Daly 'Can’t Wait’ To Start College At Holy Cross

Liam Daly OF / SS / Worcester Academy, MA / 2025

PAXTON, Ma. - Liam Daly passes Holy Cross every day on his way to high school at Worcester Academy. Little did the sixth-rated 2025 outfielder in Massachusetts know that it would become his future home.

“I always drive by and see it on the way to Worcester,” Daly related. “My goal since eighth grade was to play Division I baseball, but I never imagined going to college at the one closest to home.”

The head coach at Holy Cross saw Daly play in early summer and emailed afterward.

“A week or two later I called and he wanted to set up a visit,” Daly reflected. “It was awesome. The campus is absolutely beautiful. I’m a huge academic guy and in talking to the coach, both baseball and academics are 1A.”

An offer came at the end of the visit and a day later the 17-year-old called and committed.

“They love how I can hit,” the 5-10 186-pound left-handed hitting outfielder explained. “They like that speed is my game, and that I’m a good student.”

It was three years ago that Daly believed this could happen.

“I started to realize I had the talent to play at the next level, it was just a matter of dedicating myself to it,” Daly noted. “It was playing video games versus getting my work done. The past three or four years I’ve put in the work and definitely improved a lot, especially in the weight room. I was 170 and now I’m 186-187. That’s one of the biggest things. I’m bigger, stronger, faster. I throw better, have more speed and more power.”

Recruitment followed his improvement, helped out by the Future Games, with schools like Brown, Elon and College of Charleston expressing an interest.

“Doing the Future Games was one of the coolest events I’ve ever done,” Daly said. “There’s a lot of pressure playing in front of hundreds of scouts, but it definitely sparked my recruiting process.

“After a while it got quiet, but it picked up again in the summer. There were a lot of ups and downs, but it ended up being perfect.”

The 15th-ranked senior outfielder in New England pointed to help along the way in his journey to play D-I college baseball.

“My parents and family sacrificed so much for me,” Daly explained. “This summer was my first with NEB and it’s crazy how much help Mike Abraham and Scott Patterson were with my recruitment. Coach Abes (Abraham) at Worcester was also big, helping transform me from a good player to a better player.”

Enough to receive an offer from the Patriot League university located just 20 minutes from home.

“It was an amazing feeling,” the 42nd-rated 2025 in Massachusetts said of his commitment. “I called coach while I was at my grandparents beach house in Maine and it was cool to have my family all there.

“It was a stress reliever to be done with it, but there’s no time to relax. I have to keep working to be the best player I can be at the next level.”

Daly is confident he can make an impact in college.

“I’ll do whatever I can to help win the Patriot League,” Daly proclaimed. “The goal is to win a regional. In talking to the coach about it, that really fired me up.”

Economics is the planned major for Daly, who carries a 4.2 weighted GPA in high school.

“I can’t wait to get there,” the 110th-ranked senior in New England concluded. “It’s everything I dreamed of. All the hard work has paid off.

“It’s going to be a cool experience playing the best competition while getting an amazing education and it’s only 20 minutes from home. I can’t wait. I’m super pumped for it.”