5 - Danielle Gibson

DANIELLE GIBSON

POSITION: Corner Infield HEIGHT: 6-0 BATS/THROWS: L/R HOMETOWN: Murrieta, Calif. COLLEGE: Arkansas danielleeee41

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ATHLETE CAUSE: Geaux Teal Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation

ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE

2022 Championship Season: Talented rookie who placed 18th on the leaderboard with 1,336 points … ranked among league leaders with 1,060 win points … started 12-of14 games and batted .278 with three home runs and nine runs batted in … finished season with a hit in six of her final eight games, including a season-high three hits against Team Chidester to close Week Two … drove in three runs against Team Mulipola to close Week Three after going 2-for-4 with a home run … also had three runs batted in against Team Chidester in Week Five opener. 2022 AUX Season: Compiled 714 leaderboard points while making professional debut … starter in eight games who hit .259 with seven hits, including two home runs … inactive for the final series … hit first professional home run against Team Eberle on June 15 with a solo shot in the second inning … added a solo shot in the third inning to become first player in AUX Softball history to post two home runs in the same game … opened season with six-game hitting streak … one of 13 players selected in the Athletes Unlimited Softball College Draft.

AT ARKANSAS

Four-year letter winner for the Razorbacks after spending her freshman season at Arizona State … appeared in 248 total games, including 189 at Arkansas … fashioned a .366 career batting average with 60 home runs and 220 runs batted in … finished Arkansas career as the Razorbacks’ career leader with 180 runs batted in … belted 10 or more home runs in four of her five seasons, including career-best 20 home runs as a redshirt senior … led Razorbacks to back-to-back Southeastern Conference titles in 2021 and 2022 … earned First-Team NFCA All-America honors in 2022 after claiming Second-Team distinction in 2021 … member of 2022 All-SEC First Team … Top-10 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award … Second-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America honoree in 2022 … two-time SEC All-Defensive Team pick … led Razorbacks in batting average (.445), hits (81), doubles (14), home runs (20) and runs batted in (70) during 2022 campaign … led SEC in runs batted in and total bases while ranking second in hits … also one of five players in the circuit to hit 20 or more home runs … posted .355 batting average as a redshirt junior and claimed spot on AllSEC Second Team … started all 25 games during COVID-19 shortened season and hit .295 with 23 hits and 14 RBI … garnered NFCA All-Region Third Team distinction as a sophomore … became the second NCAA Division I softball player to hit for the home run cycle, including the first player to do it in a four-inning span, when she blasted four home runs against SIU-Edwardsville on Feb. 23, 2019 … also became the sixth player in NCAA Division I softball history to hit four home runs in a single game … finished sophomore season as the Razorbacks’ leader with .640 slugging percentage, 12 home runs and 110 total bases … started 58-of-59 games as a freshman at Arizona State … one of three freshmen to earn First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference honors in 2018 … also named to Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … paced the Sun Devils in home runs (12), doubles (12), extra-base hits (24) and slugging percentage (.633).

PERSONAL

Majored in psychology at Arkansas … oldest of three children in family … wore No. 41 at Arkansas because her father, Todd, wore it while playing basketball … younger sisters also wore No. 41 … joined softball coaching staff at University of Georgia on Sept. 2, 2022, as a volunteer assistant coach.

GIBSON’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS

AUX

SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA

2022 714 8 8 0.259 0.333 0.519 27 4 7 1 0 2 2 3 0 6 14 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 714 8 8 0.259 0.333 0.519 27 4 7 1 0 2 2 3 0 6 14 0 0 0 0

CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA

2022 1336 14 12 0.278 0.316 0.556 36 7 10 1 0 3 9 1 1 9 20 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 1336 14 12 0.278 0.316 0.556 36 7 10 1 0 3 9 1 1 9 20 0 0 0 0