D\'Antona played college baseball for Wake Forest University where he had a .354 career batting average and 58 home runs. In 2003, he was the ACC leader in slugging percentage, home runs, and RBI. D\'Antona played third and first base in college and continued to play both positions while in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. D\'Antona was a member of the Chatham A\'s, as noted in The Last Best League.\n', '

D\'Antona played baseball alongside future major league pitcher Craig Breslow at Trumbull High School, and they won the LL State Baseball championship game.\n', '

Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft, D\'Antona finished the 2003 season with Low Single-A Yakima, where he hit 15 home runs in only 70 games. He was also a Short-Season Single-A All-Star and Northwest League All-Star. In 2004, he played with High Single-A Lancaster, where he batted .315 and earned a late-season promotion to Double-A El Paso. With Double-A Tennessee in 2005, D\'Antona struggled to hit for average, only .249, which caused his home run total to drop to 9. In 2006, again with Double-A Tennessee, he bounced back with a .312 batting average and was promoted to Triple-A Tucson for 2007.\n', '

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