Harrison Didawick

2024
• ABCA First Team All-Atlantic Region.
• Second Team All-ACC selection.
• Member of the ACC All-Academic Team and listed on the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
• One of three Cavaliers to start all 63 games (42 in LF & 21 in CF).
• Batted .292 (70-for-240) with 13 doubles, a triple, 23 home runs and 68 RBI. He was successful on 14 of 20 stolen base attempts.
• Tied the UVA single-season record for home runs with 23 and broke the school mark for runs scored in a season with 78. His 68 RBI in 2024 were the seventh most in a season by a UVA hitter.
• Ranked in the top-10 in the ACC in runs (3rd), home runs (T-6th), RBI (7th) and total bases (T-10th).
• Hit five home runs in four games beginning with a solo shot against Penn State on March 5.
• Went 2-for-5 with two home runs (HR 1 | HR 2) and five RBI in middle game against Miami on March 8. He was 5-for-13 (.384) with six runs, a double, three home runs and nine RBI in three games against the Hurricanes.
• Was 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and five RBI in series opener at Pitt on March 22.
• Homered in five-straight games beginning with the series finale against NC State on May 12.
• Hit a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the 13th inning to complete a 10-9, comeback, series-clinching win over Virginia Tech in the regular season finale on May 18.
• Tied the school record for home runs with a two-run shot in the top of the second inning against Georgia Tech on May 22, the first game of pool play in the ACC Tournament.
• Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll.

SUMMER 2023: Played in 10 games for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the Northwoods League … was joined by UVA teammate Luke Hanson in Wisconsin … was 7-for-34 (.206) with two doubles, five runs and one RBI.

2023
• Appeared in 53 games and made 49 starts (all in left field).
• Batted .252 (40-for-159) with six doubles, five triples, four home runs, 44 runs scored and 34 RBI. Was successful on 10 of 11 stolen base attempts.
• Tied for second in the ACC with five triples and his seven sacrifice bunts were tied for the third-most in the league.
• His five triples were the most by a Cavalier since Jake McCarthy’s seven in 2017 and the second-most ever by a UVA freshman.
• Hit safely in his last four games and went 2-for-5 with a triple, run scored and an RBI in two College World Series games.
• Made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Navy (2/17). He went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in the contest. Both extra-base hits came in a 14-run fifth inning for the Cavaliers.
• Made diving catches in the outfield against ODU on March 28 and at Notre Dame on April 23,
• Broke a 1-1 tie in the second inning with an opposite field home run against High Point on March 21. Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI in the contest.
• Hit a grand slam against Richmond on April 11, also scored three runs in an 18-0 victory. One of two Cavalier grand slams in game.

SUMMER 2022: Played for the Vermont Lake Monsters in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League … played in 40 games for the Lake Monsters who set a FCBL record with 44 victories and reached the league championship game … batted .223 (31-for-139) with two doubles, three triples, three home runs and 23 RBI … made a highlight reel catch in left field against the Brockton Rox on August 7 that was No. 3 on SportsCenter’s Top-10 … also added outstanding defensive efforts against the Westfield Starfires on June 27 and July 3  … hit his first home run of the summer in his third game, a two-run shot against the Pittsfield Suns on June 22 played alongside UVA teammate Henry Godbout in Vermont

WESTERN BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL
• 2022 Third Team ABCA Rawlings All-American
• Class 6 Region A First Team and First Team All-Tidewater selection his senior year.
• Recipient of the Male Athlete of the Year Award and Athletic Director Award at Western Branch.
• Played travel ball for the Tidewater Drillers where he was awarded the Sinnen Award for work ethic, passion, leadership and selflessness.
• The no. 4 outfielder in Virginia and the no. 15 overall player in the Commonwealth according to Perfect Game. Ranked as the No. 70 outfielder in the country according to PG.

PERSONAL
• Born in Chesapeake, Va.
• Son of Mark and Deborah Didawick.
• Older sister Taylor played volleyball at UAlbany.
• Enrolled in College of Arts & Sciences at UVA