Kiwi McDaniel

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Vanden HS
Hometown:
Vacaville, Calif.

2020: Played and started in all 21 games at second base… Ranked third on team in at-bats (65), RBI’s (16) and doubles (tied, 3)… Fourth in hits (19) and total bases (25)… Posted .292 batting average and .381 slugging percentage – the fifth highest on the team… On-base percentage of .361… Notched seven runs and one home run… 26 putouts, 21 assists and .959 fielding percentage… Scored season-high two runs at JMU (March 7)… Six multi-hit games… Five multi-RBI games… Five-game hitting streak.

2019: Played and started in 45 games, predominately at first base…Batting average of .265…Scored 17 runs, 35 hits, six doubles, four home runs, 26 RBIs, 53 total bases through 132 at-bats…Slugged .402 with an on base percentage of .305…Defensively: 141 putouts, 13 assists, fielding .945.

Nine multiple hit games, seven total multiple RBI games, six game hitting streak, with a reached base streak of six games.

2018: Played in 51 games, starting 46 in her second season at UConn…Started 19 games at designated player, 16 at shortstop and 10 at second base…Hit .252 with 32 hits, the fourth-most on the team….Four home runs, six doubles and tied for a team-high 20 RBI…Earned two selections to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll this season (Feb. 12, Apr. 2)…Batting average of .255 with three homers and 10 RBI in conference play…Six multi-hit and six multi-RBI games…Went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI in win over Jacksonville (Feb. 10)…Recorded 2-for-3 effort with a homer, double and two RBI against Marist (Mar. 16)…Pinch-hit, three-run homer against Wichita State (Mar. 31)…Smacked two home runs in 3-1 win over Tulsa (May 5).

2017: One of two players to start all 48 games for the Huskies and the only freshman to accomplish the feat...Played shortstop, second base and designated player...Selected to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on March 6...Hit .268, ranking fourth on the team in batting average...Tied for second in hits (37), tied for third in home runs (3), third in RBI (14), third in total bases (49), and third in on-base percentage (.335)...Nine multi-hit performances, including a personal-best five-game hitting streak at one point...Went 3-for-4 with a run scored in collegiate debut against Radford on Feb. 18...Best game against Northern Kentucky on March 4, going 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI...Went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI in victory over Boston College on April 11.

Before UConn: Earned four letters for softball at Vanden High School…All-League player from 2013 to 2015, while being named League MVP as a sophomore…Earned four letters in tennis, being named All-League four times…SCAC League Singles Champion from 2013 to 2015…Four-time member of the Honor Roll…Named Student-Athlete of the Year in 2014.

Personal: Kaily Lorraine McDaniel is the daughter of James and Ellen McDaniel…She has twin siblings, Marcus and Katie, who are 13 years old…Exploratory major.