University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2017 Softball Roster
Chavez, Daniella
Jersey Number 99
Daniella Chavez
- Position:
- Designated Player
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Crowley, Texas
- High School:
- Crowley HS
- Prev School:
- Kansas
Bio
2017 (Junior)
First season in a Cajuns uniform after transferring from Kansas…served in the designated player role and started at the position all 55 games…hit .271 with 45 base hits and 46 RBI…recorded at least 40 hits and RBI for the third straight season of collegiate career…second on the team with 15 multiple-RBI games, reaching three RBI seven times, which increased her career multiple-RBI games total to 40…picked up 13 multiple-hit games, advancing her career figure to 46…hit either fifth (36 games) or sixth (17 games) in the lineup…ranked second on the team with 19 two-out RBI…hit .324 with runners in scoring position (24-for-74), the fourth-best average among the starting lineup…recorded season-best seven-game hitting streak Apr. 1-11…ranked among the Top 10 in the Sun Belt Conference in total RBI and among the Top 150 nationally in RBI per game…collected six hits during debut weekend as a Cajun during the Louisiana Classics (Feb. 10-12)…biggest hit was a walk-off, two-run single vs. DePaul on Feb. 11 to give Cajuns a 4-3 come-from-behind win…closed the scoring in the series-clinching win over No. 4 Alabama on Feb. 19 with a two-run single in the sixth inning…starting with the Mardi Gras Invitational (Feb. 23-26), posted 18 RBI over the last two weekends of tournament play…hit first two home runs in a Cajuns uniform on the same day – Feb. 23 vs. Drake and Bowling Green…turned in a 4-for-8 performance with six RBI that night…delivered a three-run double the next night vs. Dartmouth to break open the game in the seventh inning by giving Louisiana an 11-5 lead…10th and final RBI of the Mardi Gras Invitational came on a sacrifice fly that brought home the first run in Alyssa Denham’s 3-0 shutout of Big 10-member Maryland on Feb. 25…posted three RBI in both outings of the final day of the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational (Mar. 5) for six on the day which pushed her tournament total to eight…produced an RBI in three different plate appearances vs. Alcorn on Mar. 5 as head coach Michael Lotief captured his 700th career victory: single (1st inning), single (3rd inning) and ground out (3rd inning)…launched a three-run homer in the third inning to end a scoreless tie and give the Cajuns the lead in the third inning of Game 2 vs. UTA on Mar. 18…earned Sun Belt Player of the Week honors after the Georgia Southern series: produced an RBI in four of her eight plate appearances in Statesboro and tallied six RBI total on Saturday as the Ragin' Cajuns opened the series against with a doubleheader sweep…three-run single in third inning of series finale vs. Troy on Apr. 9 doubled the Cajuns lead to 6-0…delivered a pair of multiple-RBI games and totaled four RBI on the day in doubleheader sweep of Coastal Carolina at Lamson Park on Apr. 29 which clinched the Sun Belt championship.
Prior to Louisiana
Played freshman and sophomore season at Kansas … started 106 games and posted 26 home runs and 122 RBI … started all 55 games of freshman season at the designated player position … batted .344 with 56 hits and led the Jayhawks in home runs with 16, the most by a KU freshman in a single season, and RBI with 67, shattering Kansas’ single-season record … named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Midwest Region Third Team … selected as the 2015 Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year and also earned All-Big 12 First Team and Freshman Team honors … was a finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year … led KU in home runs, and reached double digits a second straight season, with 10 as a sophomore in 2016 … finished the season with a .318 average, 48 hits and 55 RBI … started 51 games, all but three starts coming at first base … recorded 11 multiple-hit games, increasing career total to 25, and produced a team-best 15 multiple-RBI outings, stretching career figure to 33.
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Crowley High School … received first-team all-district honors all four years … awarded Offensive Player of the Year and Crowley Team MVP as a senior … led district with a batting average of .629 her junior year … first-team all-state as a sophomore … named Newcomer of the Year her freshman season … played under Kevin Shelton and Ed Naudin for Texas Glory in travel ball.
