Dan Buchholz
Dan Buchholz

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Racine, Wis.

High School:
Racine Case

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 220

Position:
C

Bats/Throws:
Right/Right

2008: Returned from injury to appear in 24 games, making eight starts ... batted .314 for the season, including .389 in 10 Horizon League games ... first appearance of season came against Saint Mary's March 2 ... had a hit and drove in three versus Centenary March 9 ... made first start of season that day ... went 2-for-4 with a run scored and drove in one against Youngstown State April 20 ... tied season-high with two hits in win over Chicago State May 6 ... batted .409 versus right-handed pitching on the season.

2007: Received medical hardship waiver ... maintained sophomore eligibility ... did play in nine games before injury ... had three hits and drove in four.

2006: Earned Horizon League All-Newcomer Team honors after a solid freshman season ... made 19 starts in 27 appearances, batting .278 with three home runs and 16 runs batted in ... solid defensively, also threw out six runners on the basepaths ... recorded his first UWM hit versus Northern Illinois Feb. 26 ... first home run was a three-run shot at Western Kentucky March 19 ... stroked game-winning single in the 12th-inning against Northwestern April 25 ... added game-winning two-run single against Carroll in next outing April 27 ... had two hits and season-best four RBI in win over Wright State April 28 ... two hits and season-high three runs scored against Cleveland State May 6 ... hit .375 with runners in scoring position.

High School: Played four years of baseball at Racine Case, earning First-Team All-Southeast Conference honors in 2004 and 2005 ... lettered twice in baseball and twice in football as a high school athlete ... won a U-17 American Legion State Championship and was an Honorable-Mention All-County selection.

Personal: Parents are Gary and Mary Buchholz ... psychology major ... played for the La Crosse Loggers in the summer of 2007, batting .246 in 24 games ... member of the honor roll every quarter in high school ... born April 18, 1987.



Batting Statistics
Dan Buchholz
Season

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

Avg.

TB

Slg%

SB

2006

27

72

11

20

4

1

3

16

.278

35

.486

0-1

2007

9

30

1

3

0

0

0

4

.100

3

.147

0-0

2007 Medical Redshirt
2008

24

35

6

11

5

0

0

7

.314

16

.457

0-0

Totals

60

137

18

34

9

1

3

27

.248

54

.394

0-1