Week-long series on Ohio State's Big Ten Medal of Honor Finalists continues Thursday with Dan DeLucia. The senior pitcher is serving his third term as team captain, a first in 125 years of Ohio State baseball.

Dan DeLucia 
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Major: Finance Risk Management & Insurance
Sport: Baseball

Future Plans - "I will enter the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. Depending on what happens in the draft, eventually I would like to pursue a career in financial sales or return to school to obtain my MBA."

Academic Honors
Fisher College of Business Pace Setter Award Winner
Jack W. Stephens Award
OSU Scholar-Athlete
Academic All-Big Ten (2005-2006)

Athletic Achievements
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Preseason All-American (2007)
ABCA Rawlings All-Mideast Regional Team (2006)
First Team All-Big Ten (2006)
Third Team All-Big Ten (2005)
Big Ten All-Tournament (2005)

The Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor
In 1914 the Conference established a Medal of Honor to be awarded annually at each member institution to a student in the graduating class.  An additional award for the top female was instituted in 1982.  Chosen by the Athletic Council, the winners of this most prestigious award are the male and female senior student-athletes who have attained the greatest proficiency in both academics and athletics. This honor includes a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship which can be used at an institution of the recipient’s choice.

Ohio State’s men’s and women’s Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients will be announced at the 2008 OSU Scholar-Athlete Dinner at the Columbus Convention Center Wednesday, May 21.

Coming Friday ... Big Ten Medal of Honor Finalists Series Parts 3 and 4 - Jenna Griffin, women's track and field, and Lenny Jatsek, men's track and field.

About Ohio State Athletics
The Ohio State University Department of Athletics sponsors 36 fully funded varsity teams – 17 for women, 16 for men and three co-educational. The department is committed to providing its more than 900 student-athletes with the finest in academic and athletics support in order to ensure a quality and life-enhancing experience. The Department of Athletics is completely self-supporting and receives no university monies, tax dollars or student fees. In Fiscal Year 2007-08, the Department of Athletics will transfer back to the University more than $25 million in assessments, including nearly $17 million in grant-in-aid costs.