University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2025: Played in 16 games, earning five starts … Scored five times and had two RBI … Scored a run in the victory over No. 8 IUP …  Singled, drove in one and scored at Limestone … Drove in a run against Lander … Singled at No. 14 North Georgia … Tallied two hits and scored twice in the win over the Sand Sharks.

2024: Played in 48 games, earning 46 starts … Tallied 45 hits, including seven doubles and three home runs … Drove in 28 runs and scored 34 times … Had two hits, two RBI and scored against UNC Pembroke … Posted a double, drove in one and scored against the Braves … Tallied a two-RBI double at No. 11 West Florida … Singled and scored at No. 11 UWF … Recorded a two-RBI single against the Argonauts … Had a hit and scored against American International … Notched two doubles and scored in the win over AIC … Tallied two hits and scored three times in the victory over AIC … Posted two hits, including a double, while driving in two and scoring twice in the win over American International … Singled against No. 1 Tampa … Posted two hits and drove in a run against the Spartans … Registered two hits, including a homer and drove in four in the win at Francis Marion … Garnered two hits, two RBI and scored in the win over Claflin … Accounted for three hits, including two doubles, with one RBI and two runs scored in the win over the Panthers … Had two hits and scored twice in the win over Claflin … Singled and scored against Emory & Henry … Recorded two hits, including a home run, while driving in three and scoring twice at Newberry … Scored at Georgia Southwestern … Singled against the Hurricanes … Crossed home plate against GSW … Posted three hits and scored against the Wolves … Singled at Flagler … Had a hit and drove in a run against Columbus State … Singled and scored against GCSU … Drove in a run and scored in the win over the Bobcats … Singled and scored at Lander … Had a single and drove in a run against the Bearcats … Hit a round-tripper against Francis Marion … Garnered a single and drove in a run against the Jaguars … Posted two hits, drove in a run and scored in the win at Augusta … Singled and scored at Coker … Scored a run against North Georgia … Rattled off two hits, drove in one and scored twice in the win over North Georgia … Scored twice against the Nighthawks … Drove in a run and scored against Coker … Registered a hit at Lander in the PBC Tournament.        

2023: Appeared in 23 games, earning five starts … Drove in two runs and scored three times … Drove in a run in the season-opening win over Carson-Newman … Collected an RBI in the season opening series finale win against Carson-Newman … Singled in win over North Georgia … Scored a run in game one against the Sand Sharks … Scored a run and was walked in the win in the final game of the series versus the Sand Sharks … Singled in the win over Francis Marion Patriots … Stole a base in the home game against Belmont Abbey.

2022: Appeared in 37 games, earning 20 starts … Posted 18 hits, including a home run … Drove in 10 runs and scored eight times … Walked three times and scored a run in the win at UNC Pembroke … Homered, drove in three and scored twice against FSC … Drove in a run in the series-clinching victory over the Mocs … Rattled off two hits and drove in three in the win at Francis Marion … Singled and scored against No. 2 Tampa … Had a pinch hit single against Columbus State … Recorded three doubles, drove in two and scored twice in the win over Coker … Recorded a pinch hit single at No. 13 Newberry … Doubled in the win over Claflin … Recorded three hits and one RBI in the win over the Jaguars … Singled in the win at YHC … Walked against the Nighthawks … Had a hit at UNC Pembroke … Had a hit in the series opener at Lander … Singled and scored in the win at Lander … Registered two hits and scored a run in the series-opening win over Georgia College in the PBC Tournament.

High School: Attended Aiken H.S. … Three-time all-region honoree … Golden Glove Team honoree as a senior … North-South all-star team selection … Two-time Diamond Kings Watch List selection … Posted a .333 batting average with Canes South … Recorded a .449 OB and a .709 slugging percentage as a senior … Drove in 27 runs and hit .400 his senior season … Member of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Dalton Graves was born June 28 in Asheville, N.C. … Son of Valerie Thomas-Umsted … Has two siblings, Maitland and Jessica … Majoring in business administration.