Norfolk State University Athletics

2012 (Senior Year): Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Played in and started 39 games in center field on the year, missing several contests due to concussion symptoms … Batted .307 with 27 runs, 43 hits, 10 doubles, one triple, two home runs, 15 stolen bases and a team-leading 22 RBI … Stood second on the team in runs, doubles, slugging percentage and stolen bases and third in hits … Finished her career second all-time at NSU in hits (175), doubles (31) and at bats (554), third in total bases (274), fourth in games started (174) and home runs (16), fifth in hit-by-pitches (10), and sixth in games played (175) … Had 12 multiple-hit games on the year and was tops on the team with a streak of 19 straight games reaching base … Hit .327 (17-for-52) with runners in scoring position … Batted 28-for-70 (.400) over a 19-game stretch toward the end of the year … Had her best game of the season April 15 against Morgan State, going 4-for-5, including two doubles, with three runs and four RBI … Scored three runs, had three hits and stole three bases in Game 1 against Morgan State April 14 and hit a combined 7-for-12 with eight runs, four RBI and five stolen bases in the three-game sweep of the Bears … Hit a pair of doubles, scored a run and drove in a run in Game 2 at North Carolina Central March 28, a 7-1 win … Scored a pair of runs and went 2-for-4 Feb. 25 in an 8-0 victory against Army … Also scored a two runs in Game 2 at South Carolina State in a 10-0 victory March 8 … Batted 2-for-3 with a one scored and three stolen bases in a 3-1, Game 1 win April 20 at Delaware State … Drove in a pair of runs in Game 1 at Longwood April 12, against Howard April 26 and versus Coppin State May 10.

2011 (Junior Year): Named to the All-MEAC First Team … Ranked in the top 6 in the league in batting average, runs, hits, home runs, total bases, slugging, on-base percentage and stolen bases, batting primarily at leadoff … Earned a spot on the MEAC All-Tournament Team … Tabbed to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Second Team … Named the MEAC Player of the Week May 2 … Also named to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Given the team’s Top Offensive Player Award … Started all 48 games in center field … Tallied 46 runs, 59 hits, seven doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 33 RBI, a .597 slugging percentage, a .442 on-base percentage, 12 walks and 28 stolen bases … Led the team in all categories except doubles, RBI and walks … Finished first in the MEAC in stolen bases, third in runs and hits and fourth in home runs and average … Batted .455 (30-of-66) with runners on base and was especially dangerous with two outs, hitting .474 (18-of-38) …Had 18 multiple-hit games on the season … Exploded right off the bat, going 5-for-9 with five runs, 10 RBI, three stolen bases and a pair of homers in a doubleheader sweep of North Carolina Central Feb. 19 in the season opener … Had eight games with two or more RBI and 11 games with two or more runs scored on the year … During a five-game stretch from April 30-May 8 against North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central, batted a combined 12-for-21 with 10 runs, nine RBI, four stolen bases and a pair of home runs … Went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in Game 1 against UMES April 21 … Had a 3-for-4 day with three runs scored in Game 1 at UMES April 27 … Added three hits and two runs scored against South Carolina State April 17 … Blasted a three-run home run against Longwood April 13 in the first game of a doubleheader.

2010 (Sophomore Year): Tabbed to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Named the team’s Offensive MVP … Competed in 42 games and started 41, all in centerfield … Hit .298 with 34 hits in 114 at bats … Had 20 runs, nine doubles, three triple, one home run, 22 RBI, 52 total bases and was 13-of-16 in stolen base attempts … Also had a .456 slugging percentage and a .357 on-base percentage … Led the team in doubles, triples, total bases and slugging percentage … Finished second in batting average, hits, RBI and stolen bases … Had the highest average against right handed batters at .308 (33-of-107) … A clutch hitter who batted .328 (20-of-61) with runners on base, .366 (15-of-41) with runners in scoring position, .467 (7-of-15) with a runner on third and less than two outs and .323 (10-of-31) with two outs … Led the team with seven multiple-RBI games and tied for the team lead with nine multi-hit games … Against Quinnipiac Feb. 26, batted 2-for-2 with three runs and three RBI … Went a combined 2-for-6 with two runs and three RBI in the April 8 doubleheader against North Carolina Central … Had three hits, stole two bases and scored a run in Game 2 of a doubleheader at South Carolina State April 17 … Smacked three hits, including two doubles, with an RBI against Liberty April 20 … Caught fire in a three-game stretch late in the season, going 2-for-4 with one run and two RBI at North Carolina A&T May 2 … Followed that up by going 2-for-4 with two RBI in Game 1 and 3-for-3 with two runs scored in Game 2 of a doubleheader against Winston-Salem State May 8.

2009 (Freshman Year): Named NSU’s Freshman of the Year … Played and started in 46 games … Hit .267 with 39 hits in 146 at-bats … Totaled 35 runs, 69 total bases, 30 RBI, five doubles, five triples and five home runs … Led the team and the MEAC in triples … Was third in the conference in stolen bases (16-of-18) … Was named MEAC Rookie of the week on May 5 after a doubleheader at Hampton April 29 and a three-game series at Winston-Salem State … Was perfect in the first game against Hampton, hitting 4-for-4 with one triple, one double and one RBI … Was also 3-for-3 in stolen bases in that game … Went a combined 3-for-8 with a double, triple and six RBI in the Winston-Salem games … Was second on the team in slugging percentage (.473), RBI and home runs … Was 3-for-7 with four RBI, two runs, one homer and four walks in the Feb. 20 doubleheader against North Carolina Central … Was third on the team in doubles and fourth in hits … Went a combined 4-for-9 with two RBI, four runs, a double and a triple in the MEAC three-game series against South Carolina State … Tallied three hits in eight at-bats and had three runs, four RBI and two homers in the March 11 doubleheader against Maryland Eastern Shore … Was 3-for-7 with four runs, four RBI, one double and a home run in the last two games of the Bethune-Cookman three-game series.

High School: Played four years of softball for coach Kaylyn Bayly … Hit .304 with 21 stolen bases, three home runs and two triples … Was named Countryside’s Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year after stellar seasons in volleyball, basketball and softball in 2007-08 … Helped the Countryside softball team to the Class 6A Region Championship and the Florida High School Athletic Association semifinals as a junior … Also led the team to the PCAC Championship, district title and the regional semifinals her senior year … Played on the Tampa Wildcats 18-and-under team that qualified for the USA/ASA National Tournament in 2007 … Also played basketball for Countryside.

Personal: Full name is Danielle Leona Wright … Born on Oct. 4, 1989 … Daughter of Tamyko Harriel … Has one older brother, Christopher, and a younger sister and brother, Shatia and Demetrius … Majoring in sociology with a minor in criminal justice … Plans to pursue a career in the juvenile justice system … Enjoys reading and taking walks along the beach … Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.