2006 (Miami) - Started 26 games at shortstop and hit .284 with seven doubles and 12 RBI ... Made 32 appearances in all during his sophomore season ... Laid down a sac bunt and went 0-for-1 in exhibition loss to the Florida Marlins on 3/1 ... At N.C. State (4/29), pinch-hit in the eighth inning of Miami's 9-6 win and flied out to center ... Vs. Virginia (4/21-4/23), came off the bench in Miami's series-finale win to score two runs with a double and a walk ... Delivered a pinch-hit double in the eighth inning and scored ... Stayed in the game, making his debut as a left fielder ... Walked and scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning ... Committed two errors and went 0-for-3 at the plate in the series-opening loss ... At Florida State (4/14-4/16), was 4-for-11 in the series with a pair of doubles ... Doubled and scored a run in the 7-5 series-finale win ... Doubled in the 16-1 loss in the second game ... Went 2-for-4 with two singles, two strikeouts and two stolen bases in the series opener ... Vs. North Carolina (4/7), started at shortstop and went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts ... Vs. Clemson (3/31-4/1), went 1-for-7 in the series, starting the first two games at shortstop ... Went 0-for-3 with a walk in the second game of the series ... Singled and stole a base in the series opener ... At Maryland (3/24-3/26), doubled and went 2-for-8 with an RBI in the series ... Pinch-hit in the series finale and struck out ... Went 0-for-3 with a sac bunt and had three errors in the field in Miami's 5-4 loss ... 2-for-4 with a run scored and RBI double to open the series ... At Duke (3/18-3/19), played in the final two games of the series, driving in a run in each ... Was 2-for-4 in the series finale ... Vs. Fordham (3/14), went 2-for-4 with a run scored ... Vs. Virginia Tech (3/10-3/12), started the entire series at shortstop and went 6-for-11 with four RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases ... Had two hits in every game of the series ... Doubled, stole two bases, including home and scored two runs in the series finale ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in the second game of the series ... Walked and drove in two runs in the series opener ... Vs. Michigan State (3/8), went 0-for-4 but reached base on a fielder's choice and scored a run ... Vs. Indiana (3/4-3/5), started at shortstop and went 2-for-4 in both games ... Recorded a season-high seven assists in the field in the second game of the series ... Knocked in the game-winning run in the series finale with a bases-loaded single in the sixth inning ... Vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/24-2/26), played in all three games, starting the first at short ... Finished the series 1-for-6 at the plate ... Singled in his only at bat in the series finale ... Went 0-for-1 off the bench in the second game ... Was 0-for-4 in the series opener ... Vs. Florida (2/17-2/19), hit .300 in the series against the Gators ... Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two walks in the series finale ... Was 0-for-4 in the 4-1 loss ... Went 2-for-3 in the series opener ... Vs. Louisville (2/15), set a career high with four RBI on 2-for-4 hitting, including a three-run double in the third inning ... At UCLA (2/11-12), played in the final two games of the series and went a combined 1-for-7 ... Went 0-for-3 as the DH in the second game of the series ... Filled in for Roger Tomas at shortstop in the series finale and had his first hit of the season, a double ... Had a putout and two assists in the field ... Vs. Winthrop (2/3-2/5), made his first appearance coming off the bench in the series opener, going 0-for-2 at the plate ... Started at shortstop in the series finale and went 0-for-3.
