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Bay Daniel

  • position Forward
  • height 5-9
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Evans, Ga.
  • High school Greenbrier
  • position Forward
  • height 5-9
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Evans, Ga.
  • High school Greenbrier

Bay Daniel Bio

AWARDS:
Redshirt senior season (2016)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll

Redshirt junior season (2015)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll

Redshirt sophomore season (2014)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll

Redshirt freshman season (2013)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll

Freshman season (2012)
· SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

IN THE RECORD BOOK:
· 1st — Season shot on goal percentage (.824, 2013)
· 8th — Career shot on goal percentage (.557)
· Shares sophomore record for matches played (25)

2016: Started each of Carolina’s first five matches before suffering a season-ending knee injury…matched her career high with two goals and registered an assist to finish the year with five points…tallied a career-best three points in the Gamecocks’ 4-1 win over Tulsa (8/21), netting a goal in the eighth minute before adding an assist two minutes later…scored the game-winner in Carolina’s hope opener against NC State (8/25), a 3-0 victory…put six of her 13 shots on frame.

2015: Played in 19 of 20 matches, earning the start in two games…finished the season with two points on one goal after scoring an unassisted goal in the Gamecocks’ 6-0 win over Kennesaw State (9/14)…tallied 14 shots, putting nine of them on frame…her shots on goal percentage (.643) ranked second on the team among players with at least 10 attempts on the season…earned playing time in both postseason matches against Auburn (11/4) and UNCW (11/13).

2014: Appeared in all 25 contests, putting in 590 minutes of play…posted one assist, a game-winner…put five of 17 shots on goal…fired a season-high three shots, sending one on frame against Milwaukee (8/31)…set up Coryn Bajema in the 32nd minute at USF (9/12) for what held up to be the game-winning goal…fired two shots at Auburn (9/21) in the SEC opener…also fired two shots against Georgia (9/28), putting one on target…netted the clinching penalty kick against No. 22 Clemson (11/14) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament…also attempted a PK in the shootout vs. Seattle (11/21) in the second round just one week later.

2013: Played in 21 matches, making first career start against SMU … Played 458 minutes … Scored two goals and added one assist … Recorded first career goal and assist versus SMU (9/8) in 2-0 win … Scored game’s opening goal in 2-1 win at No. 8 Florida … Set school record for shots on goal percentage (.824) … Registered 17 total shots with14 on target … Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2012: Did not appear in any matches.

PRE-COLLEGE: Two-year member of South Carolina ODP State team … Region III ODP camp (2010) … Super Y ODP National Camp (2010) … Two-time All-County selection (2009-10) … All-Region and All-Area (2010) … Team captain … Georgia State 5A Final Four (2009) … Georgia State 5A Elite Eight (2010) … Played for Atlanta Fire United (2011-12), SC United (2009-10) and Augusta Arsenal (2005-08) club team … South Carolina State Finalist (2009-10).

PERSONAL: Full name is Frances Bay Daniel … Undecided major … Chose USC over Mississippi State, Kennesaw State and Appalachian State … Born August 15, 1994 … Has one older brother … Brother, Sam, is a redshirt freshman on the baseball team at USC-Aiken … Father, Kent, played baseball at Northwest Junior College … Parents are Kent and Evalin Daniel.

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