Adrian College

Entering the season: Two-year returning starter at third base...could also see action on the pitching mound...

2018 (Junior Year):

2017 (Sophomore Year):

• Earned a spot on the 2016-17 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in a career-high 40 games, making 36 starts
• Collected 37 hits in 133 at-bats (.273), including six extra-base hits
• Batted .326 with a .430 on-base percentage in 27 conference games
• Drove in 29 runs (sixth best on the team) while scoring 33 himself (fourth best); also stole five bases
• Was fifth in the MIAA in sacrifice hits (5)
• Posted nine multi-hit games, including three 3-hit efforts
• Recorded 52 assists and 11 putouts on defense

2016 (Freshman Year):

• Hit .385 in 13 at-bats while appearing in 13 contests.
• Recorded .529 on-base and .462 slugging percentages.
• Singled in his first collegiate at-bat as a pinch-hitter in a 22-1 win against Blackburn on March 5, and finished the game with two runs scored and two RBI.

High School Information:

• Graduated from Northville High School in 2015, where he lettered in baseball
• Made the all-conference, -district, and -area team as a senior
• Voted the team offensive most valuable player that year, batting .396 with an on-base percentage of .602.

Personal: Majoring in marketing and minoring in sports management…born in Chicago, Illinois on June 26, 1997…son of Dan and Mary Lou Darnell…favorite athlete is Derek Jeter…favorite movie is Anchorman…favorite food is chicken noodle soup.