Illinois Wesleyan

Transferred to Illinois Wesleyan after two seasons at Illinois Central College ...

Earned two letters (2015, 2016) ...

2016: Named to second team of all-Great Lakes Region squad ... Chosen to all-Bloomington, Ill., Regional team ... Named to first team of all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin softball squads ... Appeared and started in all 48 games ... Led the team with a .368 batting average and 50 hits ... Tallied 13 doubles, one triple and three home runs ... Drove in 30 RBIs ... Walked a team-high 24 times ... Stole five bases on five attempts ... Ranks top five in program history for on base and slugging percentage ...

2015: Named to first team of all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin softball squads ... Appeared in and started all 46 games ... Had a .384 batting average with 56 hits, including six doubles and team-leading seven home runs ... Scored 28 runs and had a team-leading 49 runs batted in ... Her 49 RBI's is second-most by a player in a single-season in IWU history ...

AT ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE: Played for teams that finished fourth in national JuCO tournament in both 2013 and 2014 ... Led 2014 team with .389 average and had 17 doubles, 10 home runs and 59 runs batted in ...  2014 First team All-American, National Junior College Athletic Association ... Team captain as sophomore ... Academic All-American ... Hit .339 with seven doubles, seven homers and 35 RBI as a freshman ...

AT PEKIN HS: Third team all-state ... Three-time first team all Mid-Illini Conference selection and two-time all-area ... Four-year letterwinner as a catcher ... National Honor Society ...

PERSONAL: Danielle Lacy Smith ... Born September 23, 1993 ... Majoring in nursing at Illinois Wesleyan ... Parents are Larry and Melissa Smith ... Has played ice hockey and is an avid Chicago Blackhawks fan ...