University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2026: Started all 53 games … Recorded 81 hits, including 21 doubles and six RBI … Drove in 61 runs and scored 50 times … Batted .358 … First-team all-PBC selection … PBC Player of the Week on Feb. 2 and March 30 … Rattled off three hits, drove in one and scored twice in the win over Mars Hill … Tallied two hits, including a grand slam, and scored twice in the victory over the Mountain Lions … Garnered a hit, drove in a run and scored in the win over Francis Marion … Singled in the win over Emory & Henry … Recorded two hits, drove in two and scored twice in the victory over E&H … Singled in two against E&H …  Had a hit and scored three times in the win at Erskine … Registered a hit, drove in one and scored in the win over Lynn … Scored a run in the victory over the Knights … Doubled and drove in two in the win over Coker … Registered three hits, including a double, and drove in two in the win over Middle Georgia … Garnered two hits, including a homer, against the Knights … Drove in a run in the victory over MGSU … Singled in a run against No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne … Rattled off two hits and scored in the win at Flagler … Notched three hits, including a home run, drove in three and scored twice in the victory over the Saints … Posted two hits and scored twice in the series finale win at Flagler … Recorded three hits, drove in two and scored twice in the win at UNC Pembroke … Doubled in two against Columbus State … Tallied four hits and scored twice in the win over CSU … Garnered two doubles, drove in one and scored twice at No. 12 Lenoir-Rhyne … Recorded three hits in the win over Georgia Southwestern ... Garnered two hits, including a double, and drove in a run against GSW … Rattled off two hits, including a home run, drove in three and scored in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Tallied two hits and scored a run in the win over Newberry … Singled and scored in the win over USC Beaufort … Recorded two hits, including a double, drove in a run and scored twice in the victory over USCB … Doubled in a run and scored at USCB … Singled in a run and scored in the win over Augusta … Totaled three hits and drove in three in the win over Claflin … Recorded two hits, two RBI and scored three times in the victory over Claflin … Tied the school record for hits and doubles (five and four) while driving in four and scoring twice in the win over Claflin … Posted a hit and crossed home twice in the win at Lander … Garnered four hits and scored at Lander … Tallied two hits and scored twice in the win at Coker … Recorded a double and one RBI in the win over Augusta … Tallied three hits, drove in two and scored in the victory over the Jaguars … Had a three-run home run in the win over the Jaguars … Rattled off a double and drove in two in the win over Newberry … Doubled, drove in one and scored in the win at Georgia College … Crushed a two-run home run against the Bobcats … Drove in a run in the win at GCSU … Singled and drove in a run in the win at FMU … Rattled off a hit and drove in two against No. 17 North Georgia … Had one RBI against the Nighthawks … Garnered two hits, drove in two and scored twice in the win over GCSU in the PBC Tournament … Doubled in a run and scored against CSU in the PBC Tournament.  

Previous School: Attended Barton … Hit .366 while starting 53 games in 2025 … Notched 10 home runs, 12 doubles and three triples … Posted a .577 slugging percentage and a .432 on-base percentage … Scored 55 runs. 

High School: Attended Cypress Lakes H.S. … Two-time first-team all-state selection … Two-time first-team all-district honoree … Three-time MVP award winner … As a senior, he was ranked 28^th nationally and eighth in Florida at third base.

Personal: Yariel Diaz was born in Orlando, Fla. … Son of Pablo and Igmarie Diaz … Has three siblings – Pablo, Paolamarie and Otniel … Majoring in business administration.