2005 (Miami) - Was named the Hurricanes' Rookie of the Year following a freshman campaign ... Started 56 of the 58 games he played in, 44 at second base and 12 at shortstop ... Named to the Coral Gables All-Regional team at shortstop ... Led all Hurricane freshmen in games played, starts and nearly every offensive category ... Seventh on the team with a .303 average, scored 50 runs, recorded eight doubles, a triple and five home runs with 21 RBI and a .386 on-base percentage ... Posted the Hurricanes' third-longest hitting streak of the season, hitting safely in 12 games from March 5-20 ... Tied with Paco Figueroa for the team lead with three four-hit games (vs. George Washington, 2/27; vs. Oral Roberts, 4/1 and at Virginia Tech, 4/8) ... In the Lincoln Super Regional (6/10-6/11), started both games at shortstop and went 0-for-7 ... At Coral Gables Regional (6/3-6/5), went 4-for-13 in the Regional ... Was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base in the Regional Championship against Mississippi State ... During the ACC Tournament (5/25-5/26), went 1-for-3 against N.C. State and Clemson, starting both games at shortstop ... At Clemson (5/19-5/21), started the series at second base and then switched with Roger Tomas to play shortstop in the middle of the first game and remained there the rest of the series ... Went 2-for-12 with a double and two runs scored in the series ... At Virginia (5/13-5/15), was 2-for-10 with two walks and a run scored in the series ... Vs. Jacksonville (5/6-8), sat out the first game of the series and started the last two at second base ... Went hitless in nine at-bats in the series with one walk ... Vs. Maryland (4/29-5/1), missed the first game of the series with illness ... Returned in the second game to go 1-for-4 with three RBIs, two of which came on a home run in the sixth inning ... Was 2-for-6 in the series with two runs scored ... Vs. Florida State (4/22-4/24), went 0-for-3 in the series opener with a run scored ... Scored the game-winning run in the fourth inning of a 5-2 win in the second game of the series ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in the series finale ... At North Carolina (4/15-4/17), scored six runs and went 5-for-12 with an RBI and a stolen base ... Scored three runs in the series opener ... At Virginia Tech (4/8-10), finished the series 7-for-15 with three RBIs and five runs scored ... Opened the series with a 4-for-5 effort that included a double and solo home run, two runs scored and two RBI ... Vs. Oral Roberts (3/31-4/3), batted .571 (8-of-14) in the series, including his second four-hit game of the season ... Recorded three runs in second and fourth game of the series ... Vs. Georgia Tech (3/25-3/27), went 4-for-13 in the series (.307) ... Was 3-for-5 with two RBI in the series finale ... At FIU (3/23), recorded a season-high seven assists at second base ... Scored two runs, going 1-for-3 at the plate ... At Wake Forest (3/18-3/20), hit solo home runs in back-to-back games ... Vs. Duke (3/11-3/13), went 4-for-9 in the series ... Vs. George Washington (2/25-2/27), went hitless until the series finale when he went 4-for-5 with his first collegiate home run and a double ... At Florida (2/18-2/20), hit .400 in the series and went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the series finale ... Vs. USF (2/11-2/13), went hitless in seven at-bats ... Vs. High Point (2/4-2/6), made his first collegiate start in the series opener, drawing a walk in the leadoff spot in his first plate appearance and eventually scoring ... Went 0-for-3 in his first game, scoring two runs ... Recorded the first hit of his career in the series finale, an RBI single to right field in the fifth inning ... Singled three innings later to finish the game 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
High School - Capped his high school career at Braddock High school by being named first-team all-state for head coach Lou Sanchez ... Also named team MVP, first-team All-Dade County ... Played first three seasons at Christopher Columbus High School and won the 2003 State Championship with the Explorers ... As a senior (2004), batted .420 with five home runs and 30 RBI ... Stole 15 bases ... Also pitched for Braddock, earning five saves ... As a junior (2003), helped Columbus to the 6A State Championship with a .360 batting average, six home runs and 25 RBI ... Stole 15 bases ... Earned six saves out of the bullpen ... As a sophomore (2002), hit .320 with three home runs and 20 RBI, while swiping 10 bases ... Saved three games for Columbus out of the bullpen ... As a freshman (2001), batted .360 with 10 stolen bases and 20 RBI.
Personal - Full name is Walter Diaz ... Born Nov. 13, 1985 in Caracas, Venezuela ... Son of Grisel and Lenin Diaz ... Has one sister, Amanda ... Has not declared a major.