Personal
Born Feb. 26, 1996 in Fort Worth, Texas … daughter of Tischa Schroeder … a general studies major.
First season in a Cajuns uniform after transferring from Kansas…served in the designated player role and started at the position all 55 games…hit .271 with 45 base hits and 46 RBI…recorded at least 40 hits and RBI for the third straight season of collegiate career…second on the team with 15 multiple-RBI games, reaching three RBI seven times, which increased her career multiple-RBI games total to 40…picked up 13 multiple-hit games, advancing her career figure to 46…hit either fifth (36 games) or sixth (17 games) in the lineup…ranked second on the team with 19 two-out RBI…hit .324 with runners in scoring position (24-for-74), the fourth-best average among the starting lineup…recorded season-best seven-game hitting streak Apr. 1-11…ranked among the Top 10 in the Sun Belt Conference in total RBI and among the Top 150 nationally in RBI per game…collected six hits during debut weekend as a Cajun during the Louisiana Classics (Feb. 10-12)…biggest hit was a walk-off, two-run single vs. DePaul on Feb. 11 to give Cajuns a 4-3 come-from-behind win…closed the scoring in the series-clinching win over No. 4 Alabama on Feb. 19 with a two-run single in the sixth inning…starting with the Mardi Gras Invitational (Feb. 23-26), posted 18 RBI over the last two weekends of tournament play…hit first two home runs in a Cajuns uniform on the same day – Feb. 23 vs. Drake and Bowling Green…turned in a 4-for-8 performance with six RBI that night…delivered a three-run double the next night vs. Dartmouth to break open the game in the seventh inning by giving Louisiana an 11-5 lead…10th and final RBI of the Mardi Gras Invitational came on a sacrifice fly that brought home the first run in Alyssa Denham’s 3-0 shutout of Big 10-member Maryland on Feb. 25…posted three RBI in both outings of the final day of the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational (Mar. 5) for six on the day which pushed her tournament total to eight…produced an RBI in three different plate appearances vs. Alcorn on Mar. 5 as head coach Michael Lotief captured his 700th career victory: single (1st inning), single (3rd inning) and ground out (3rd inning)…launched a three-run homer in the third inning to end a scoreless tie and give the Cajuns the lead in the third inning of Game 2 vs. UTA on Mar. 18…earned Sun Belt Player of the Week honors after the Georgia Southern series: produced an RBI in four of her eight plate appearances in Statesboro and tallied six RBI total on Saturday as the Ragin' Cajuns opened the series against with a doubleheader sweep…three-run single in third inning of series finale vs. Troy on Apr. 9 doubled the Cajuns lead to 6-0…delivered a pair of multiple-RBI games and totaled four RBI on the day in doubleheader sweep of Coastal Carolina at Lamson Park on Apr. 29 which clinched the Sun Belt championship.
Prior to Louisiana
Played freshman and sophomore season at Kansas … started 106 games and posted 26 home runs and 122 RBI … started all 55 games of freshman season at the designated player position … batted .344 with 56 hits and led the Jayhawks in home runs with 16, the most by a KU freshman in a single season, and RBI with 67, shattering Kansas’ single-season record … named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Midwest Region Third Team … selected as the 2015 Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year and also earned All-Big 12 First Team and Freshman Team honors … was a finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year … led KU in home runs, and reached double digits a second straight season, with 10 as a sophomore in 2016 … finished the season with a .318 average, 48 hits and 55 RBI … started 51 games, all but three starts coming at first base … recorded 11 multiple-hit games, increasing career total to 25, and produced a team-best 15 multiple-RBI outings, stretching career figure to 33.
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Crowley High School … received first-team all-district honors all four years … awarded Offensive Player of the Year and Crowley Team MVP as a senior … led district with a batting average of .629 her junior year … first-team all-state as a sophomore … named Newcomer of the Year her freshman season … played under Kevin Shelton and Ed Naudin for Texas Glory in travel ball.
Personal
Born Feb. 26, 1996 in Fort Worth, Texas … daughter of Tischa Schroeder … a general studies major.
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