HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter in the outfield at Kempner High School in Sugar Land under Charity Rychlik … led the team with a .434 batting average and .467 on base percentage during her senior year … record 25 stolen bases out of 28 attempt while helping the Cougars advance to the bi-district playoffs … selected to play in the 2012 Houston Area High School All-Star game … led the team in batting during her junior year while powering the team to a 24-13 record en route to the 2011 Bi-District Championship and the 2011 District 23-5A Championship … earned All-District 23-5A honors during her junior and senior years … played travel ball for Texas KAOS Gold under coach Bert Emanuel and played in the 2010 Premier Nationals and 2009 ASA Gold Nationals … selected to play in the 2012 Colorado Fireworks All-American game …Earned Kempner High School’s Academic Excellence Award all four years.  

PERSONAL: Born Danielle Tefft on March 7, 1994, in Houston, Texas … parents are Jim and Tracy Tefft … plans to major in nursing.