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2008 Rivals.com National Freshman Player of the Year Highly-touted infielder with a good approach at the plate ... Has power potential to all fields in addition to a strong throwing arm ... Started every game at shortstop his freshman season and could also see valuable innings off the mound as his college career progresses.
Selected in the third round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft as the first overall pick of the Houston Astros, but elected to enroll at Georgia Tech instead.
Named the 2008 National Freshman Player of the Year by Rivals.com and National Freshman Hitter of the Year by the NCBWA ... Also a first-team Freshman All-America by the NCBWA, Collegiate Baseball and Rivals.com ... Second team ABCA All-Atlantic Region shortstop ... Also tabbed to the All-ACC second team in 2008 ... A 2008 USA National Team member.
2008: Started every game at shortstop and led the Yellow Jackets in RBI (66) and total bases (141) while finishing in the top three on the team in batting average (.332), hits (79), doubles (16), triples (2), home runs (14), on base percentage (.410) and slugging percentage (.592) ... Hit safely in 50 of Tech's 62 games, finishing the season on a six-game hitting streak ... Had 22 multi-hit and tied for the team lead with 16 multi-RBI games on the year ... Drove in five or more runs on three occasions during the season ... Had at least one hit in each of his first 12 games of the season ... Hit his first home run in the second inning of TEch's 4-1 win over Western Carolina (3/4) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run against Kennesaw State (3/5) the following day ... Homered in his third-straight game with a third-inning grand slam in the series opener against Virginia Tech (3/7) ... Added a two-run home run in the opener against the Hokies, going 2-for-3 with a walk, HBP, three runs, two home runs and a career-high six RBI in his first ACC contest ... Went 3-for-6 with a double and a home run while driving in three runs against Georgia State (3/12) ... Had two hits - a double and a home run - in Tech's 10-0 win at Kennesaw State (3/18) ... Hit .444 with two home runs and five RBI in the three-game series against Duke (3/21-3/23) ... Went 3-for-3 with two home runs, three runs and three RBI against Alabama State (3/26) ... Went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles at Boston College (3/29) ... Had three hits, including a double, and scored two runs against Georgia (4/9) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, home run, three runs and five RBI at Georgia Southern (4/16) ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBI against Wake Forest (4/26) ... Hit .500 with a double, triple and home run in the three-game series against Coastal Carolina (5/2-5/4) ... Went 3-for-5 while driving in runs in the first, fifth, sixth and eighth innings with a home run, two singles and a sacrifice fly in the series finale against the Chanticleers (5/4) ... Hit .417 (5-for-12) with a double and a triple in the three-game series at Virginia (5/15-5/17) ... Had five hits and drove in four runs in Tech's final two ACC Championship games (5/22 vs. Miami, 5/24 vs. Clemson) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored against Georgia in the championship game of the 2008 NCAA Athens Regional.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at St. Ignatius (Jesuit Prepatory) High School ... Three-time first-team all-Ohio standout that played three years, serving two as captain, under coach Brad Ganor after beginning his prep career under Brian Morgan ... Named the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year, No. 1 draft prospect for Ohio, and the Perfect Game Ohio Player of the Year in 2007 ... Also tabbed a 2007 High School All-American by Baseball America and Louisville Slugger ... A 2006 Aflac All-American that was voted the captain of the East team and received the Aflac/Perfect Game Sportsmanship Award ... Two-time Conference Player of the Year and St. Ignatius MVP ... Earned rookie of the year honors while helping the team to a State Final Four appearance as a 14-year-old freshman in 2004 ... Holds the St. Ignatius career records in hits (136), runs (108), home runs (18), doubles (42), RBI (125), walks (75) and singles (73) ... Tied the school record with 13 saves in his career ... Held a .425 average in his four years at St. Ignatius ... Hit .421 with 8 HR, 39 RBI, 24 BB, 10 SB, .581 OBP and .855 SLG his senior year ... Graduated with highest honors, holding a 4.2 GPA in high school ... Earned the President's Award for Academic Excellence.
Personal: Full name is Derek Richard Dietrich ... Born July 18, 1989 ... Son of Richard and Cathi Dietrich ... Grandfather is former major league infielder and coach Steve Demeter, whose playing, managing and scouting career spanned more than 52 years in professional baseball ... Sister Dawn is a former professional ice skater that starred in ice shows for Busch Gardens and Sea World in the 1990's ... Spent two years as a member of the St. Ignatius Circus Company, where he juggled for community service events and charities around the Cleveland area ... Also juggled for the Rady's Children's Cancer Hospital during his stay in San Diego for the 2006 Aflac All-America Game ... Management major at Georgia Tech.
Year ERA W-L App/GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK
2008 36.00 0-0 1/0 0 0/0 0 1.0 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 7 .500 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL 36.00 0-0 1/0 0 0/0 0 1.0 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 7 .500 1 1 0 0 0
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