Daniel Cooley Uggla (born March 11, 1980) is a Major
League Baseball All-Star second baseman for the
Florida Marlins. Uggla finished third in the 2006
National League Rookie of the Year voting behind
teammate and winner Hanley Ramirez, and Ryan
Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals, but won the
Players Choice and Sporting News NL ROY awards.
Uggla was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of
Elizabeth Armistead (née Cooley) and John Carl
Uggla. His last name means "owl" in Swedish, and he
in fact descends from the untitled branch of an old
Swedish noble family. After graduating from Columbia
Central High School in Columbia, TN, in 1998, Uggla
attended the University of Memphis where after his
junior season he was named an All-American by
Baseball America, Baseball Weekly, and Collegiate
Baseball.
