David Harding

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Graz Giglio

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Height:
5-10
Weight:
185
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Severna Park, Md.
High School:
Archbishop Spalding

At Princeton:
2020: Contributed two RBI in six contests.

2019: Honorable Mention All-Ivy … Played in every game, starting all but one … Led the team in RBI (24) and was tied for second in runs (22) … Produced a .243/.345/.358 slash line … Hit a solo home run at UNCG (Mar. 8) … Snagged a six-game hitting streak (Mar. 10-18) … Dropped in two hits and four RBI at Georgetown (Mar. 16) … Scored twice with two knocks at Georgetown (Mar. 17) … Scored twice at Harvard (Mar. 30) … Multi-RBI outings at Penn (Apr. 12, 13), at Cornell (Apr. 21) and at Yale (May 11) … Produced three hits and two runs at Cornell (Apr. 20).

2018: Saw time in 27 games with 25 starts … Had a double at South Carolina (Mar. 10) … RBI hit at Georgetown (Mar. 18) … Multi-hit game with a run scored at Rutgers (Mar. 28) … Registered two RBI vs. Cornell (Mar. 31) … Knocked in the game-winning run at Brown (Apr. 7) … Snagged three hits and the game-winning RBI at Columbia (Apr. 22), helping Princeton to its first series victory over the Lions since 2011 … Post two RBI and two hits at Dartmouth (May 5).

2017: Led the team with a .318 batting average … Snagged 35 hits, 14 runs scored, 19 RBI … Slugged .400 and had an on-base percentage of .364 … Opened the season with a six-game hitting streak including two knocks at Duke (Mar. 4) … Broke out with three hits, two runs and a RBI double at Navy (Mar. 26) … Began Ivy League play with hits in four straight (Apr. 2-8) … Collected three hits in doubleheader vs. Brown (Apr. 2) … Amassed a RBI double at Monmouth (Apr. 5) … Picked up eight RBI in double dip at Harvard (Apr. 9), leading to him being named Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Apr. 11) … Came around to score twice with two hits at Penn (Apr. 15) … Another multi-hit outing at Penn (Apr. 16) … Season-best four hits vs. Columbia (Apr. 21) … Back-to-back two-RBI performances at No. 22 St. John’s (Apr. 26) and vs. Cornell (Apr. 28).

Before Princeton:
Archbishop Spalding: Three-sport athlete that played baseball, basketball, and football … Finished high school baseball career as a Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches’ Pre-Season All-State, MIAA “A” All-Conference, Brooks Robinson Maryland All-Star pick, SBC All-Tournament team, MSABC All-State and Perfect Game 17U National Championship All-Tournament team as a senior … Selected to MIAA “A” All-Conference, MSABC first team All-State, MSABC Futures team as a junior … 2015 SBC Tournament MVP, Big 26 and MSABC Maryland Cup – Team Maryland squads … Made all-conference as a sophomore … Honorable mention All-State as senior in football along with first team All-County, MIAA “A” All-Conference … Won the MaxPreps National Punt Return of the Year and was named to the Baltimore Touchdown Club postseason Super-22 team … Baseball squad won three straight Maryland MIAA “A” Conference titles (2014-16) … Squad finished No. 14 in the USA Today Final National Rankings … Team placed No. 1 in the Baltimore Sun/Varsity Sports Network in consecutive years (2015-16) … National Honor Society … Took home the Lt. C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Athletic Service Award and National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Award.

Personal: Son of Barbara and David Harding … Has a brother, Matthew, and sister, Catherine … Father, David, played golf at Holy Cross (1982-83) … Mother, Barbara, was a gymnast at Alabama (1981-85).