Varsity Club Hall of Fame
Tim Daley, of Weymouth, Mass., has been elected to the Northeastern University Varsity Club Hall of Fame for excellence in the sport of baseball. Daley, Class of 1998, will be inducted along with four others in formal ceremonies at Northeastern’s Matthews Arena in Boston, Mass. on Thursday, April 14.
Daley left Northeastern the school’s single-season and career leader in home runs and still holds the records for single-season and career runs batted in, as well as single-season runs scored.
Before coming to the Huskies, Daley was a star at Weymouth High School, where he was a Old Colony League champion in 1992 and a captain in his senior year of 1993. He played American Legion ball at Weymouth Post 79, captaining the club in 1994.
Daley redshirted his first year with the Huskies, but in 1995 he let it be known Northeastern had a very promising young player. After struggling to crack the lineup early in the season, Daley finally seized his opportunity, hitting the first of his 37 career home runs in a 19-0 rout of Hofstra. The next day, Daley started in left field and hit sixth against Suffolk University; he homered again, and the Huskies won 2-0. A two-game, 5-8 performance in leading Northeastern to its second Beanpot championship soon followed, and the Beanpot MVP finished his freshman campaign at an impressive .305 clip with five home runs.
In his junior year Daley’s star truly rose: the hard-hitting outfielder led the team in batting average (.372), slugging percentage (.702) and set the Northeastern record for home runs in a single season (15) and RBI (59). The hard-hitting outfield manned the cleanup hole most of the year and anchored the Husky offense to the 1997 America East championship and the NCAA Regionals. In addition to being named America East All-Tournament, Daley earned both All America East 2nd Team and New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association Division I All-Star honors.
As a senior Daley and future Major League star Carlos Pena made a formidable twosome in the Husky lineup. Daley more than held up his end, of course, hitting .352 and adding another 13 homers and 56 RBI to earn America East 1st Team honors as well as his second straight NEIBA All-Star recognition. Daley even took to the pitcher’s mound, appearing in six games and posting a 3.52 ERA, fourth-best on the team. Daley finished his career with 37 home runs and 147 RBI, both school records.
After graduation Daley continued playing baseball at the amateur level with the East Bridgewater Royals of the Cranberry League, where he was an four-time All-Star from 1996-1999. He has stayed active in the game by coaching at the high school, American Legion and AAU levels, and also teaches the game at the South Shore Baseball Club in Hingham, Massachusetts.
Since 2002 Daley has taught math at Atlantic Middle School in Quincy, Mass. He lives in Weymouth, Mass. with his wife Kelly and sons Andrew and Christian.
