Daniel Baptista was a 2012 first team All-American and first team All-Sooner Athletic Conference.

He hit 18 home runs (third best single season) and drove in 82 runs (fourth highest single season) to go with his 84 hits in 2012.

He played in the NAIA World Series in both his seasons on Bison Hill (2011, 2012) and finished his career with 32 home runs (third all-time), 129 RBIs (12th all-time) and a .379 batting average (19th all-time).

Following his college career, Baptista played independent minor league baseball for the Sonoma Stompers of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball.