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Indiana State University Athletics

2024 Baseball Roster

8 Randal Diaz

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 205
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
  • Highschool Leadership Christian Academy
  • Twitter rvndal28
  • Instagram rvndvl__divz

Biography

2024: 2024 ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region Second Team selection … NCAA Lexington Regional All-Tournament Team selection … MVC All-Tournament Team selection … 2024 MVC Baseball All-Conference First Team selection … Fourth in the MVC in batting average (.360) … 10th in the MVC in slugging percentage (.632) … Ninth in the MVC in on-base percentage (.437) … Eighth in the MVC in OPS (1.069) … Second in the MVC in hits (91) … Ninth in the MVC in home runs (18) … Fifth in the MVC in assists (151) … Lined up and started in all 59 games in the 2024 season … Recorded a team-high .360 batting average with 91 hits over 253 at-bats … Recorded 33 extra-base hits with 15 doubles and 18 home runs … Scored 55 runs and drove in 55 RBIs … Drew 31 walks and was hit by six pitches … Recorded a .437 on-base percentage and a .632 slugging percentage … Went 7-for-9 in stolen base attempts on the season … Led ISU with 30 multi-hit games and was fourth on the team with 12 multi-RBI contests … Finished the 2024 season on a 32-game hitting streak spanning April 5 – June 2 … Finished the 2024 season on a 38-game on-base streak spanning March 24 – June 2 … First multi-homer game came on May 3 against Belmont … Second multi-homer game came on May 17 at Valparaiso … Recorded eight games with three hits including a 3-for-5 game at Xavier with three doubles on March 15 … 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored, and four RBIs against Bradley on April 12.

2023: 2023 MVC Tournament Most Outstanding Player … MVC All-Conference First Team … Was one of three Indiana State players to line up in all 62 games in the 2023 season, earning 61 starts primarily at shortstop … Finished third on the team with a .297 batting average with a team-high 74 hits over 249 at-bats … Led the Sycamores with 15 doubles and three triples, while finishing third with 10 home runs … Scored 47 runs while driving in 36 RBIs … Drew 16 walks and was hit by 16 pitches … Finished the season with a .372 on-base percentage and a .502 slugging percentage … Was 4-for-5 in stolen base attempts … Posted a .956 fielding percentage with 84 putouts and 176 assists while committing 12 errors … Tied for the Indiana State lead with 21 multi-hit games … Posted seven multi-RBI contests … Season-high nine game hitting streak from May 18 – June 2 … Finished the 2023 season on a 20-game on-base streak … Season-high four hits in a 4-for-4 game with two doubles and two RBIs on April 9 against Illinois State … Drove in a season-high three RBIs twice coming against SEMO (Mar. 8) and Memphis (Mar. 11) … Drew a season-high three walks in the season opener against Iowa (Feb. 17) … Was hit by two pitches in three different games including Northeastern (Feb. 26), Murray State (May 12), and Evansville (May 26).

2022
  • 2022 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American
  • 76th in the NCAA in doubles per game (0.36)
  • 108th in the NCAA in sacrifice flies (5)
  • Tied for seventh in the MVC in doubles (17)
  • Lined up in 47 games earning 45 starts at both third base and first base in the 2022 season
  • Finished the year with a .304 batting average with 55 hits in 181 at-bats
  • Recorded a team-high 25 extra-base hits (17 doubles, one triple, seven home runs)
  • Finished the season with a team-high 37 RBI and added 33 runs scored
  • Went 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts on the year
  • Recorded a .525 slugging percentage and a .361 on-base percentage
  • Finished the season with 17 multi-hit games and a team-high nine multi-RBI contests in 2022
  • Recorded three three-hit games on the year against Indiana (Apr. 12), Evansville (Apr. 24), and Dallas Baptist (May 19)
  • Homered against East Carolina (Mar. 4), Memphis (Mar. 25), Indiana (Apr. 12), Illinois (Apr. 19), Evansville (Apr. 22), Missouri State (Apr. 30), and Dallas Baptist (May 19)
  • Tripled against Dallas Baptist on May 19
  • Posted a pair of two-double games against Valparaiso (Apr. 10) and Indiana (Apr. 12)
  • Finished the year with a .967 fielding percentage over 153 chances (90 putouts, 58 assists)

High School
Member of the High School Tournament Championship team ... Son of Luz Morales.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2022Freshman

    Infielder
    6'1" 193 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'0" 205 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Junior

    IF
    6'0" 205 lbs
    8