and a home run
  • Started the year 0-for-16 through his first nine games, but hit .273 over the remaining 36 contests
 
2021
  • Played in 49 games, making 43 starts, while splitting time between designated hitter, left field and third base
  • Hit .266 with six doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 29 RBI
  • Ranked second on the team with nine home runs
  • Also led UE with 29 walks, while posting a .387 on-base percentage
  • Had 10 multi-hit games (eight two-hit games, one three-hit game, and one four-hit contest)
  • Fourth on the team with eight multi-RBI games (seven two-RBI, one four-RBI game)
  • Had a career game in the series-finale against South Dakota State (4/4/21), going a career-best 4-for-4 with a career-best two home runs and four RBI against the Jackrabbits
  • Homered in back-to-back at-bats against South Dakota State in the sixth and eighth innings
  • His first hit of the season was a solo home run to right field at #12 Georgia (2/20/21)
  • Also homered at SEC member Kentucky (3/3/21)
  • Homered in back-to-back home games against Southern Illinois (5/7 and 5/8/21) and against Indiana State (5/20 and 5/21/21)
  • Went 2-for-5 with two RBI against Illinois State in the MVC Tournament (5/25/21)
  • Had one six-game hitting streak and two five-game hitting streaks during the course of the season
 
2020
  • Hampered by injury during the 2020 campaign, but still appeared in 11 contests with nine starts
  • Posted the third-highest batting average on the team with a .313 average (10-for-32)
  • Knocked two doubles, a triple and a home run while driving in eight
  • Also earned seven walks and posted a .429 on-base percentage
  • First hits of the year came in game three at Tennessee Tech (2/16/20), where he finished a double shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a triple, a home run, three runs scored and three RBI
  • Also had two-hit games at Austin Peay (2-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI – 2/23/20) and at UT Martin (2-for-3, 2 RBI – 3/4/20)
  • Collected hits in six of his final seven starts of the year
 
2019
  • Played in all 53 games as a true freshman, while making 52 starts
  • Hit .235 on the season with 10 doubles, two triples, a home run and 30 RBI
  • Tied for third on the team with 30 RBI
  • Fourth on the team with 11 multi-hit games (10 two-hit games and one three-hit contest)
  • Also ranked third on the team with six multi-RBI games (four two-RBI games and two three-RBI contests)
  • Had UE’s third-longest hitting streak of the year with a nine-game streak from February 15 at Mercer to March 2 against Eastern Kentucky to open the year
  • His first career hit at UE was an RBI double in the ninth inning at Mercer (2/15/19)
  • Also had a seven-game hitting streak and five-game hitting streak during the course of the season
  • Had three-straight multi-hit games against Creighton (2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI and 2-for-4, RBI on 3/16 and 3/17/19) and at Xavier (3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI on 3/22/19)
  • First career home run at UE came at Xavier (3/22/19)
  • First career multi-hit game was a 2-for-4 effort with an RBI in a 4-2 win at Bradley (3/30/19)
 
PREP
  • Played his prep baseball at Morris High School in Illinois
  • Hit .397 with 12 doubles a home run and a .498 on-base percentage as a senior
  • Earned all-conference and academic all-state honors at Morris High School
  • A member of the National Honors Society
 
PERSONAL
  • Son of Karen and Chris Borgstrom
  • Has two younger sisters – Abbie and Julia
  • A double-major in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Health Services Administration
  • His grandfather played baseball at Lewis University
  • Hobbies include fishing, playing the guitar and golfing
  • Also played basketball and football growing up

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2019Freshman

    INFIELDER
    5'10" 180 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2020Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'10" 180 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2021Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'10" 180 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2022Senior

    Infielder
    5'10" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2023Fifth Year

    Infielder
    5'11" 175 lbs
    14
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