AUSL

Danielle O'Toole

University of Arizona '17

Hometown: Upland, California

2022 AUX Softball Champion

Playing for Frosted Faces Foundation

Personal: Born in Fontana, Calif. … mother, Dianna, was a two-time All-America pitcher at UC San Diego from 1989-92 who holds the Tritons’ career record with a 0.91 earned run average … has served as the pitching coach for the Cal State Fullerton softball team during the last two seasons.

2022 Championship Season: Placed 11th on the leaderboard with 1,490 points, including 1,060 win points and 140 MVP points … posted 200 or more leaderboard points three times, including season-high 244 points in Week Three opener against Team McCleney … member of 2022 Athletes Unlimited All-Defensive Team … led league with seven starts and four complete games … ranked second with 45.0 innings pitched in nine appearances … fourth in the league in earned run average (3.89) and strikeouts (25) … gave up one earned run on six hits in complete game effort to begin Week Three against Team McCleney … struck out season-high seven batters in complete game against Team Eberle during Week Two … recorded five strikeouts while giving up two runs on five hits against Team Jaquish on Aug. 19. 


2022 AUX Season: Inaugural AUX Softball champion after compiling 1,436 points … tied for second with four game MVP awards … ranked second in the league with 1.69 earned run average over nine appearances, including three starts … tied for the league lead with four victories … also posted league-best two complete games … allowed just seven earned runs over 28.2 innings with 22 hits and 18 strikeouts … held opposing hitters to league-low .206 batting average … pitched first complete game in AUX Softball history against Team Fischer on June 23, allowing three runs on 10 hits while posting three strikeouts … posted season-high seven strikeouts in June 18 victory over Team Gibson to begin Series Two … did not allow an earned run in 4.1 innings during season finale victory over Team Fischer. 


2021 Championship Season: Amassed 680 leaderboard points in her second Athletes Unlimited season … one of six pitchers to appear in 10 games … made two starts … posted 9.90 earned run average with 17 strikeouts in 23.0 innings … ranked sixth in the league with 36 hits allowed … tied for sixth place with 17 strikeouts … threw three wild pitches. 


2020 Championship Season: Earned 16th place on the inaugural leaderboard with 1,434 points … ranked fifth in the circuit with 494 stat points … one of five players to register at least 200 MVP points … appeared in 13 games with league-leading 10 starts … authored 2.82 earned run average with 3-3 record … allowed 25 earned runs and 66 hits … tied with Haylie Wagner for second in the league with 62.0 innings pitched … one of four pitchers to throw a complete game … ranked second in Athletes Unlimited with 42 strikeouts.


International Experience: Competed with Team Mexico at 2020 Tokyo Olympics … fashioned 0-2 record with 1.24 earned run average and seven strikeouts in three appearances … allowed just three hits in 3.2 innings against Team USA with two strikeouts … also conceded one earned run over 6.0 innings against Canada with three strikeouts … spent two years with Team USA from 2017-18 … pitched 4.2 innings with six strikeouts while helping Team USA win Gold medal at 2018 WBSC Women’s World Championship … threw 6.1 innings and accumulated four strikeouts in 2018 USA Softball International Cup … member of Gold medal-winning team at 2017 Pan American Championship, posting 2-0 record with 2.80 ERA in 15 innings … also allowed six runs on eight hits while claiming 12 strikeouts … aided Team USA to Silver medal in 2017 World Cup of Softball … led Team USA with 15 innings pitched during the tournament while securing 11 strikeouts.


Other Professional Experience: Played three seasons with the NPF’s Chicago Bandits after being picked with No. 8 overall selection in 2017 NPF Draft … authored 1-1 record in 2017 with seven strikeouts over 10.0 innings … did not record a decision in 12.0 innings during the 2018 campaign while posting 14 strikeouts. 

At Arizona: Transferred to Arizona after two seasons at San Diego State … sat out 2015 season before playing final two seasons with the Wildcats … ranks eighth in program history with 1.69 career earned run average … fashioned 402 career strikeouts, the 10th-highest mark on the Wildcats’ all-time list … threw no-hitter on Mar. 24, 2017, against No. 6 Washington, which stands as the no-hitter thrown by an Arizona pitcher against a ranked team … finalist for 2017 USA Softball National Player of the Year … earned First-Team NFCA All-America honors as a senior … two-time NFCA First-Team All-Region and All-Pac 12 Conference pick with the Wildcats … honored as Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year in 2017 … made 83 appearances in two seasons at San Diego State while earning All-Mountain West Conference honors twice … tied for seventh in Aztec history with 45 victories … owns program-record .726 career winning percentage … tallied 39 career complete games with 10 shutouts with the Aztecs … one of four pitchers in SDSU history to win 30 or more games in a season after notching 31 victories as a sophomore … named 2014 Mountain West Pitcher of the Year … made 48 appearances during her sophomore campaign and posted a 31-10 record with a 1.91 earned run average and 196 strikeouts … named Mountain West Freshman of the Year in 2013 after compiling 14-7 record in 155 innings … limited opposing hitters to a .250 average with 121 strikeouts and a 1.81 earned run average. 

Headshot of Danielle O'Toole

Career Stats

YEAR
W-L
ERA
G
GS
IP
H
SO
BB
ER
HR
B/AVG
HP
CG
SHO
SV
B
S
WP
2022 AUX Softball
4-1
1.69
9
-
29.0
22
18
8
7
2
.206
-
1
-
-
149
293
2
2022 Championship*
3-3
3.89
9
-
45.0
55
25
15
25
8
.291
2
4
-
-
302
501
2
2021 Championship*
1-1
9.90
10
-
23.1
36
17
10
33
9
.343
1
-
-
-
163
290
3
2020 Championship*
3-5
2.82
13
-
62.0
66
42
13
25
10
.273
5
2
-
-
380
693
2
Career Totals
11-10
3.95
41
-
159.1
179
102
46
90
29
.278
8
7
-
-
994
1777
9

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
W-L
ERA
G
IP
H
SO
BB
ER
HR
B/AVG
HP
CG
SHO
SV
B
S
WP
6/25/2022
Team FischerTeam O'Toole
1-0
0.00
1
4.1
4
1
1
-
-
.267
-
-
-
-
21
39
-
6/24/2022
Team ZerkleTeam O'Toole
0-0
0.00
1
0.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
4
-
6/23/2022
Team O'TooleTeam Zerkle
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6/23/2022
Team O'TooleTeam Fischer
1-0
3.00
1
7.0
10
3
2
3
1
.333
-
1
-
-
36
76
-
6/20/2022
Team GibsonTeam Fischer
0-0
0.00
1
1.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
11
-
6/19/2022
Team MulipolaTeam Fischer
0-0
0.00
1
3.0
2
2
1
-
-
.167
-
-
-
-
25
46
-
6/18/2022
Team FischerTeam Mulipola
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6/18/2022
Team FischerTeam Gibson
1-0
0.00
1
5.0
3
7
-
-
-
.176
-
-
-
-
16
41
1
6/15/2022
Team EberleTeam Ocasio
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6/14/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Ocasio
1-0
0.00
1
2.0
-
4
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
23
-
6/13/2022
Team OcasioTeam Chidester
0-0
0.00
1
4.1
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19
31
-
6/13/2022
Team OcasioTeam Eberle
0-1
14.00
1
2.0
3
-
2
4
1
.333
-
-
-
-
12
22
1

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

2022 AUX Softball Champion

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