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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2012 Softball Roster

23 Danai Martin

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Sacramento, Calif.
  • Highschool Monterey Trail HS/Creighton

Biography

MISCELLANEOUS
A transfer from Creighton University, where she played the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

2011 (AS A SOPHOMORE AT CREIGHTON)
Started 38 games and made 49 appearances for the Bluejays ... 29 of her starts came in right field and nine came as the designated player ... fourth on the squad with seven multi-hit games ... her .274 batting average was the fifth-best on the team ... led the team in stolen bases, swiping 18 in 23 attempts ... fourth on the squad with 20 runs scored and eight walks ... didn’t commit a fielding error in 25 chances ... swiped two bases, walked three times and scored a run in the season opener against Western Illinois (Feb. 11) ... hit 2-for-3 against Centenary (Feb. 25) ... scored twice and stole three bases vs. Northern Colorado (March 4) ... tallied two hits vs. Florida Gulf Coast (March 10) ... went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and three stolen bases against Howard (March 12) ... hit a combined 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three stolen bases in a doubleheader vs. North Dakota (April 12) ... went 4-for-7 and knocked in two runs in a doubleheader at Indiana State (April 30).

2010 (AS A FRESHMAN AT CREIGHTON)
Started 10 of the 46 games in which she appeared ... went 3-for-9 as a pinch-hitter ... appeared as a pinch-runner in 25 games, scoring 10 times in those chances ... played in 16 MVC games, making three starts ... finished second on the team with seven stolen bases, including four in MVC play ... made her collegiate debut against San Diego State (Feb. 11) and earned her first start against Notre Dame one day later ... collected her first hit and run scored against Oregon (Feb. 12) ... notched her first stolen base against Minnesota (March 12) ... scored a run in four of five appearances against Big 12 schools ... went 1-for-3 with a run scored in both games of North Dakota State doubleheader (April 5) ... had a pinch-hit in back-to-back appearances against Evansville (May 8) and against Illinois State (May 14) in the MVC Tournament ... scored a run against No. 8 Missouri (May 21) in the NCAA Tournament.

AT MONTEREY TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL
Earned second-team all-state as a junior ... three-time first-team all-conference honoree ... tabbed her team’s MVP in each of her three varsity seasons ... honored as the MVP in the Senior Optimist All-Star game ... batted .483 as a senior, .492 as a junior and .547 as a sophomore ... owns the school record with 108 career stolen bases ... played club softball for the San Jose Sting and All-American Mizuno.

PERSONAL
Born June 30, 1991, in Sacramento ... daughter of Danetta Jackson and Douglas Martin ... has an older brother, Daniel ... majoring in communications.

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