DANNY DORN Outfielder
6-2 • 190
L/L
Sophomore
Diamond Bar, Calif.
Diamond Bar H.S.
TITANS ’03: Turned in a brilliant rookie campaign, which was capped
with freshman All-American recognition from Baseball America (first team)
and Collegiate Baseball • Also a second-team All-Big West Conference
selection • Broke Phil Nevin's Titan freshman RBI record (52) with
54, which was second in the conference only to teammate and Big West Player
of the Year Shane Costa • One of just three players in the Big West
to finish among the top seven in batting (.348, seventh), slugging (fourth,
.562) and on-base percentage (first, .464) • Also tied for sixth in
the Big West with seven home runs • Missed the final 10 games of the
regular season after suffering a chip fracture (he was hit by a pitch on
the left hand) at Cal Poly on Apr. 27 • Titans were 43-7 when he was
in the starting line-up (7-9 when he wasn't) • Batted a team-high .394
on the road • Listed as one of the top three freshmen outfielders in
the nation in Baseball America’s midseason report card • Was hit
by 20 pitches, tied for the third most in a single season by a Titan •
Started his collegiate career by collecting game-winning hits in two of
the Titans' wins in a season-opening sweep of Stanford • Was 5-for-5
with three doubles, a homer and four RBI vs. Fresno State on Feb. 8 and
earned co-Big West Player of the Week honors • Also named Player of
the Week when he went 9-for-17 with a double, triple, two homers and 12
RBI in four games from Apr. 8-13 • Included in that stretch was an
8-RBI game vs. LMU (he had at least one RBI in each of the first five innings
of a 22-6 win) • Struggled at the College World Series, going 2-for-14
without an RBI • Made just one error in the outfield.
DIAMOND BAR H.S.: Was a three-year player at Diamond Bar (Calif.) H.S.,
where he was teammates with Dustin Miller • Named the Inland Valley
Player of the Year as a senior, when he batted .530 with 11 homers and 50
RBI while also garnering first-team All-Sierra League and first-team All-San
Gabriel Valley honors • Limited to six games his junior season •
Batted .447 as a sophomore, when he was named second-team all-league •
Also a first-team all-league free safety and punter for the Brahmas •
His baseball and football proficiency was enough to earn Diamond Bar Athlete
of the Year honors • Was a four-year honor roll member and was selected
to six academic all-league teams • Was a Wendy’s High School Heisman
nominee.
PERSONAL: Born on July 20, 1984, in San Dimas, Calif. • Parents
are Mike and Fran Dorn • Has two older siblings (Kim and Nick) and
a younger sister (Megan) • Majoring in business • Was one of four
Titan freshmen who played for the Long Beach Cardinals in the summer of
2002 when they captured the Connie Mack World Series title • Lists
his strangest summer job as selling ice cream at Anaheim Angels baseball
games • Says one of his biggest sports thrills was watching Kurt Suzuki’s
walk-off home run versus Long Beach State last year • Was a high school
teammate of Stanford 6-9 junior righthander Mark Jecmen • Favorites…Barry
Bonds (player), Oakland A’s (team), Gladiator (movie), Sportscenter
(TV show).
