Danielle Steffo

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Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Tesoro H.S.
Hometown:
Mission Viejo, Calif.

2018: Started one game at catcher and appeared in 25 … scored 10 runs and drew two walks … had 10 at-bats and stole one base.

2017: Started 15 games and appeared in 42 … hit .266 (17 for 64) with two doubles … drove in 13 and scored eight runs … slugged .297 and walked six times with one hit-by-pitch to build her on-base percentage up to .333 … recorded 11 putouts and two assists … had two multi-hit games, including a four-hit game against St. Bonaventure (3/7) where she had one of her two four-RBI games on the year … the other four-RBI game came against South Carolina State (2/17).

2016: Started eight games and appeared in 30 … was one of three Jackrabbit starters to hit over .300 for the year, finishing 15 for 49 at the plate (.306) … scored 10 runs and drove in 11 … had three doubles … slugged .612 while racking up 30 total bases … drew four walks and had a .358 on-base percentage … went 1 for 1 on stolen base attempts … recorded 13 putouts and committed just one error (.929 fielding percentage) … in conference play, hit .316 (6 for 19) over two starts and 13 games … had eight putouts at North Dakota (4/5) … racked up six total bases at UND (4/5) while adding two RBI in that game … part of back-to-back-to-back-to-back (four consecutive) home run streak (NCAA record) at Fort Wayne (4/30) … had a three-hit performance versus Holy Cross (3/10).

2015: Played in 12 games as a freshman, with a trio of starts, two of them as the designated player and one as catcher ... picked up her first collegiate hit off the bench at Dakota Wesleyan (3/26) ... doubled home a run and scored vs. Mount Marty (4/24) ... went 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored in a doubleheader sweep of Mount Marty (4/29).

Before SDSU: Three-year softball letterwinner ... team captain and coaches award winner as a senior in 2014 ... earned player of the year on the junior varsity squad as a freshman in 2011 ... earned a Second Team All-League selection as a sophomore in 2012 ... also named most improved player from her coach in 2012 ... earned scholar athlete selections in all four years of high school ... named an AP Scholar Award winner in both 2013 and 2014.

Personal: Born August 21, 1996 in Mission Viejo, Calif. … daughter of Dan Steffo, Deb Steffo and Steve Pattinson (step-father) … has one sister, Lauren, and one half-sister, Ava … served as co-president of SAAC for the 2017-18 school year ... majoring in Human Biology with a chemistry minor.