All-American Danielle Gibson Joins Softball Staff

ATHENS, Ga. – All-American Danielle Gibson has joined Tony Baldwin's softball staff at the University of Georgia as the volunteer coach for the 2023 season, Baldwin announced Friday.

"We are excited to welcome Danielle to our staff," Baldwin said. "She has been well coached and is wise beyond her years, in terms of softball I.Q. She is highly motivated to get started in her coaching career and we are thankful that she has chosen to be a part of the Georgia Softball family."

Gibson joins the Bulldogs' coaching staff following an outstanding collegiate career at Arkansas and Arizona State.

Gibson was a two-time All-American at Arkansas (2021, 2022) and was a finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and the Honda Sport Award or Softball as a senior. She earned multiple conference and NFCA All-Region honors both at Arkansas and Arizona State in her career. Off the field, she earned CoSIDA Academic All-America status in 2022.

The Razorbacks won back-to-back regular season SEC championships in 2021 and 2022 including taking home the SEC Tournament crown last season.

Most recently, Gibson played for Athletes Unlimited in Rosemont, Illinois. She concluded the season ranked 18^th in the league with 1336 total points which concluded Aug. 28. She hit three home runs with nine RBI in 14 games, slugging .556.

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