University of South Alabama Athletics

2012 (Junior):  Batted .265 with seven doubles, three home runs, 28 RBI, 22 runs and a stolen base in 48 games ... Thirty-four of his 39 starts were at third base ... Hit .326 with five doubles, three homers, 21 RBI and 17 runs in 25 Sun Belt Conference contests ... Recorded 11 multiple-hit and eight multi-RBI games ... Posted career highs in hits (4) and runs scored (4) at Louisiana at Monroe (March 23) ... Drove in a career-high five runs at UALR (April 14) ... Collected his first career hit in the season opener against No. 32 College of Charleston ... Hit his first career home run in the Jags’ SBC opener against Troy (March 16) ... Recorded four consecutive multiple-hit games from March 11-18 ... Posted 10 multiple-hit and six multi-RBI games in SBC contests.

Junior college:  Named 2011 National Junior College Athletic Association first-team All-American after hitting .416 with 10 home runs and 52 RBI as a sophomore at Gordon (Ga.) Junior College ... Recorded 17 doubles on the season and scored 42 runs while posting a .486 on-base percentage en route to being named the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year ... Started all 47 games as a freshman while batting .337 with 12 homers and 56 RBI; he posted a 1.088 OPS, including a .650 slugging percentage ... Hit safely in 34 of 47 games and was named to the Region XVII all-tournament team while helping GJC capture the 2010 region championship.

High school:  Lettered three years at North Forsyth High School in Cumming, Ga. ... Also earned two letters in swimming.

Personal:  Full name is Dustin Alan Dalken ... Born Jan. 16, 1991, in Cumming, Ga. ... Son of Billy and Gail Dalken ... The first of two children ... Majoring in engineering.