Dani Sidoti Class: RS Junior Hometown: Tucson, Ariz. High School: Salpointe Catholic HS Height: 5-10 Position: Infield/Outfield Experience: 2L

Will look to regain from freshman season after redshirting last year recovering from a knee injury ... Will add experience to a young outfield ... One of five left-handed hitters on the team.

2007: 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: Utilized her redshirt season while recovering from a knee injury.

2005: 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.