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Wikipedia / Dani Tyler

Danielle M. "Dani" Tyler (born October 23, 1974) is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball player and Olympic champion, originally from River Forest, Illinois. She played on the infield in several positions for the Drake Bulldogs in the Missouri Valley Conference, where she holds the school and ranks in the conference for career batting average records and was a three-time all-conference honoree. She played for the USA National Team from 1993-98, winning gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 1998 World Championships, the 1994 Pan American Games qualifier, and the 1995 Super Ball Classic.

Career

She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team. Tyler collected three hits, scored a run with a triple and a double at the games.

Tyler played softball at Drake University.

Tyler later became an accountant, earning a CPA and working with Bansley & Kiener, LLP near Chicago.

Statistics

Drake BulldogsDrake Bulldogs

YEAR

G

AB

R

H

BA

RBI

HR

3B

2B

TB

SLG

BB

SO

SB

SBA

1993

51

154

36

60

.389

28

8

1

8

94

.610%

9

14

0

0

1994

56

190

36

73

.384

50

9

3

17

123

.647%

6

8

2

2

1995

52

168

33

69

.410

37

4

1

11

94

.559%

17

5

2

2

TOTALS

159

512

105

202

.394

115

21

5

36

311

.607%

32

27

4

4

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