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Danny Crossen

Danny Crossen

  • Title
    Director of Player Development
AWARDS:
  • Program Record holder: most hits in a season (84 hits, 2023)
  • Program Record holder: consecutive games on base (60 games, 2022-23)
  • Bobby Bragan Slugger of the Year Watch List (2023)
  • NEIBA Division I All-New England Second Team (2023)
  • CAA All-Tournament Team (2023)
  • 2x All-CAA Second Team (2021, 2023)
  • Preseason All-CAA Team (2022)

2023:
  • Started in all but one game for Northeastern on the year (59 of 60)
  • Set school record in on-base streak (60 games) and hits in a season (84)
  • Had career-best numbers in batting average (.350), homers (10), RBI (50), slugging% (.553) on-base% (.423) and stolen bases (16)
  • Tied his career high in doubles (13)
  • Had a season-best performance in the CAA Lower Bracket final against Elon: 4-for-6, two runs, five RBI, home run


2022:
  • Played in 35 games this season finishing the season with 124 at-bats, 15 runs, 24 hits, and 20 RBIs with a .194 batting average 
  • Recorded 5 doubles and 2 home runs and was walked 8 times this season
  • 3 for 3 on stolen bases
  • Most amount of hits in a game was 4 against Towson (5/1/22) where he also batted in 3 runs 
  • Got 12 putouts in three different games this season
  • Tallied 2 hits and 2 runs at Charleston (5/26)
  • Brought in two runs, four hits, and three RBIs against Towson (5/01)
  • Was a part of 24 double plays this season

2021:
  • No. 13 in the CAA with a .336 batting average
  • Led the league with six sacrifice flies
  • Tallied 13 doubles, fifth-best in the CAA
  • Recorded two triples, second-best in the conference
  • Hitting .765 (13-for-17) with runners on third with less than two outs
  • Tallied 14 multi-hit games
  • Drove in a career-high four runs at Delaware (5/15)
  • Perfect 4-for-4 with a double and RBI vs. UAlbany (3/9)
  • Went 1-for-4 with a walk, two RBIs and a run scored in Northeastern's CAA Championship clinching win over UNC Wilmington (5/30)
  • Went 1-for-3 with a HR and two HBP in Northeastern's Fayetteville Regional NCAA Tournament matchup vs. Nebraska (6/4)
2020:
  • Started in two of the five games played
  • Finished 0-for-8 at the plate
  • Season shortened due to Coronavirus
2019:
  • Played in three games
  • Earned a walk and finished 0-for-1 on the season
Before NU: Three-year baseball student-athlete at Cheshire Academy (Cheshire, Connecticut) under head coach John Toffey ... Captained the 2018 Cheshire baseball team during his post-grad year ... Western New England Prep All-League First Team honoree ... Perfect Game All-Academies Showdown All-Tournament Pitcher and Hitter recipient ... Helped Cheshire baseball attain a 54-5 record and the No. 1 ranking in New England during his three seasons with the team ... Two-time Western New England Prep Baseball League champion (2016, 2017) and three-time championship game participant (2016-18) ... Two-time Cape & Islands League All-Star (2014, 2015) at Cape Cod Academy (Barnstable, Massachsuetts) under head coach Bob Haff ... Co-led Cape Cod Academy to its first-ever Massachusetts state tournament appearance in baseball ... Played two summers with the Northeast Waves under the direction of coaches Chris Wojick and Matt Denunzio ... Won each of his three starts ... Co-led the Waves to the 2018 Shamrock Classic championship... Three-year captain of the Cheshire boys’ hockey team (2016-18) under coach Jay Dalterio ... Garnered Rookie of the Year (2013-14) and Offensive Player of the Year (2014-15) honors in boys’ hockey at Cape Cod Academy ... Co-led Cape Cod Academy boy's hockey to the No. 1 overall seed in the Massachusetts state tournament ... Named Most Valuable Player of the Cape Cod Academy boys’ soccer team during 2013.
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