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Jersey Number 24
Dallen Leach
- Position:
- Catcher
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 213
- Bats / Throws:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Tallahassee, Fla.
- High School:
- Lincoln HS
- Previous School:
- Gulf Coast State
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
ASUN Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23)
2023
2022
Prior to UNF:
Personal:
Why UNF:
“I chose UNF because it’s close to home and it’s an opportunity to stay in Florida.”
ASUN Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23)
2023
- Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors
- Split catching duties, starting 39 games and playing in 91
- Posted 16 runs, 35 hits, three doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI
- Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage across 234 chances
- Went 3-for-4 with two runs, five RBI and two home runs March 3 against Fordham
- Also homered just two days prior in a win against Villanova
- Sent one out of the park on his senior day May 13, driving in two in the process as UNF defeated FGCU
- Had a seven-game hitting streak at the front portion of the season
- Posted a season-best eight-game hitting streak between May 2 and May 18, notching two multi-hit games in that span
2022
- UNF’s primary catcher, making 45 starts and 48 appearances over the 55-game season.
- A solid receiver behind the plate, posting 328 putouts, 27 assists and a .989 fielding percentage.
- Hit .263 with 19 runs, 41 hits, seven doubles, four home runs, 25 RBI and 17 walks.
- Posted a season-best eight-game hitting streak between April 14 and April 29.
- Homered in back-to-back games against Boston College March 5-6, finishing the series 3-for-8 with four runs, five RBI, two home runs and three walks.
- Doubled twice and scored against No. 14 Florida March 1.
- Threw out to would-be base stealers against Florida March 1.
- Provided a big offensive lift in UNF’s 9-6 series-opening win against Jacksonville April 8, hitting a home run while notching a single and walking.
- Knocked in a season-high four runs in a 17-10 win against Boston College March 6.
- Drove in three during a 13-10 slugfest win at USF April 5.
- Homered as part of a 1-for-2 game at Liberty April 22.
- Doubled to both foul lines once while scoring a run and driving in another against FGCU May 20.
Prior to UNF:
- Transferred in from Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Florida.
- Also played at the University of New Orleans.
- Had a breakout season last year with Gulf Coast State, earning 2021 Panhandle All-Conference, Panhandle Defensive Player of the Year and Florida JUCO Defensive Player of the Year laurels.
- Hit .319 in his first year of junior college ball before clubbing eight home runs and 35 RBI last season.
- Won the 2017 Florida State Baseball Championship.
- Hit .337 as a high school junior and .371 during his senior year.
- Went to high school at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee.
Personal:
- Son of Alison and James Leach.
- Has one sibling, Kolten.
- Cousins, Brayson and Landen, both played collegiate baseball.
- Favorite baseball players are Johnny Bench and Buster Posey.
- Majoring in criminal justice
Why UNF:
“I chose UNF because it’s close to home and it’s an opportunity to stay in Florida.”
Baseball: Field Renovation Project | Drone Tour
Friday, February 13
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Tuesday, February 10
Baseball: Brad Wilkerson Preseason Interview
Tuesday, February 10
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