Career Honors:
- 2021 Patriot League Rookie of the Week (2/23, 5/11)
- 2022 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
- 2023 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
- 2023 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
- 2024 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
- 2024 Preseason All-Patriot League
Career Highs
Runs: 5, at Saint Joseph's (3/20/24)
Hits: 6, at Saint Joseph's (3/20/24)
RBI: 4, three times, MR: at Army (5/19/24)
Stolen Bases: 2, vs. Princeton (3/9/24)
Hit Streak: 12 games (4/2/22-4/20/22)
2024 (Senior)
- Named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in his career
- Selected to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team
- Started every game at shortstop for the third-straight season
- Finished with a .267 average, a .390 slugging percentage and a .390 on-base clip
- Led Navy with 48 runs scored while ranking second on the team in hits (50), home runs (5) and walks (29) and third on the Mids with 35 RBI
- Batted .295 on the road with four homers and 22 runs scored
- Hit .310 in non-conference action with 31 runs scored and 24 RBI
- Hit homers in back-to-back games to start the season, including tallying a career-best four RBI in the Feb. 17 win at Elon on a grand slam
- Matched his career-high four RBI with another grand slam in the Feb. 27 victory over Delaware State, also scoring three times with two total hits
- Started a nine-game hit streak on March 2, capping it off with a three-hit game at Bucknell on March 16
- Matched a program record with six hits at Saint Joseph’s on March 20, also scoring a career-high five times while smacking two doubles
- Posted a three-run, three-RBI outing on March 30 against Lafayette, getting two hits and two walks
- Registered a two-homer contest in the opening game of the league championship series at Army (April 19), collecting three hits, three runs scored and four RBI on the day
- Wrapped up career on a six-game hitting streak
- Ended career by logging 166 straight games as the Mids’ starting shortstop and 171 consecutive games in the Navy starting lineup
- Ended career in the top-10 of multiple program records: 405 assists (second), 21 sacrifice bunts (third), 89 walks (ninth), 24 hit-by-pitches (10th)
- Named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team
2023 (Junior)
- Selected to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team.
- Started all 50 games at shortstop for the Mids.
- Posted a .274 batting average, reaching base at a team-leading .403 clip.
- Batted .329 in league play, reaching base at a .449 percentage in 25 Patriot League games.
- Drew a team-best 28 walks to rank 10th in the Patriot League.
- Finished second in the league with 137 fielding assists, averaging a .985 fielding percentage.
- Started the season on a five-game hit streak (Feb. 17-24) and followed it with a seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 26-March 11), recording a hit in 12 of Navy’s first 13 games.
- Made 100th consecutive start for Navy on April 5 against Coppin State.
- Collected a nine-game hitting streak from April 8 through April 23 that was the second-longest by a Mid on the season, highlighted by a three-hit contest at Lafayette on April 16 and a trio of two-hit performances in that span.
- Reached base safely in 14 consecutive games from April 8 to May 1.
- Named to the 2023 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Sophomore) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
- One of three players to start all 45 games for Navy in 2022
- Hit .262 with a triple, four home runs, 11 doubles, 23 RBI and 31 runs scored
- Reached base at a .353 clip and recorded a .415 slugging percentage
- Finished fourth on the team in multi-hit games with 12
- Tied for third in multi-RBI games with six
- Posted a 12-game hitting streak (4/2-20) which ranked as the longest such streak on the team
- .967 fielding percentage in Patriot League play was the best among league shortstops
- Preseason Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
2021 (Freshman) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Diaz was a two-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week honoree after winning the first award of the season on Feb. 23 and the final award on May 11
- Played and started in 29 games as a freshman, mainly at shortstop
- He finished with 20 hits, 19 runs and eight RBI during his first season
- While hitting .227, he reached base at a .337 clip and finished with five doubles
- Had a career-high three hits in Navy’s win over Holy Cross on April 24
- Diaz also drove in a season-best three runs against Army on May 9 as his three-RBI double brought home the game-winning runs for the Midshipmen in their 10-5 win
- He also finished with a .988 fielding percentage with 33 putouts and 50 assists
High School
- Lettered all four years at Miami Coral Park Senior
- Helped his team to a district title and regional final in 2017 and 2019
- Named Freshmen, Sophomore and Junior of the Year in 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively
- Captained his high school team in 2019 and 2020
- Earned All-County and All-District honors in 2019 and 2020 while being named MVP in 2019
- Played with Los Angeles Angels draftee and former Campbell infielder Zach Neto
Personal
- Son of Eduardo Diaz and Blanca Morales
