2011: CAA All-Tournament selection ...
Two-time CAA Pitcher-of-the-Week (2/22 and 5/23) ... Made 14 starts and finished with
an 8-3 record and staff-best 3.97 ERA ... Set career-highs in innings pitched (90
2/3), Strikeouts (80) and wins (8) ... Also posted three complete game outings ... Final
career start was a complete game shutout against Old Dominion in CAA tournament
(5/26) ... Other complete games included at Towson (3/19) and VCU (5/19) ... Struck
out career-best 10 batters against Delaware (4/8).
2010: Tossed
4-hit shutout in an elimination game at the CAA Tournament against VCU (5/29) ...
Earned CAA Pitcher-of-the-Week honors after striking out seven over seven
innings at Elon (3/2).
Summer of 2009: Listed
by Baseball America as seventh best professional prospect in Coastal Plain
League ... Pitched in Coastal Plain All-Star game ... Struck out 68 in 70 1/2
innings for Wilmington ... Limited opponents to .179 batting average ... Selected
in the 42nd round by Washington in MLB Draft.
2009: Opened
season as UNCW's Friday starter ... Moved to bullpen late in season ... Earned
victories in his first three starts against Maryland, Michigan State and Wright
State ... Helped UNCW eliminate nationally-ranked George Mason in CAA
Tournament ... Held Patriots to two runs on six hits in season-long 7 1/3
innings.
2008:
Red-shirted.
2007: Freshman
All-America selection by Ping!Baseball ... CAA All-Rookie selection ... Second on
staff with 3.75 ERA ... Finished 5-5 ... Hurled complete game shutout against
Towson (4/20) ... It was first complete game shutout by UNCW freshman since 1980
... Compiled streak of 15.1 consecutive
innings of shutout baseball ... Earned CAA Rookie-of-the-Week award three times
(3/12, 4/23, 4/30) to pace conference ... Led all CAA freshman with 3.75 ERA
overall ... Ranked fifth in conference play with 2.72 ERA ... Was fourth in starts
(15) and 10th in opponents batting average (.249) ... Picked up first career
win against Temple (2/16) ... Four of his five losses were by two runs or less ...
Led Seahawks and ranked 10th in conference with 84 innings pitched.
At Snow Hill:
2005 and 2006 Louisville Slugger All-America selection ... Ranked 92nd top
prospect in nation by Baseball America ... No. 2 ranked prospect in Mid-Atlantic
Region (Md., D.C, West Va.) prior to 2006 MLB draft ... Preseason All-America selection by Louisville
Slugger ... Two-time All-State selection for Eagles ... Helped lead Eagles to
first-ever State 1A Championship ... Compiled 9-2 mark as senior ... Posted
0.94 ERA with 154 strikeouts in 89 innings ... Holds state record with those
154 strikeouts ... Also hit .364 with 40 RBI ... Hurled one-hit, 12-strikeout
gem in state final against Bohemia Manor ... Four-year starter ... Two-time
All-Bayside Conference Most Valuable player selection ... All-Conference three
times ... Went 10-1 with 100 strikeouts and just 11 walks in 66 innings his
junior season ... Compiled 0.84 ERA.
Personal: Full
Name: Daniel Burton Cropper ... Born Jan. 13, 1988, in Snow Hill, Md. ... Son of
Jeff and Megan Cropper.
