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Bolt Adds CBN Valley Preseason Player-of-the-Year Honor

Bradley senior outfielder adds to his list of preseason honors

Bolt CBN Preseason MVC Player of the Year
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Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 2/3/2021 11:00:00 AM
TUCSON, AZ – The preseason honors continue to roll in for Bradley Baseball senior outfielder Dan Bolt (Morton, IL/Morton H.S.).  Already named a preseason All-American by the national college baseball media outlet, Bolt also has been tabbed the Collegiate Baseball Missouri Valley Conference Preseason Player of the Year.
 
Just as was the case with his preseason All-America recognition, Bolt becomes the first player in Bradley history named The Valley's preseason Player of the Year by Collegiate Baseball.  Since the announcement by CBN, Bolt also has been tabbed The Valley's 2021 preseason player of the year by D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game.
 
Bolt burst onto the scene during the 2018 MVC Tournament when the then sophomore went 3-for-7 with two walks, three home runs and six RBI in his two postseason games.  As a junior in 2019, he moved into the everyday starting lineup and earned All-MVC second-team honors after leading the Braves with a .595 slugging percentage and .453 on-base percentage.  His 1.048 OPS in 2019 was second-best in The Valley and was the best by a Bradley player since current New York Yankees OF Mike Tauchman posted a 1.110 OPS during his 2013 Joe Carter MVC Player-of-the-Year season in 2013.
 
Twice named to the CBN National Players of the Week (April 22, 2019 and March 2, 2020), Bolt was off to a hot start during the abbreviated 2020 season, smashing seven home runs with 15 RBIs during Bradley's 10 games.  He ranked fourth nationally with 0.7 home runs per game and sixth with a .881 slugging percentage when the 2020 season was halted due to the global pandemic.
 
In 110 career games at Bradley, Bolt enters the 2021 season with a .304 batting average, 23 home runs and 79 RBI.  He is one of five baseball seniors who elected to return to Bradley for an extra season after the NCAA granted an additional year of eligibility for all 2020 spring sport student-athletes due to the pandemic.
 
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Dan Bolt

#35 Dan Bolt

6' 1"
Senior
L/R
OF
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