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Danielle Watson

Florida State University '22

Hometown: Osceola, Indiana

2022 Third-Team All-ACC

Playing for Alzheimer’s Association

Personal: Father played baseball at Bristol University and won National Small College World Series in 1994 … favorite softball memory is reaching the championship series of the 2021 NCAA Women’s College World Series after going through the losers bracket … currently working towards her Master’s degree in sports administration at Florida State.  

2022 Championship Season: Accumulated 838 leaderboard points during inaugural professional season … made five appearances in the circle with three starts … finished with an 0-2 record and one save in 7.1 innings … conceded one hit over 2.0 innings against Team Zerkle in Week One for first save of professional career … also threw 2.0 innings in Week Five against Team Chidester.

At Florida State: Spent her final two years at Florida State after starting career at Louisville … sat out 2020 campaign due to Atlantic Coast Conference transfer rules … finished career with 55-31 record and 3.05 earned run average … tallied 514 total strikeouts in 518.2 innings … allowed career-low 66 hits in 93.1 innings during redshirt junior season …  posted 29-6 mark in two seasons with the Seminoles while starting 34-of-64 appearances … Third-Team All-ACC performer in 2022 who authored 2.34 earned run average over 134.2 innings … earned 17-4 record with one save while holding opponents to .194 batting average … also notched 147 strikeouts and allowed just 45 earned runs … won her first seven decisions during 2022 campaign, including pair of wins over nationally-ranked opponents … posted career-high 11 strikeouts in outings against Hofstra (Feb. 25) and Boston College (Mar. 20) during redshirt senior season … garnered 12-2 record as a redshirt junior with 98 strikeouts in 93.1 innings … led Seminoles to 2021 Women’s College World Series berth … paced Louisville pitching staff with 88 strikeouts in 2019 season … made 36 appearances in the circle for the Cardinals as a freshman, including 19 starts … opened career with 14-10 record in 2018 with 3.13 ERA and 105 strikeouts.

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Career Stats

YEAR
W-L
ERA
G
GS
IP
H
SO
LOB
BB
R
ER
HR
B/AVG
HB
CG
SHO
SV
B
S
WP
2022 Championship*
0-2
10.50
5
-
7.1
16
2
-
5
12
11
1
.444
1
2
-
1
48
62
-
Career Totals
0-2
10.50
5
-
7.1
16
2
-
5
12
11
1
.444
1
2
-
1
48
62
-

*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
LOB
BB
R
ER
HR
B/AVG
HB
CG
SHO
SV
B
S
WP
8/28/2022
Team DenhamTeam McCleney
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/27/2022
Team ChidesterTeam McCleney
0-0
3.50
1
2.0
1
-
-
-
1
1
-
.143
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
8/26/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Mulipola
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/20/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Chidester
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/19/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Jaquish
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/14/2022
Team MulipolaTeam McCleney
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/13/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Chidester
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/12/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Jaquish
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/7/2022
Team MulipolaTeam Harshman
0-1
31.50
1
1.1
7
-
-
2
7
6
-
.636
-
-
-
-
28
36
-
8/6/2022
Team JaquishTeam Harshman
0-1
42.00
1
0.1
3
-
-
1
2
2
-
1.000
-
-
-
-
7
9
-
7/31/2022
Team OcasioTeam Chidester
0-0
8.40
1
1.2
4
1
-
1
2
2
1
.444
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
7/30/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Zerkle
0-0
0.00
1
2.0
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
.167
-
-
-
1
13
17
-
7/29/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Eberle
0-0
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

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

Awards & Honors

2022 Third-Team All-ACC

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