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Sara Daley

Sara Daley

  • Award
    Featured Titan
  • Week Of
    7/17/2014
  • Sport
    Softball
  • Bio
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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

 


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2/24/2016 Miles Ebell Men's Lacrosse
2/10/2016 Derek Andersen Men's Track and Field
1/20/2016 Kevin Weisling Men's Swimming and Diving
1/6/2016 Brian Nelms Men's Basketball
12/18/2015 Kirsten Slaughter Women's Swimming and Diving
12/2/2015 Samantha Ellsworth Women's Basketball
11/18/2015 Mary Kate Schmidt Women's Soccer
11/4/2015 Kevin Slawkowski Football
10/21/2015 Michael Kelley Football
10/7/2015 Eric Gilbert Men's Soccer
9/23/2015 Tess Bottorff Women's Soccer
9/9/2015 Karson Taphorn Women's Golf
8/26/2015 Mary Rankin Women's Volleyball
8/12/2015 Artie Checchin Football
7/21/2015 Dennie Bridges Alumni
6/22/2015 Chloe Montgomery Softball
6/4/2015 Kenny Wienckowski Men's Golf
5/20/2015 Kelli Herlitz Women's Track and Field
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