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    23  Danny Canela
    Danny Canela

    Class:
    Junior

    Hometown:
    Miami, Fla.

    High School:
    Florida Christian Academy

    Height / Weight:
    5-9 / 241

    Position:
    C/INF

    B/T:
    L/R


    05/24/2012

    Pack Falls 7-3 in Second ACC Tournament Contest

    Trea Turner crushed the first pitch of the game, but NC State dropped a 7-3 decision to Wake Forest Thursday night at NewBridge Bank Park

    05/23/2012

    Walk-Off Walk Caps Wolfpack Comeback

    NC State trailed with only two outs left, but rallied back to win its ACC Tournament opener 3-2 over Miami

    05/21/2012

    Rodon Named ACC Pitcher of the Year & ACC Rookie of the Year

    Pack has four named to All-ACC squads

    05/19/2012

    Wolfpack Falls 6-2 in Rubber Match at No. 1 Florida State

    No. 13 NC State tried to rally from a 6-0 deficit, but Ryan Mathews's two-run homer was all the Pack could muster, resulting in State's first series loss in over a month

    05/18/2012

    State Edged 3-2 at No. 1 Florida State to Even Series

    No. 13 NC State came up on the short end of game two after tying the score at the stretch, setting up Saturday's rubber match in Tallahassee

    As a sophomore (2011)
    • Batted .306 (19-for-62) with six doubles, three home runs, 11 runs scored and 16 RBIs in the last 18 games of the season
    • Went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs vs. Stetson on June 3 in the first round of the NCAA Columbia Regional
    • Hit two home runs and drove in five runs in NC State's three NCAA regional games
    • Went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs April 29 in the opener of the Maryland series
    • Went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs on May 8 in the final game of the ETSU series

    As a freshman (2010)
    • Batted .356 (21-for-59) with two doubles, three home runs and 16 RBIs in his final 20 games
    • Started at designated hitter Feb. 19 vs. La Salle and had a single, two doubles and three RBIs in five at-bats
    • Had a big game Feb. 26 vs. third-ranked UC Irvine in the first round of Baseball at the Beach, hitting a pair of doubles, one of them a two-run drive that tied the game in the bottom of the 10th inning
    • Hit his first college home run Feb. 27 vs. James Madison the second day of Baseball at the Beach
    • Had a double, a home run and five RBIs in four at-bats March 16 at NC Central
    • Drove in three runs with a pair of doubles March 19 in the opener of the Wake Forest series
    • Went 3-for-4, homered, scored four times and drove in three runs April 18 in the finale of the Maryland series
    • Had a huge day May 9 in the finale of the Towson series, belting two home runs, including a grand slam, and driving in seven runs, the most RBIs in a single game by a Wolfpack player in seven years

    High school
    • Played at Florida Christian Academy for head coach Ernie Padron
    • Earned high school All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball magazine and Louisville Slugger after hitting .485 with 13 home runs and 32 RBIs as a senior in 2009
    • Earned first-team Class 3-A all-state honors by the Florida Sportswriters Association for the second year in a row
    • Named first-team 4A-1A All-Dade County by The Miami Herald
    • Batted .667 in the 2009 Georgia-Florida Challenge with two doubles, one triple, three home runs and five RBIs
    • Named to the All-Area South Florida Team by ESPN Rise magazine
    • Batted .400 with 10 home runs and 29 RBIs as a junior in 2008 to earn first-team 3A all-state honors from the Florida Sportswriters Association
    • Named first-team 4A-1A All-Dade County by The Miami Herald

    Summer league
    • Played for the Forest City Owls of the Coastal Plain League in 2010 and 2011
    • Batted .273 for the Owls in 2011 with six doubles, three home runs and 20 RBIs in 31 games
    • Batted .290 with 12 doubles, two homers and 16 RBIs in 32 games with Forest City in 2010 and helped lead the Owls to the CPL championship

    MLB Draft
    • Taken by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the 2009 MLB draft

    Personal
    • Majoring in parks, recreation and tourism

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