University of Dayton Athletics

2026 (Junior)
• Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

2025 (Sophomore)
• Earned the starting nod 46 times over 47 games played with 38 appearances behind the plate
• Tallied a career-high 41 hits, including seven doubles and four home runs, to go with a career-high 29 RBI
• Equaled the team's longest hitting streak at 10 games
• Recorded 213 putouts, 15 assists and three runners caught stealing on defense
• Named a 2024-25 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2024-25 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2024 (Freshman)
• Saw action in 40 games, earning the starting nod 31 times
• Tallied 17 hits with 18 RBI and 11 runs scored
• Playing primarily as catcher, was second on the team with nine runners caught stealing
• Recorded 78 putouts and 17 assists
• Named a 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Prior to UD
• Pennsylvania Overall Player of the Year (2022)
• HSSN 6A Player of the Year (2022) 
• Graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School
• First Team All-State honoree (2021-2022)
• Holds the Mt. Lebanon High School SIngle-Season and Career Home Run records (12) & (24)

Personal
• Full name: Deirdre Marie Flaherty
• Parents: Anne Flaherty
• Father Mark Flaherty - Played Soccer and Baseball at Duke University
• Major: Pre-Medicine

Career Highs 
Hits: 3, Four Times
Doubles: 2, at Loyola Chicago 04-13-25 
Home runs: 1,11 times 
Total Bases: 6, George Washington, 03-23-24 
RBI: 4, Four Times
Runs Scored: 2, Five Times
Walks: 2, Five Times
Sac flies: 1, Four Times
At Bats: 5, George Washington, 03-23-24
Putouts: 17, George Washington, 05-08-25
Assists: 3, Akron, 04-10-24; at EKU 03-02-25
Runners Caught Stealing: 2, vs. Oakland, 03-11-24