2021-22 Baseball Roster

#3 David LaManna 2020-21 Baseball Roster

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Height 5-10
Weight 176
B/T R/R
Class Graduate Student
Hometown Saddle River, NJ
High School Bergen Catholic
David LaManna - Baseball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

HONORS & AWARDS

  • 2022 Statesboro Regional All-Tournament Team
  • 2022 All-ACC Academic Team
  • 2022 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Watch List
  • 2022 Team Captain

GRADUATE SEASON (2022)

  • Played in 47 games and made 42 starts on the season.
  • Ended the year with 35 runs, 53 hits, 2 2B, 3 HR, 28 RBI, 4 SB and slashed .346/.409/.464.
  • Led the team in batting average and was second on the squad in on-base percentage.
  • Set career highs in hits, runs, batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • Hit the game-tying home run in the 7-3 comeback win over No. 1 Tennessee to clinch a berth to the College World Series for the third time in program history. (6/12/22)
  • Also hit a two-run blast against Oklahoma in the College World Series. (6/19/22)
  • 5 of his 9 career home runs have come in the postseason.
  • Set a career high with 5 RBI against Wake Forest (4/23/22)
  • Set a career high with 2 steals against Northern Illinois (3/29/22)

SENIOR SEASON (2021)

  • Played in 44 games and has made 39 starts on the season.
  • Ended the year with 21 runs, 31 hits, five home runs, 29 RBI and slashed .234/.333/.400.
  • Set career best marks with five home runs, 29 RBI and 21 runs scored.
  • Finished with a career best fielding percentage of .997 after committing just two errors in 329 chances.
  • Set a career high with four hits and four RBI against North Carolina (5/2).
  • Tied a career high with three hits and three RBI against No. 16 Wake Forest (2/27-2).

JUNIOR SEASON (2020)*

  • Played in 11 games and made 10 starts during the abbreviated season.
  • Finished the season with a .303 average, 11 runs, 10 hits and seven RBI. 
  • LaManna set a career high with four runs scored in the 14-8 win over North Carolina to clinch the series sweep.
  • He finished the season with three straight multi-hit games against UNC (3/8-9) and Radford (3/11).

*Season suspended after 13 games due to COVID-19

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2019)

  • Played in 42 games and made 33 starts over the season.
  • Second on the team on on-base percentage with .387.
  • Set a career high with three against Virginia on April 5.
  • Had nine multi-hit games on the season, including three in his last four games of the season.
  • Played summer ball with the Eau Claire Express in the Northwoods League.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2018)

  • Played in 52 games on the year, including 46 starts.
  • Recorded a hit in his first 10 collegiate baseball games and reached base safely in 11 straight games.
  • Belted his first collegiate home run, a walk-off two-run homer in the ninth inning to top Purdue, 4-2.
  • Recorded four assists in one game against Purdue, including three caught stealing and one pick-off.

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Earned four varsity letters in baseball from Bergen Catholic High School
  • Was three-time All-League, All-County and All-State
  • Named a Second Team All-American by Perfect Game
  • Competed as a member of Tri-State Arsenal
  • Rated the top catcher and the No. 9 overall prospect in New Jersey by Perfect Game

PERSONAL

  • Hails from Saddle River, N.J.
  • Son of Adolfo and Lisa LaManna
  • Has one sibling, Alexandra
  • Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business