23 Dani Woods
9/2/2004 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Major: Marketing
Coach Murphy Says: "Dani keeps getting better and better with each season. I think this will be her break-out year offensively. She has a great knack of getting the key hit in key situations. She is our first left-handed first baseman and adds a lot to the infield defensively because of that."
2006 Fall Highlights:
- Earned three starts at first base
- Led UA with six hits and .667 avg., two runs, two doubles and six RBI
- Finished 6-for-7 with runners in scoring position
- Drove in two runs against Wallace Hanceville, Wallace Dothan and Shelton State
2006 (Sophomore):
- 2nd Team All-SEC
- Bama Bash! Co-MVP
- Crimson Classic All-Tournament Team
- NFCA/Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (5/10)
- SEC Player of the WEek (2/13, 4/3, 5/8)
- ACADEMIC ALL-SEC
- Played in all 65 games with 63 starts
- Tied for second in the SEC with 17 doubles and was eighth with 50 RBI
- Tallied 15 multiple hit games and 15 multiple RBI contests
- Knocked in career-high six RBI at Kentucky (4/1), including her first career grand slam
- Finished Kentucky series 5-of-8 with three runs, 10 RBI, 2 doubles and 2 homre runs to earn SEC Player of the Week
- Named SEC Player of the Week (2/13) after hitting 8-of-13 with two HR, four doubles eight RBI and four runs scored in the first five games of the season
- Went 5-for-10 with three runs and six RBI in series at Arkansas to garner SEC Player of the Week honors (5/8)
- Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored vs. Ohio State (3/3)
- Hit .358 (24-of-67) with 43 RBI, 11 doubles and three home runs with runners in scoring position
2005 (Freshman):
- Freshman All-SEC
- Academic all-sec
- Bama Bash! All-Tournament Team
- Recorded a single in her first collegiate at-bat vs. UAB (2/4)
- Tied UA Softball Complex record with three walks vs. NW State (2/9)
- Went 2-3 with a triple, four RBI and a run scored vs. Penn St. (2/18)
- Drove in game-winning run in Game 3 vs. Auburn (3/23)
- Went 4-9 with five RBI, two runs scored in series vs. MSU
- Recorded career high three hits in game going 3-3 with three RBI and run scored vs. BSC (4/13)
- Went 2-4 with a double and two RBI in Game Three at UGA (5/1)
- Went 2-4 with a RBI, double and walk in WCWS game vs. DePaul (6/4)
Prep Highlights:
- Prepped at Dulany High School in Cockeysville, Maryland
- Named First team All-division, 2003
- Named First team All-city/county, 2003
- Named First team All-metro, 2003
- Helped lead club team to second place finish at 2003 ASA Gold Nationals
- Helped lead club team to PONY championship and attended Nationals, 2002
- Hit 23 home runs in one season, 2001
Personal File:
- Daughter of Terry Woods and Susan Woods
- Has a younger sister, Brittany
- Started playing softball at age 6
- Born on January 22, 1986 in Baltimore, Md.
Career Game Highs:
Hits.............................................3 (Two times) Last vs. Ohio State, 3/3/06
RBI............................................................................6 at Kentucky, 4/1/06
Runs...................................................2 (Six times) Last at Arkansas, 5/5/06
Home Runs..........................................1 (12 times) Last at Ole Miss, 4/8/06
Walks.......................................................................3 vs. NW State, 2/9/05
Longest Hit Streak........................................................7 (2/10 - 2/17) 2006
Woods' Career Statistics
Year Avg. Gp/Gs AB R H 2b 3b Hr Rbi Bb Sb-Att
2005 .246 77/77 191 22 47 10 1 5 34 27 2-3
2006 .287 65/63 178 28 51 17 0 7 50 20 3-4
Total .266 142-140 369 50 98 27 1 12 84 47 5-7
SEC Career Statistics
Year Avg. Gp/Gs AB R H 2b 3b Hr Rbi Bb Sb-Att
2005 .310 30/30 71 10 22 4 0 2 15 10 0-0
2006 .302 29/29 86 14 26 8 0 4 28 8 1-1
Total .306 59/59 157 24 48 12 0 6 43 18 1-1
