Catcher Sara Daley was a first team all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin selection as a senior and earned second team all-CCIW honors as a freshman. Also in her senior year she was named to the second team of the NFCA Division III All-Great Lakes Region squads as she hit .297 with 10 doubles and six home runs with 35 runs batted in and 29 runs scored. She drew a team-high 23 walks, tied for fourth most in an IWU season, and finished her career fourth all-time at IWU with 15 home runs and tied for ninth with 137 games started.
Graduating with a degree in psychology (pre-physical therapy minor) at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of Kim and Jim Daley. What is it that you are doing now: I just had knee surgery so I have been on the couch for the past week, but in the fall I will be attending the University of St. Augustine to pursue a doctorate in physical therapy.
Why you chose Illinois Wesleyan: The adorable highly overweight quad squirrels
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Anything Doc Kauth teaches
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Driving to your own game… It only happened once.
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? I got a C in Anatomy second semester freshmen year
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Tempo runs
Worst habit: Nervous nail biting
Most expensive traffic ticket: $0
Language I’d like to learn: NOT Spanish
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: A day maybe
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: "Different"
Favorite sports figure: Carlton Fisk
My greatest moment in sports was: Starting my senior season off with my first ever grand slam
The best player I ever faced was: CCIW "Player of the Year" Sara Rogers
Worst dresser on my team: Groutfit queen Allie Riordan
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Molly McCready’s nasty healthy food
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Jimmy Fallon
Favorite food: Anything Greek flavored
Vegetable I won’t eat: Most
Pepsi or Coke? Coke
Favorite TV show: "Glee"
Favorite musical group: Dierks Bentley
Favorite movie: "A League of Their Own"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Jennifer Aniston
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: "The Struggle is Real"
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Abe Lincoln… not to be confused with Hannah Bowen’s dog
My dream job would be: Physical Therapist for the Chicago Blackhawks
Place I’d most like to live: Colorado
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: Swim with dolphins and meet Oprah
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: My ceiling… it’s signed by Carlton Fisk
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Grandma Ruth
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Chocolate milk everyday at lunch
