| Daniel Dickinson | |
|---|---|
| LSU Tigers – No. 14 | |
| Second Baseman | |
| Born:December 5, 2003 Bremerton, Washington, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Daniel Cooper Dickinson (born December 5,2003) is an American baseball second baseman for the LSU Tigers and currently in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
Dickinson attended Kennewick High School in his hometown of Kennewick,Washington. [1] During his high school career he batted .487 as a senior at Rosepine High with 13 homers,64 RBI,39 hits,37 walks and only 12 strikeouts,posting a .487 on-base percentage and a 1.188 slugging percentage. MLB noted that Dickinson didn't make his high school's varsity baseball team until his junior year. Dickinson still hit .529 with seven home runs during his senior year,being 2x all-conference shortstop and Mid-Columbia Conference Player of the Year.
Dickinson went to Utah Valley University as a walk-on to play college baseball. [2]
In his freshman year,he played in 54 games with 53 starts and was All-WAC First Team selection,Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American,2x WAC Hitter of the Week,and hit .376 in 218 at-bats,breaking all sorts of program records. His second season with Utah Valley was not different. A First-Team All-WAC selection in 2024,batting .363 with 14 doubles,two triples,18 homers,53 RBI and 32 stolen bases in 59 games,in which all were starts. He was a Dick Howser Trophy Award Semifinalist,2024 WAC Preseason Player of the Year,All-WAC Preseason Second baseman,D1 Baseball WAC Preseason Player of the Year,and Perfect Game Baseball's Preseason All-WAC Second baseman. He posted a .369 career batting average in two seasons at Utah Valley with 27 homers,95 RBI and a .457 on-base percentage. He was the first Utah Valley player ever to make the U.S. collegiate national team.
In the 2025 season,Dickinson was ranked No. 2 in Baseball America’s Preseason Top 100 College Transfers for the 2025 season. With LSU,he batted .315 with 14 doubles,12 homers,49 RBI and 67 runs. In LSU's ultimate win in the NCAA Men's Baseball College World Series,he hit .353 with one double,one RBI and two runs scored,while in the finals collecting three hits and scoring one run in the two games of the CWS Finals. Dickinson ended the year No. 6 in the SEC in runs scored with 67 and No. 9 in the league in on-base percentage (.458). [3]
Dickinson was selected with the 185th overall pick in the 2025 MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. [4] [5]