Danielle Gibson

2022 Season: 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 … 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 All-SEC 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).