2015 Softball Roster
Roster
Dani Goranson
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Elk Grove
- Hometown:
- Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Career Statistics/Career Highs
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2015): Returned to the pitching staff after missing the entire 2014 season with injury ... Owned a 5.82 ERA over 27.2 innings, walking 16 and striking out 20 ... Threw three innings of one-hit ball with four strikeouts against Morehead State (2/7), her first pitches in a live game in nearly two years ... Tossed 1.2 innings against Akron (2/8), a game which saw all four pitchers throw ... Went three innings with three strikeouts and one hit in an upset of No. 22 Tulsa, 4-3 (2/13) ... Threw one inning against Providence, striking out two while allowing one triple and one homer in a 7-3 Spartan victory ... Made a return to the rotation on April 14 after sitting out with injury nearly six weeks ... Tossed 3.1 innings against Eastern Michigan (4/14), striking out three ... Also tossed one inning in a home loss to Michigan (4/15) ... Earned the start in the middle game vs. Minnesota (4/18), going 3.1 innings and allowing just four hits, striking out three ... Went 2.2 innings in a start against Western Michigan (4/22), walking two and surrendering just two hits ... Tossed a combined five innings in the Indiana series (4/24-26) ... Went one inning in the middle game against Maryland (5/2). FRESHMAN (2013): Produced a 4-8 record on the season...Posted a 3.84 ERA on the season...Started 17 games in the circle, along with pitching six complete games...Compiled 27 appearances...Struck out 67 batters in 104.0 innings pitched...Threw a complete game shutout and allowed just four hits against Eastern Michigan (5/1)...Recorded first collegiate victory vs. Illinois-Chicago on Feb. 16.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for coach Ken Grams ... Compiled an 83-17 record on the mound in high school with a 1.20 ERA and 284 strikeouts... Recorded a 25-9 record as a senior and led Elk Grove a fourth-place finish in Class 4A ... At the plate, she had 10 home runs with 32 RBIs and batted .486 ... As a senior, earned first-team all-state honors from the IHSA Coaches Association and the Chicago Tribune...Also earned MSL All-Conference honors...Named an NFCA All-American second-team selection as a junior in 2011 ... Earned IHSA first-team all-state honors in 2011 ... Received Chicago Tribune/Sun-Times honors in 2010 and 2011, garnering first-team accolades as a junior ... Following a 36-5 season, Elk Grove finished third in the state in 2010 ... Honored with MSL all-conference recognition in 2010 and 2011 ... Received Daily Herald Cook County All-Area honors each year of high school ... As a junior, recorded a 29-5 record with a 0.81 ERA and 254 strikeouts in 191 innnings, while also hitting .485 with five homers and 30 RBIs ... Posted an 18-2 record as a sophomore with a 1.13 ERA, striking out 177 batters in 124 innings ... Collected an 11-1 record as a freshman ... Also was a letterwinner on the varsity basketball team, earning all-area and all-conference selections.
CLUB: Played for the Illinois Bash
PERSONAL: Born Sept. 20, 1993 to James and Wendy Goranson ... Brother, Jim, was a member of the 2000 University of Illinois football team which won the Big Ten Championship and competed in the Sugar Bowl ... Brother, Mike, was a wrestler in the U.S. Marine Corps, earning a purple heart ... Sister, Melanie, was a member of the track & field team at Western Illinois University ... Sister, Nikki, played softball at Robert Morris ... Father, Jim, is the head coach at Oakton Community College, where Nikki serves as an assistant coach.
