SENIOR PROFILE
Dillon came to as one half of the 'State Champs Connection' (along with Ian Gallagher) from Pittsford Sutherland. When I first saw Dillon during a fall league game in high school, I was really impressed with how the program was run. Everyone ran on and off the field, everyone on the team hustled and the team played the game the right way. He'd fit in with our team. I recruited about five guys off that team, and he's the one we ended up with (Gallagher spent one semester at Alfred State).
Dillon broke in with a bang his freshman year. Due to injuries late in the season, he took over the third base spot and batted .538 (14 for 26). As a junior and senior he would go on to earn All Conference recognition. We won't mention his sophomore season.
He finished his career 10th on the team's all-time hit list, and seventh on the stolen base list while posting a .305 average. Over his four seasons, no Blue Devil appeared in more games or had more at bats.
As a senior, Dillon was moved over to first base. An intense player, he was known for talking to himself after every out he made. Dillon had a great conference tournament for us this year, batting .357 with a home run and double. He helped lead the offense to a great showing in the tournament. Dillon batted in the middle of the order most of the season, taking the pressure of the other hitters.
He is also one of the Original Five. As a freshman, he was adopted and mentored by Donny Baseball, the great Donny Kirsch. Betrween the two of them, we had a great run of thirdbasemen.
Dillon will finish up his schooloing in the fall, earning a degree in geology. He is exploring the possibility of working with Brian Lansing, our previous geology grad, and traveling around the country, making a lot of money and fly fishing when he can.
I'd like to give a shout out to his dad, Dan Lowe, who was our official team photographer for a few years. Dan played some college ball at St. Lawrence back in the day.
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