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Jersey Number 32
Daniel Cantu
- Position:
- 1B
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 219
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School:
- Creekside
- Previous School:
- USF
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
Bio
ACCOLADES:
PERSONAL:
Hit .271 over 178 games at USF, with 163 starts…had 155 hits, 115 runs scored, 37 doubles, three triples and 25 home runs for the Bulls…108 RBI, .476 slugging percentage with 81 walks…coming off a career-best season at USF, hitting .302 with 14 doubles, 11 home runs and 41 RBI…had a career-high 11-game hitting streak and 19-game streak reaching safely in 2023…named the Most Outstanding Player of the American Athletic Conference Tournament in 2021, when he hit .316 with four extra-base hits, five runs and five RBI…hit a solo home run in the Austin Regional in 2021…attended Creekside High School in St. Johns, Florida…was Region 4-7A Player of the Year as a senior…St. Johns County Player of the Year as a junior…parents are Darin and Elizabeth Cantu…sister Sarah…dad played baseball at Eckerd College and sister was a Florida State cheerleader for four years…earned his Bachelor of Science at USF and is working toward an athletic coaching certificate at Florida State…born on September 7, 2000.
- 2023: AAC Player of the Week (April 3), CSC Academic All-District, AAC All-Academic Team
- 2022: AAC All-Academic Team
- 2021: AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, AAC All-Academic Team
PERSONAL:
Hit .271 over 178 games at USF, with 163 starts…had 155 hits, 115 runs scored, 37 doubles, three triples and 25 home runs for the Bulls…108 RBI, .476 slugging percentage with 81 walks…coming off a career-best season at USF, hitting .302 with 14 doubles, 11 home runs and 41 RBI…had a career-high 11-game hitting streak and 19-game streak reaching safely in 2023…named the Most Outstanding Player of the American Athletic Conference Tournament in 2021, when he hit .316 with four extra-base hits, five runs and five RBI…hit a solo home run in the Austin Regional in 2021…attended Creekside High School in St. Johns, Florida…was Region 4-7A Player of the Year as a senior…St. Johns County Player of the Year as a junior…parents are Darin and Elizabeth Cantu…sister Sarah…dad played baseball at Eckerd College and sister was a Florida State cheerleader for four years…earned his Bachelor of Science at USF and is working toward an athletic coaching certificate at Florida State…born on September 7, 2000.
2025 Florida State Baseball Season Recap
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