Daniel Hegarty

HONORS & AWARDS

• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team

2021 (R-JUNIOR)

• Appeared in 24 games, the most by a Jayhawk this season
• Finished with a 4-2 record and 4.65 ERA in 40.2 innings pitched
• Tallied 26 strikeouts to only eight walks
• Made first appearance of the season vs. South Dakota State (2.20), pitching 2.0 innings of relief with three strikeouts
• Earned first victory of the year after a season-high 4.1 innings of relief at Saint Louis (3.7)
• Second win against Creighton (3.19), pitching three innings of relief with no runs allowed and one strikeout
• Pitched 1.1 innings against Missouri (3.30) to earn third victory of the season
• Fourth victory against Sacramento State (4.28), throwing 2.1 scoreless innings of relief
• Recorded lone save of the season at Omaha (3.12)
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team

2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)

• Appeared in eight games out of the bullpen, pitching 10 innings with a 1.80 ERA and a 1-1 record
• Made season debut at Belmont (2/15), finishing with one and 1/3 innings pitched with one strikeout for lone victory of the season
• Tallied a season-high two strikeouts at Charleston Southern (2/23) and at Iowa (3/10)
• Finished with a season-best two innings vs. Ball State (2/29)

2019 (SOPHOMORE)

• Appeared in 23 games in relief
• Pitched 22 and 2/3 innings with 23 strikeouts
• Made season debut tossing three innings of relief at USC Upstate (2/18)
• Career-high seven strikeouts vs. Texas Southern (2/23)
• Recorded a save against the Tigers (2/23)
• Struck out four batters against Oklahoma State (4/12)
• Hurled two innings of scoreless relief against West Virginia (4/22) in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship

2018 (FRESHMAN)

• Appeared in 15 games of relief
• Pitched 16 and 2/3 innings with 14 strikeouts
• Made career debut against Northwestern (2/24)
• Tossed a scoreless inning of relief at then-No. 4 Florida State (3/6)
• Then-career-high three strikeouts in a personal-best two innings pitched at Texas (3/16)
• Tossed a scoreless inning against Morehead State (3/31)
• Personal-best four K’s against West Virginia (5/4)

BLUE VALLEY HS

• Played for head coach Tony Scardino at Blue Valley High School
• Two-time regional champion
• Placed third at 2016 state championship before taking home the crown in 2017
• Two-time all-state and two-time All-Eastern Kansas League First Team honoree
• Posted a 1.92 ERA with a record of 6-3 en route to those honors

PERSONAL

• Born in Shawnee Mission, Kansas
• Son of David and Sarah Hegarty
• Has one sister, Megan
• Grandfather, Leo Rasmussen, played baseball at Iowa State
• His aunt, Anne Schmidling, and uncle, James Hegarty, golfed at Kansas State
• Eight relatives, including his parents, are KU alums
• Plans to major in sport management