Colgate University Athletics

Career
Games/Starts: 125/79
Colgate Debut: Nov. 12, 2015 at George Mason
First Career Start: Jan. 27, 2016 at Lehigh
Career Stats: 592 points (4.7 ppg), 380 rebounds (3.0 rpg), 61.2 FG% (246-for-402), 74.1 FT% (100-for-135), 84 blocks, 47 steals, 16.3 minutes per game
 
Awards
Jack Bruen Award for team’s Most Improved Player - 2018
Raider Academic Honor Roll - 2016
 
2018-19 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 35/35
Stats:  247 points (7.1 ppg), 118 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 64.3 FG% (101-for-157), 78.9 FT% (45-for-57), 33 blocks, 686 minutes (19.6 mpg)
Best Games: Started every game and finished career with 68 consecutive nods…scored in double figures in eight games…posted one game with double-digit rebounds…matched his career high of 18 points at Loyola (1/26) on blistering 9-of-10 from the field…nine field goals were also career high…shined in Raiders’ overtime win at American (2/16) with 12 points and a season-high four blocks…corralled a season-high 10 rebounds in Colgate’s win over Binghamton (11/19)…made career-best six free throws in regular-season finale at Lafayette (3/2)…tallied a season-high four blocks in win at Boston University (1/19)…went toe-to-toe with Tennessee’s Grant Williams, holding the SEC Player of the Year and AP First Team All-American to nine points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/22).
 
2017-18 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 33/33
Stats:  231 points (7.0 ppg), 147 rebounds (4.5 rpg), 61.0 FG% (97-for-159), 72.5 FT% (37-for-51), 38 blocks, 720 minutes (21.8 mpg)
Best Games: Had a breakthrough junior season, starting in all 33 games for the Raiders…tallied 10 double-digit scoring efforts…contributed 11 points and 7 rebounds in Colgate’s Patriot League Quarterfinal win over Lafayette (3/1)… put together a monster effort with a career-best 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting to help lift the Raiders past Army (2/21)… registered a career-best five blocks while adding five points in a big win at Navy (2/4)… was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field to register 16 points in a big win over Loyola (1/20)… tallied his first career double-double with career-best marks in both points (11) and rebounds (12) at Boston College.
 
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 30/0
Stats:  55 points (1.8 ppg), 48 rebounds (1.6 rpg), 59.5 FG% (22-for-37), 265 minutes (8.8 mpg)
Best Games: Registered points in 19 of his 30 appearances…scored a season-best five points on three separate occasions against Duquesne (12/22), Campbell (12/3) and Cornell (11/16)…pulled down a season-high seven rebounds in season-opener at Syracuse (11/11)…saw a season-best 14 minutes of action at Holy Cross (2/1).
 
2015-16 (Freshman)
Games/Starts: 27/11
Stats:  59 points (2.2 ppg), 67 rebounds (2.5 rpg), 53.1 FG% (26-for-49), 371 minutes (13.7 mpg)
Best Games: Posted a season-high six points on four different occasions throughout the season against Georgia Tech, American, and Army West Point twice ... pulled down a season-best five rebounds against Albany, American and Navy ... hit his first career field goal in his first collegiate game against George Mason on Nov. 13 ... played a season-high 25 minutes in contests with Navy and Loyola.
 
Before Colgate
Attended Homestead High School, where he served as team captain his senior year … In his senior campaign he averaged 8.5 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game and 1.65 blocks per game … Helped his team become 2015 Indiana State Champions, 2015 Northeast Hoosier Conference Champions and 2014 Regional Champions … Earned Northeast Hoosier Conference All-Conference First Team for the 2014-15 season and Second Team for the 2013-14 season … Honored with the Arthur L. Trester Mental Attitude Award in 2015 … Earned Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Academic All-State Honorable Mention in 2015 … Finished holding his high school’s record for career blocks (131), blocks in a season (76) and blocks in a game (8) … Also earned the Mental Attitude Award in 2014 and 2015.
 
Personal
Born: Dana Michael Batt in Monterey, Calif.
Family: Parents are Daniel and Erin Batt…has one sister.