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5 Dale Wickham

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Victor, N.Y.
  • Highschool Victor HS

Biography

• All-Ivy Honorable Mention (2018)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District I Team (2018)
• All-Ivy Honorable Mention (2016)


As a senior (2018)
• Earned All-Ivy League honorable mention as a designated hitter.
• Named the lone designated hitter on the CoSIDA Academic All-District 1 Team.
• Fought off slow start to season to bat .270 and lead team with five home runs, 31 RBI, slugging percentage (.475), on base percentage (.432) and games with multiple RBI (eight).
• Ranked second in home runs (five) and RBI (21), third in slugging percentage (.579) and fifth in on base percentage (.433) in Ivy League play.
• Was 2-for-5 with five RBI in home-opening win over Niagara on March 25.
• In nine-day span, raised average from .190 to .298 with 13 hits over six games from April 14-22. 
• Hit home runs in four consecutive games, including all three games of an Ivy League series at Penn.
• Subsequently named Ivy League Player of the Week on April 23.
• Ended collegiate career by reaching base safely in 23 consecutive games.
• Started 33 games as designated hitter, also appearing once at each corner outfield position.

As a junior (2017)
• Led the team with a .406 average that would have ranked fourth-highest in the nation, but it fell just short of qualifying.
• Limited to 25 starts due to injury, but still led the team with 12 doubles and a .482 on base percentage.
• Drove in 17 runs and finished second on the team with four stolen bases.
• Had multiple hits in 13 of his 25 games, reaching base in each of the team's first 18 games.
• Named Ivy League Player of the Week on March 6 after going 9-for-15 with three doubles, four RBI, six runs and a stolen base in a three-game series against defending Patriot League champion Navy.

As a sophomore (2016)
• Made history on April 30 when he became the first player in three centuries of Cornell baseball to hit three home runs in a game. Adding to the impressive feat was the fact that his three home runs came in a seven-inning game at Princeton, when he drove in all four of the Big Red's runs in a 4-3 victory over the eventual league champions.
• Only Big Red player to start all 38 games, earning All-Ivy League honorable mention with all but three of his starts coming from center field.
• Finished second on the squad with a .290 average, five home runs, 21 RBIs, .507 slugging percentage and five stolen bases
• Led the Big Red with 40 hits, nine doubles and three triples.
• Primarily batting fifth in the order, was tied for the team lead with 10 multiple hit games and five games with multiple RBIs.

As a freshman (2015)
• Made 24 appearances with 17 starts, all of those coming in the outfield.
• First career hit came in his first game Gardner-Webb on Feb. 21.
• Went 2-for-5 and scored a run March 14 in a win over Bowling Green.

Prior to Cornell
• Posted a .506 batting average and a 7-0 record with a 0.81 earned run average in 2014 to win his second state title with Victor HS.
• Named the state's Class AA Player of the Year, the All-Greater Rochester and Monroe County Player of the Year.
• Pitched a complete-game shutout in the state championship game against Shenendehowa.
• Earlier in the year, was 4-for-4 with nine RBIs and a complete game in the section finals.
• Two-time All-Greater Rochester and all-county selection, graduated summa cum laude.

Personal
• Dale Robert Wickham is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the SC Johnson College of Business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2015Freshman

    Infielder
    5'11" 170 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2016Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'11" 170 lbs
    19
  • 5

    2017Junior

    Outfielder
    5'11" 170 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Senior

    Outfielder
    5'11" 170 lbs
    5