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2024 Softball Roster

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11 Emily Daniel

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Marysville, Ohio
  • High School Marysville
  • Prev School Wright State

Biography

2024 (Graduate Student)
• Started all 52 games she played
• Was first on the team with 33 stolen bases, second with 21 walks and third with 26 RBI - all career highs
• Finished the season ranked 10th in NCAA DI with 33 stolen bases and 0.63 stolen bases/game
• Was third on the team with eight multiple-RBI games
• Closed out her career as a Flyer ranked first with 85 stolen bases, third with 110 runs scored, tied for sixth with 198 games played, eighth with a .342 batting average and 10th with 171 hits
• Named a 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2023 (Senior)
• Played in all 55 games with 54 starts
• Was second on the team with a .363 hitting percentage
• Tallied 28 stolen bases which ranked 31st nationally
• Posted career highs with 146 at bats, 37 runs scored and 53 hits
• Recorded her first career triple against Rhode Island on April 15
• Third on the team with 13 multi-hit games
• Collected 93 putouts and two assists in left field
• Named A-10 Player of the Week on April 17
• Named to the A-10 Second Team and All-Academic Team
• Named a 2022-23 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2022-23 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2022 (Junior)
• Started in 43 of the 44 games she played during her second season as a Flyer
• Ranked 35th nationally with a career-high .410 average
• Was second on the team with 43 hits
• Put together the team's longest hitting streak of 10 games and posted 14 multi-hit games
• Collected 16 stolen bases in 18 attempts
• Named a 2021-22 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2021-22 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2021 (Sophomore)
• Saw action in all 47 games the Flyers competed in, earning the starting nod 36 times
• Was fourth on the team with 31 hits and was 8-for-12 in stolen base attempts
• Tallied 55 putouts and one assist as an outfielder
• Recorded seven multi-hit games
• Named to the 2020-21 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2020 (Freshman)
• Competed for Wright State during the COVID-shortened 2020 season
• Led the Raiders with a .432 hitting percentage, started all 18 games and went 5-for-6 in stolen bases

High School
• Earned four varsity letters at Marysville High School under head coach Jennifer Segner-Maxwell
• Following her senior season, was named the Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year as well as to the All-OCC First Team, All-District First Team and All-State Honorable Mention
• Helped lead her team to back-to-back conference titles in 2018 and 2019
• Set several school records including for career batting average (.545) and single-season batting average (.559)
• Graduated first in her class and was named Marysville's 2019 Valedictorian

Personal
• Full name: Emily Barbara Daniel
• Parents: Michele and Kelly Daniel
• Siblings: Megan and Tyler
• Major: biology with a neuroscience minor

Dayton Career Highs
Hits: 3, Eight Times
Doubles: 1, 11 times
Triples: 1, at IUPUI, 03-09-24; at Rhode Island, 04-15-23; at IUPUI, 04-19-23
Total Bases: 5, at IUPUI, 04-19-23
RBI: 4, at IUPUI, 03-09-24 
Runs Scored: 4, at St. Bonaventure, 04-12-23
Walks: 2, 7 times
Sac flies: 1 [t-1st] vs Drexel 02/29/24 
Sac bunts; 1, six times
At Bats: 5, last at UC San Diego, 02-23-24, Youngstown State 03-21/21
Stolen Bases: 3, vs Austin Peay, 02-18-23; vs Bellarmine, 3-16-23; vs Saint Joseph's, 05-13-22
Field Chances: 7, at UC San Diego, 02-23-24 
Putouts: 6, at UC San Diego, 02-23-24
Assists: 1, Nine times

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2021Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2022Junior

    Outfield
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2023Senior

    Outfield
    5'3"
    11
  • 11

    2024Graduate Student

    Outfield
    5'3"
    11