8  Dani Sidoti Class: RS Senior Hometown: Tucson, Ariz. High School: Salpointe Catholic HS Height: 5-10 Position: First Base/Outfield Experience: 3L

A two-year captain who has battled back from a torn ACL to be a major contributor ... A converted first baseman who possesses a strong and accurate arm from her days in the outfield ... Could see time at either first base or in the outfield this season ... Dangerous hitter when she gets on a hot streak ... A scholar-athlete.

HONORS:
Academic All-Mountain West Conference (2005)

2008 Season: A tri-captain ... A former outfielder who moved to first base to keep her bat in the lineup ... Saw action in 43 games, including 31 as the starter ... Had 11 walks after recording eight over her first two seasons (2005, 2007) ... Also set career highs in games played (43), stolen bases (3), putouts (152) and assists (3) ... Her 152 putouts trailed only Megan McDonald (364) and Erin Floros (259) ... Was a part of three game-winning plays (two game-winning runs and one game-winning RBI) ... Had a career-high three walks, one less than her entire 2005 and 2007 season total, against California on Feb. 8 ... Scored a season-high two runs against the Bears ... Drew another two walks against Indiana on Feb. 15 and added an RBI ... Followed that up with a single, a run and a RBI against Fresno State (Feb. 16) ... Had a career-high 11 putouts against UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 17 (later tied the number against Brigham Young (April 11) and Utah (April 26)) ... Beat out an infield single in what proved to be the game-winning RBI in the Aztecs' 2-1 upset over two-time defending NCAA champion Arizona on Feb. 22 ... Went 54 plays before she recorded her first error of the season (against Arizona) at her new position ... Tied her season-high with two runs scored in SDSU's win over Loyola-Chicago on March 5 ... Scored a run in each of the next two games ... In fact, had a season-long four-game hit streak from Feb. 29-March 8 where she batted .417 (5-for-12) with four runs .... Scored a run apiece in four games from April 19-25 ... Had a pinch-hit single and scored a run at Colorado State on April 19 ... SDSU was 13-3 when she got a hit and 11-3 when she scored at least one run.

2007 Season: Had a terrific season after missing all of 2006 recovering from a knee injury ... Improved from her lone 2005 season in every single offensive category, including batting average (.200 in 2005 to .296 in 2007), runs (8 to 19), hits (12 to 32) and on-base percentage (.250 to .333) ... Started 37 of the 40 games she appeared in ... Her .296 average would have been sixth on the squad had she had enough at-bats ... Was also sixth in runs and tied for second after being hit by a pitch on two occasions ... Was even better in conference play, finishing with a .309 average (17-for-55), good enough for fourth on the squad ... Finished fourth in both runs (7) and hits (17) in league contests ... Her .379 (25-for-66) average away (away and neutral) from The Mesa was second behind Brittany Knudsen (.386) ... Hit .378 (17-for-45) in away games and .381 (8-for-21) in neutral venues ... Batted .359 (23-for-64) in day contests ... Tied Lindsey Marquez with a .538 (7-for-13) average against MWC foe New Mexico ... Had a remarkable weekend at Colorado State and New Mexico where she went 9-for-15 (.600) to raise her season batting average from .255 to .329 ... At one point, she singled in eight consecutive at-bats during the three-day period from April 13-15 ... Hit .417 (5-for-12) over a career-long five-game hitting streak from March 18-28 ... Had her first hit, RBI and run in 22 months against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Feb. 17 ... Drove in two runs against Cal Poly on March 3 ... Followed that up with her first two-hit game of the year against Texas Tech (March 3) ... Had two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in the Aztecs' 8-5 win over Sacramento State on March 10 ... Was 2-for-3 in the Aztecs' loss in the second game at Colorado State on April 13 ... Went 4-for-4 and scored twice in SDSU's 11-2 rout of New Mexico on April 14 ... Followed that up with a two-hit game against the Lobos the next day ... Went 2-for-3 at UNLV on April 22 ... Scored the game-winning run in SDSU's 3-2, eight-inning win over Colorado State on April 29 ... SDSU was 10-5 when she scored and 8-0 when she drove in at least one run.

2006 Season: Utilized her redshirt season while recovering from a knee injury.

2005 Season: Appeared in 36 games ... Earned 22 starts ... Had 12 hits in 60 at-bats for a .200 average ... Added three RBI and two stolen bases ... Stole the two bases on three attempts ... Added two sacrifice hits ... A solid fielder, she recorded a 88.9 fielding percentage ... Had two assists from the outfield ... Committed just one error in 11 Mountain West Conference games ... Had a season-long five-game hitting streak from Feb. 26-March 12 ... Was 5-for-12 (.417) during the five-game stretch ... Had a season-high two hits in three at-bats on Feb. 5 in SDSU's 5-1 triumph over UC Riverside ... Got off to a hot start to begin the season ... In her first four games as an Aztec, she went 3-for-9 (.333) with five runs and two RBI ... Appeared in nine games as a defensive replacement or pinch runner, second most on the team ... SDSU was 8-3 when she had at least one hit ... The Aztecs were 13-9 when she got the starting nod.

High School: Played four years for Salpointe Catholic High School ... Three-time all-southern Arizona athlete, who was also all-state twice ... Was the female athlete of the year ... USA Softball junior national team camp selection ... 3.9 cumulative GPA ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Also lettered three years for the Lancer volleyball team ... Graduated with honors.

Personal: Danielle Nicole Sidoti was born Sept. 17, 1986, in Bakersfield, Calif. ... Daughter of Susan and Steven Sidoti ... Has a twin sister, Jenae ... Kinesiology major with an emphasis in physical therapy.