Entering his fourth season as part of the Missouri staff, Dan Pietroburgo will serve as the Volunteer Assistant this season.
Pietroburgo joined the Tiger staff in 2009 after five years as a player for Mizzou He also served as the auxilairy coach for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team over the summer under Tiger head coach Tim Jamieson. He played in 104 games during his career, including 53 starts. Pietroburgo is the only player in Missouri baseball history to be part of five NCAA Regional teams.
After a redshirt year in 2004, Pietroburgo played the next four years, spending time at catcher, first base and designated hitter. In his first career at-bat, on Feb. 18, 2005 against Garner-Webb, Pietroburgo hit a home run. He hit .289 in his redshirt freshman season.
He played in 22 games as a sophomore and saw time in 20 games in his junior season. He opened the 2007 season by going 3-for-4 against FIU and had hits in each of the first four games of the year.
As a senior, Pietroburgo played in 37 games, starting 25 times and hitting .267 on the year.
Pietroburgo was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.
A native of Belleville, Ill., he was an all-conference and all-area selection twice for Belleville West High School and was the recipient for the "Boots" Budde Inspirational Award. His father, Rob, also played baseball at Mizzou and later played minor league baseball.
