A hard-nosed middle infielder that returns at shortstop ... Solid defensive skills with a strong arm ... Has good speed, can hit for average and has surprising power for his size ... 2008: Earned Conference USA All-Freshman Team honors after batting .320 (70-for-219) with four home runs and 42 RBI ... Started 56-of- 59 games played with 35 starts at shortstop, 20 at third base and one at second base ... Experienced first collegiate action against South Carolina (2/24) ... If first career start went 3-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored (ODU/Mar. 4) ... Recorded five game-winning RBI (Rhode Island-twice, Houston, Southern Miss and The Citadel) ... Smacked HRs against Rhode Island, Houston, UAB and UNC Wilmington ... Had career-long 13-game hitting streak snapped against Memphis (5/17) where he batted .442 (23-for-52) with two home runs, 15 RBI, eight runs, five doubles, a triple and slugged .692 ... Also had a 10-game hitting streak from 3/8-3/22 ... Collected 23 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games ... Registered four hits and five RBI (career-highs) against Memphis (5/16) ... Had three hits in three games (ODU, UAB and Tulane) ... Swiped 5-of-8 bases (ODU, N.C. State, UNC Wilmington, Memphis and Alabama) ... Three-time Wachovia Securities Player-of-the-Game ... Led the Pirates in batting average (.383) and RBI (15) in the month of May ... Played in four NCAA Regional games posting a .353 (6-for-17) batting average with four RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base ... Batted .273 (3-for-11) in three C-USA Tournament games ... Started all 24 league games recording a team second-best .340 batting average with two home runs and 16 RBI ... In freshman record books, ranks third in games played (59), at-bats (219), hits (70) and RBI (42) ... Led the team with 10 sac bunts ... Ranked fourth in C-USA in sac bunts ... In league action ranked among leaders in sac bunts (3rd) and assists (t6th) ... Ranked sixth on the team with a .320 average ... Collected at least one hit in 42-of-59 games ... Posted a .937 fielding percentage with 147 assists, while committing 14 errors in 223 chances ... When hitting in the bottom half of the order (6-9), the Pirates posted a 39-17 overall record ... Had slightly better success against right-handed pitchers (.322/27-for-152) than lefthanders (.313/15-for-67) ... As a leadoff hitter sported a .356 average ... Second on the team with three leadoff home runs ... Ranked sixth on the team with 35 RBIs with runners in scoring position while hitting .338 ... Drove in 12 runs and batted a team third-best .429 with the bases loaded ... All four home runs came at Clark-LeClair Stadium where he batted .350 (41-for-117) with 21 RBI ... Month-by-month analysis includes February (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI), March (.343, 2 HR, 15 RBI), April (.253, 0 HR, 10 RBI), May (.383, 2 HR, 15 RBI) and June (.333, 0 HR, 2 RBI) ... High School: A three-sport athlete that lettered in baseball (3), football (3) and basketball (1) ... Three-time Scholar-Athlete Award recipient ... Helped Cougars compile a 33-12 overall record as a sophomore and junior under head coach Gary Comer which included a conference championship in 2005 ... Three time all-conference selection, team MVP and team batting champion ... Broke school record for batting average during senior campaign after batting .500 for the season ... Member of three N.C. State Games ... East-West Game participant ... Earned all-state honors as a senior and junior (second-team) ... Posted a .450 batting average and hit five homeruns as a sophomore ... As a junior hit one homerun, batted .489 with 14 doubles and 13 stolen bases ... On the mound pitched 31 innings, struck out 54, walked 15, allowed 20 hits and posted a 2.40 ERA as a junior ... Member of the Charlotte Heat travel team under head coach Jason Harris ... Rated by Impact Baseball as one of the top-30 seniors in the state of North Carolina ... Graduated with honors ... Member of Beta Club ... Personal: Full name is Dustin Allen Harrington ... Born November 14, 1988 in Hickory, N.C. ... Son of Roger and Tamara Harrington ... Intended major is sports studies. CAREER HIGHS - at-bats: 5 (11 times, last vs. Coastal Carolina 6/1/08); runs: 3 (three times, last vs. Campbell 4/2/08); hits: 4 vs. Memphis (5/16/08); RBI: 5 vs. Memphis (5/16/08); home runs: 1 (four times, last vs. UNC Wilmington 5/13/08); stolen bases: 1 (five times, last vs. Alabama 5/30/08). |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
