2023 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 20
Danielle Davis
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Missouri City, Texas
- High School:
- Fort Bend Elkins
 University of Illinois Graduate |
Redshirt Senior - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 48 games, making 26 starts
- Tallied 18 hits and 11 runs
- Logged 10 extra-base hits including five home runs, which tied for second on the team
- Slashed .209/.442/.320
- Recorded 23 RBI and nine walks
- Posted a pair of hits against Valparaiso (3/15/23)
- Scored a pair of runs against Southern (2/10/23)
- Recorded five RBI against Wisconsin (5/10/23)
- Went 1-for-1 in stolen bases on the season recording it against Sam Houston (2/24/23)
- Tallied her third collegiate grand slam during the Illini’s Big Ten Tournament opener against Wisconsin (5/10/23)
- Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with 14 putouts and no assists or errors.
Redshirt Junior - 2022
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 52 games for the Illini, starting 36 in the outfield
- Tallied 33 hits and eight doubles on the season, racking up 16 RBI
- Slashed .311/.422/.453 across the season
- Drew 16 walks and five hit by pitches
- Stole four bases
- Owned a .964 fielding percentage with 27 putouts
- Six multi-hit games including three-hit efforts against Clemson and Mercer
- Four multi-RBI performances
- Season-best five game hitting streak and six game reached base streak
- Hit first-career triple at Louisville (3/4/22)
- Connected for a home run in the Illini's win at Illinois State
Junior - 2021
- Did not play due to injury
Sophomore - 2020
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started all 22 games for the Illini, seeing action in the outfield
- .254 BA, 15 H, 3 HR, 3 2B, 7 R, 27 TB, .458 slugging percentage, 3 BB, 2 SB
- Ranked tied for 10th in the Big Ten and led the Illini with 15 RBI
- Two of her three home runs went for grand slams
- Had two hits and four RBI against Baylor (2/23/20)
- Tallied her second career grand-slam in a 5 RBI-performance against NC State (2/16/20)
- Knocked her first career home run with a grand slam in the opening game of the season vs. Liberty (2/7/20)
Freshman - 2019
- Saw action in 14 games for the Orange and Blue
- Scored 5 runs
- Made her first Illini appearance and scored her first collegiate run in a win over No. 22 Oklahoma State (2/8/19)
- Had her first career at-bat in a win over Nicholls State (2/23/19)
High School
- Two-time District 23-5A All-District First-Team as a sophomore and junior
- District 23-5A All-District Honorable Mention as a freshman
- Three-time District 23-5A All-District Academic First-Team
- 2015 Academic All-State
- Plays for Impact Gold National club team
- Helped lead her Impact Gold U16 club team to a fourth place finish at the ASA National Championship in Clearwater, Fla., and a fifth place finish at the USSSA Nationals in Kansas City, Mo.
- Led her Impact Gold U18 club team to the Lone Star Fall Classic championship
- National Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars member in 2016
- Named to the 2017 Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society
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