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Jersey Number 30
Michael Diaz
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- HS:
- Brophy
- Prev School:
- Santa Clara / South Mountain CC
- Major:
- B.S. in Applied Entrepreneurship
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Grand Canyon |
2025 | Senior
- Started 45 games for the Lopes with 39 in left field, four in right field and two as designated hitter.
- Ranked second on the team in RBIs (49) and third in home runs (11) and slugging percentage (.543).
- In WAC play, led GCU in slugging percentage (.725) and RBIs (31). Those numbers ranked second and third, respectively, in the WAC.
- Hit five triples, tied for third-most in the WAC. Four came in conference play, tied for most in the WAC.
- Compiled a wild offensive week at California Baptist on April 4-6. He went 8 for 14 (.571) with 16 RBIs, four home runs, seven runs scored and a triple. Was named NCBWA and WAC Player of the Week and D1Baseball.com's top offensive performer. Had displays of four, five and seven RBIs over the series, the latter ranking third in a game since GCU's return to D-I in 2014. Hit a three-run go-ahead homer in the seventh as part of a two-homer game on April 5, and hit GCU's only grand slam of the season on April 6.
- Posted seven multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games.
- Strung together a career-best eight-game hit streak from Feb. 21 to March 7, spanning games against Rutgers, Texas State, Pepperdine and Texas Tech.
- Homered twice in GCU's series-clinching victory at Abilene Christian on March 23.
- Had the game-winning hit (a two-run homer in the seventh) to defeat Arizona State on April 22.
- Started 24 of GCU's 61 games but appeared off the bench in 18 additional games.
- Fell shy of meeting minimum statistic qualifications, but posted the Lopes' second-best batting average (.374) behind only WAC Player of the Year Tyler Wilson.
- Had a .347 batting average in conference games which ranked 13th in the WAC.
- GCU was 9-2 in games where Diaz was in the starting lineup as the designated hitter and 9-1 when he hit fifth in the batting order. Also started games in left and right field.
- Logged eight multi-hit games including a pair of three-hit games (March 2 at UTSA, May 3 vs. California Baptist).
- Had a season-best five-RBI performance against California Baptist on May 3.
- Had a key pinch-hit, two-out, two-run double to fuel a three-run eighth inning at UT Arlington on April 14 in a rubber match the Lopes went on to win 7-5.
- Picked up a base hit in all four games of the Tucson Regional. Was hit by pitch twice in the opening game of the regional including once in what turned into a three-run, go-ahead sixth inning where he scored the tying run.
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South Mountain CC |
Phoenix, Ariz. |
- Appeared in 31 games in his one season at South Mountain in 2023.
- Hit .232 with five extra-base hits in 56 at bats.
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Santa Clara |
Santa Clara, Calif. |
- Spent two seasons with the Broncos program, redshirting in 2021 and appearing in 24 games in 2022.
- As a redshirt freshman in 2022, made 14 starts in right field and one in left field. Hit .276 with four extra-base hits and 11 runs scored.
Summer Leagues |
- 2024: Orange County Riptide | California Collegiate League | Irvine, Calif. (stats)
- 2022: Anchorage Bucs | Alaska Baseball League | Anchorage, Alaska (stats) - first-team all-league
Brophy College Prepatory |
Phoenix, Ariz. |
- Standout two-sport athlete in baseball and football.
- Three-time All-Premier Conference selection.
- Left-handed hitting corner outfielder and ranked as one of the top 50 prep football players in the state where he played outside linebacker and safety.
- All-region selection in both sports and was one of only a handful of students at Brophy College Prep from the class of 2020 to letter three times in two sports.
- Batted .344 with a .438 on-base percentage over 45 games in his career.
- Was recruited by Boise State and Cal in football.
- Ranks third all-time in the Brophy College Prep record books with five interceptions in a season.
Personal |
- Parents are Michael and Kathy Diaz.
- Father, Michael, played football at Phoenix College from 1986-89.
- Mother, Kathy, was a member of pomline and cheerleading at Arizona State from 1987-93.
- Grandfather, Jay Rhodes, played baseball at Kentucky in 1959.
- Off the field, enjoys golfing and lifting.
- Cites Bo Jackson as his biggest sports influence.
- Chose GCU "for the relationship I built with the coaches as well as the success that the baseball program as had in recent years."
- His favorite athletes to watch growing up include Bryce Harper, Kobe Bryant and Tom Brady.
GCU Baseball at San José State (G2) - Chacon game winner and final out
Sunday, May 03
Baseball at San José State (G1) - Johns' homer
Saturday, May 02
5-run bottom 9 to walk it off 😱 #collegebaseball
Thursday, April 30
Griff walks off Arizona #collegebaseball
Wednesday, April 29
