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Sonny DiChiara Season 2022

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Sonny DiChiara Season 2022

PositionIF
Weight263 lbs
Height6-1
ClassSenior
HometownHoover, Ala.
Previous SchoolSamford

HONORS AND AWARDS
2019 First Team All-SoCon
2019 SoCon Freshman of the Year
2019 Freshman All-America
2021 Second Team All-SoCon

2022 - SENIOR SEASON
Named First Team All-America by ABCA, Baseball America, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game and Second Team All-America by College Baseball Foundation, Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA … became the sixth consensus All-American in program history … earned ABCA First Team All-Southeast Region and First Team All-SEC honors … became the third SEC Player of the Year in program history, joining Tim Hudson (1997) and Hunter Morris (2010) on the short list … named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy … turned in a .383/.549/.777 slash line in 61 games started … led the SEC in each category and ranked top 10 in the NCAA on-base percentage (2nd) and slugging (7th) … his OBP was second in program history behind Frank Thomas (.568) and was also 42 points higher than any other SEC player in the last 10 full seasons … his 22 home runs were tied for the second most in program history, one shy of the program record … totaled 37 extra-base hits and 160 total bases, both the most by an Auburn player since 2010 … scored a team-high 59 runs … his 68 walks were the second most in the country and in program history … reached base in all but two games, including multiple times on 49 occasions … hit .337 with a .544 on-base percentage, 11 homers and 25 RBI in SEC play … went on an eight-game hitting streak to start the season, including multiple hits in five of his first eight games … reached base in 46 straight games to start the year and in 48 straight dating back to last season … went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles in his Auburn debut vs. Oklahoma in Arlington (Feb. 18) … went 2-for-2 with a double, homer and four RBI in the homer opener against Troy (Feb. 23) … collected three hits, again including a double and a homer against Yale (Feb. 25) … homered for the third straight game against the Bulldogs (Feb. 26) … was named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week after going 7-for-13 with eight runs, three doubles, three homers and seven RBI in four games from Feb. 23-26 … started his SEC career by going 2-for-4 with a homer in his first SEC at-bat and three RBI against Ole Miss (Mar. 17) … homered for the second straight day and drove in four runs the following day against the Rebels (Mar. 18) … collected three hits in the series opener at Texas A&M (Mar. 25) … matched a career best with four hits, including a double and homer, and three RBI in the series-clinching win at LSU (Apr. 2) … went 3-for-5 with two homers and a season-high five RBI in the series finale vs. Vanderbilt (Apr. 10) … the game marked his ninth career multi-homer contest … collected multiple hits in four straight games from Apr. 19-24, going 10-for-16 during the streak … homered in three straight games for the second time during the season from May 7-10 … hit a game-tying homer in the eighth inning of the SEC Tournament matchup with Kentucky (May 25) … went 3-for-6 with a homer and two RBI in the regional opener against Southeastern (June 3) … went 3-for-5 with a career-best five runs and a homer the following day against Florida State (June 4) … became the first Auburn player to homer in four consecutive games since 2008 … capped off the regional by collecting three hits for the third straight game and driving in four runs against UCLA (June 5) … went 9-for-15 with eight runs, two homers and seven RBI en route to being named to the Auburn Regional All-Tournament Team … homered in his first at-bat of the Corvallis Super Regional (June 11) …  went 2-for-2 and started the scoring with a two-run homer in the third inning of the decisive game three at Oregon State (June 13) … collected a hit in the College World Series opener against Ole Miss (June 18) … went 2-for-4 in the CWS finale vs. Arkansas (June 21) … turned in a .991 fielding percentage in 453 chances at first base.

2021 - JUNIOR SEASON AT SAMFORD
Played and started in 56 games ... led the team and SoCon with 18 homers ... ranked second on the team and T-10th in the league with 46 RBI ... hit .273 with nine doubles and added 44 runs ... named 2021 Second Team All-SoCon ... hit .288 in 28 league games ... ranked T-2nd in the league with nine homers during SoCon play. 

2020 - SOPHOMORE SEASON AT SAMFORD
Started in all 15 games of the COVID-shortened season… batted .328 with two home runs and 21 RBI…recorded 20 hits and scored nine runs…  had a season high four hits against Austin Peay on February 21 while also batting in two runs.

2019 - FRESHMAN SEASON AT SAMFORD
Started in all 55 games played… named first team All-SoCon, and the SoCon Freshman of the Year…also named Freshman All-American by Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association…belted 21 home runs, the most by a freshman in school history…finished the season with a .293 batting average…recorded 58 hits, 40 runs scored and 55 runs batted in… had 15 multi-hit games…in his four games against Wofford, DiChiara had six hits, nine runs batted in and three home runs…had a season-high three hits each against Furman, UT Martin and Wofford .. Awards include 2019 First Team All-SoCon, 2019 SoCon Freshman of the Year and 2019 Freshman All-American. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Starred at nearby Hoover High School…named the Over the Mountain Journal’s 2018 Co-Baseball Player of the Year…Perfect Game named him the No. 2 first baseman in the state and the No. 14 first baseman in the nation.

PERSONAL
Son of Mike and Lara Dichiara … brother to Michael … enrolled in College of Liberal Arts ... born July 29,1999.