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Jersey Number 42
Dariyan Pendergrass
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hartsville, S.C.
- High School:
- Hartsville
Career Honors & Accolades
- 2025 All-CAA Honorable Mention
2025 (Senior — College of Charleston)
- One of three Cougars to start all 59 contests
- Paced club in at-bats (223), runs (65), sacrifice bunts (six) and stolen bases (43)
- Tallied .296 average with four home runs and 37 RBI
- Mounted .398 on-base percentage and .430 slugging percentage
- Compiled eight multi-RBI efforts and co-team-best 21 multi-hit performances
- Posted 10 multi-steal games, including four contests with three stolen bases
- Tied for eight-most stolen bases nationally
- Swiped the second-most bases in single season in school history
- Stole three bases in victory over VCU (2/14)
- Finished 3-for-3 with run and stolen base vs. Seton Hall (2/21)
- Matched season-high three hits against App State (3/7)
- Reached safely five times and swiped three bases in 7-3 win over Dartmouth (3/15)
- Scored co-season-best four runs and stole pair of bases vs. Elon (3/21)
- Smacked first homer of campaign against Elon (3/22)
- Notched season-high four RBI in three-hit effort vs. Charleston Southern (4/1)
- Logged three stolen bases in 11-4 win over Hofstra (5/15)
- Produced three hits and four runs against Hofstra (5/17)
- Became third Cougar to steal 40 bases in single season vs. Elon (5/23)
2024 (Junior — College of Charleston)
- Played in 28 games and earned 27 starts, before suffering season-ending injury
- Hit .300 with 22 runs, 10 RBI and 10 stolen bases
- Amassed .381 on-base percentage and .381 slugging
- Recorded season-best two RBI against Liberty (3/5)
- Went 4-for-4 and scored co-season-high three runs vs. Georgia Southern (4/2)
- Collected three hits and stole season-best three bases in 9-1 win over Monmouth (4/12)
2023 (Sophomore — Spartanburg Methodist)
- Started 44 contests
- Batted .348 with one homer and 20 RBI
- Led club in triples (five) and stolen bases (41)
- Totaled .419 on-base percentage and .488 slugging percentage
- Registered 13 multi-steal efforts and 20 multi-hit performances
- Tallied three hits, three runs and three stolen bases vs. USC Salkehatchie (2/25)
- Finished 3-for-3 with trio of runs scored and pair of RBI against USC Salkehatchie (2/26)
- Mounted three knocks and three stolen bases in 15-5 win over USC Salkehatchie (3/19)
- Reached safely four times, launching lone home run of year vs. USC Lancaster (3/25)
- Swiped three bases at Patrick & Henry Community College (3/29)
- Logged three stolen bases against USC Union (5/7)
2022 (Freshman — Spartanburg Methodist)
- One of two Pioneers to start all 52 games
- Paced team in average (.452), runs (80), hits (84), triples (four), walks (37), stolen bases (34) and on-base percentage (.546)
- Recorded two home runs, 29 RBI and .597 slugging percentage
- Produced nine multi-RBI performances and 23 multi-hit efforts
- Delivered first career hit in debut against Camp Community College (1/30)
- Stole season-high three bases at Catawba Valley Community College (3/15)
- Went 4-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored at USC Salkehatchie (3/20)
- Smacked first career homer as part of four-hit, four-RBI game at USC Lancaster (3/26)
- Matched season-best four hits in 9-4 win at USC Sumter (4/15)
High School
- Earned four varsity letters at Hartsville
- Named Region Player of the Year twice
- Posted .462 average, 80 runs and 34 stolen bases in 2020
- Paced state with 45 stolen bases during sophomore campaign
- Tabbed 2020 Region VI-4A Player of the Year in football
- Recorded 1,426 all-purpose yards and 19 total touchdowns on gridiron as junior
Personal
- Son of Darrell and Renika Pendergrass
- Has six siblings, Darrell Jr., Nieka, Jaliah, Jakayla, Jamarria and Demonte
- Brother, Darrell Jr., played baseball at Claflin University
