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  Daniel Jewett

Daniel Jewett

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
West Frankfort, IL

High School:
Rend Lake C.C.

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 180

Position:
OF

B/T:
R/R

2006 Summer: Played for the Wheaton White Sox of the Metro Collegiate League.

2006: Played in 33 games and made 11 starts ... Totaled four stolen bases, four runs scored, and four RBI ... Started five of 15 MAC games played and had three stolen bases ... Singled at Arizona State (2/4) ... Pinch-ran and had stolen base at ASU (2/5) ... Started as DH and had sacrifice fly RBI in game two at Ohio (3/25) ... Scored winning run on sacrifice fly in eighth inning of game one vs. Bradley (3/28) ... Had hit in only at-bat vs. Kent State (4/8) ... Started and went 1-for-3 with stolen base vs. KSU (4/9) ... Singled and scored at Northern Iowa (4/12) ... Went 1-for-2 with stolen base at Miami (4/14) ... Had single and RBI vs. Wheaton (4/18) ... Had pinch-hit double vs. Chicago State (4/19) ... Walked to drive in run and scored vs. Chicago State (4/26) ... Pinch-ran and scored run at UW-Milwaukee (5/2) ... Pinch-ran and stole base at Western Michigan (5/6) ... Had RBI vs. Ball State (5/13).


Junior College: Played two seasons at Rend Lake (Ill.) Community College ... Was co-captain and named team's most valuable player in 2005 ... Batted .377 with five home runs and 38 RBI to go along with 19 stolen bases during sophomore campaign.

High School: Prepped at Frankfort Community High School ... Garnered first-team all-conference accolades as senior and second-team honors during junior season ... Named all-area after hitting .453 with three home runs and nine stolen bases as a senior ... Starred as quarterback on football team and holds several school and conference records including career passing yards, touchdowns, and all-purpose yards ... Was Class 4A All-State selection in football as senior and first-team all-conference in each of last two seasons.

Personal: Son of Lee and Joyce Jewett ... Born May 9, 1985 in Fort Worth, Texas ... Majoring in Kinesiology and minoring in Business.