Honors and Awards
- 2025 First Team All-PAC
- 2023 First Team All-PAC
- 2022 PAC Player of the Year
- 2020 First Team All-PAC
- 2022 PAC All-Sportsmanship Team
2025: played in 24 games making 22 starts. Led the team in all offensive categories. She batted .459 in 61 at bats with 13 runs and 14 RBI's. Her batting avg. is the 3rd greatest season of all-time. She was 3rd in the PAC in batting avg. In the circle she made 16 appearances and 11 starts. She had a 6.33 ERA in 69.2 IP and led the team with 39 strikeouts.
She finished her career tied for 1st all-time in batting avg (.448), holds the record for slugging% (.706), and is second all-time in OB% (.485).
2023: McDaniels appeared in 28 games including 27 starts for the Barons this season. She improved on her Player of the Year performance by batting .471 on the year including 33 hits, 8 doubles, 1 triple, 4 Home Runs, and 10 RBI's. She led the league in OB% (.479) and SLUG% (.786). She was second in the league for fewest strikeouts while at bat with only 2. McDaniels was primarily a utility infielder seeing significant play at 3B and SS while also serving as one of the primary Baron pitchers. She had a 9.07 ERA and tallied 45 strikeouts.
2022: McDaniels appeared and started in 28 games for the Barons this season. She played a utility infielder seeing starts at third base, shortstop, second base, and was the no. 2 pitcher on the team. She lead the team with a .422 batting average. She also led the team in runs, hits, doubles, and tied for the lead with 2 home runs. On 4/4 in the game 1 win against Pitt-Greensburg, she went 2 for 4 with 1 run, 1 double, and her first career home run. McDaniels pitched 84.1 innings with an ERA of 5.87 and registered 32 strikeouts. Her efforts both at the plate and in the circle earned her the PAC Rookie of the Week award on 3/28.
Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Joanne ... She is majoring in Biology with a Pre-Health track ... Why Franciscan? "Be in a place with a great community and be able to compete for Christ." ... Upon graduation she plans to discern religious life ... Her favorite hobby is woodworking ... Her patron saint is St. Clare.
