Danielle O'Toole

Danielle Denise O'Toole-Trejo (born July 7, 1994) is a former collegiate All-American, pro left-handed softball pitcher originally from Upland, California, US. She graduated from the University of Arizona Wildcats in 2016-2017. She was a starting pitcher for two years after transferring from San Diego State Aztecs from 2013-14. She graduated and was selected #8 overall in the National Pro Fastpitch draft by the Chicago Bandits, which she has played with on and off for three seasons. She has also played for Team USA before joining Team Mexico and helped them earn a bid to play in 2020 Tokyo Olympics. O'Toole has also coached for the San Diego Toreros. Currently, she is playing in the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited.[1]

College

O'Toole was named Mountain West Conference Freshman of The Year and First-Team All-Conference.[2] She debuted on February 8 losing to the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and throwing four innings with six strikeouts.[3] On March 14, O'Toole set a career best for strikeouts in a regulation game with 9 whiffs against the Bryant Bulldogs in a victory.[4] She also began a career best shutout streak in that game that went on for 22 innings, during which the Aztec struck out 18, allowed 21 hits and two walks for a 1.04 WHIP.[5] For her sophomore year, O'Toole earned MWC Pitcher of The Year, her second all conference honors and set a career best in victories (then school record) and innings pitched.[6] O'Toole currently ranks top-10 for San Diego in wins, strikeouts and shutouts, while holding the winning percentage record for a career.[7]

O'Toole redshirted in 2015 after transferring to play for the Arizona Wildcats and as a junior in 2016 was named All-Pac-12 and posted her best shutouts total.[8] For her final year, O'Toole was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All American and Pac 12 Pitcher of The Year, accomplishing the rare feat of being recognized by two conferences for her efforts on the mound.[9][10] She set personal career bests in strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, strikeout ratio (6.7) and threw a no hitter.[11]

She led the Wildcats in a return to the No. 1 ranking and a Pac 12 Championship.[12] Starting on March 3-April 13, she pitched 14 consecutive wins for a career highlight. During the streak she gave up 56 hits, 13 earned runs, 16 walks and fanned 88 in 92.1 innings for a 0.78 WHIP and 0.99 ERA. In the only non-decision of the streak vs. the Oregon State Beavers, O'Toole set a career best with 10 strikeouts in just four innings of work on March 19.[13] In her next game on March 24, she no hit the Washington Huskies, walking one and striking out 8 batters.[14] On May 20 in the Regionals of the NCAA Tournament, she threw a 7 strikeout, 1-hit shutout to tally her 100th career victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks.[15] O'Toole made her final appearance in the Super Regionals against the Baylor Bears, throwing six innings in a loss on May 28.


Statistics

San Diego State & University of Arizona Wildcats
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2013 14 7 35 24 13 3 1 155.0 150 51 40 35 121 1.80 1.19
2014 31 10 48 36 26 7 1 256.2 239 83 70 45 196 1.91 1.11
2016 26 12 43 37 24 9 3 216.0 179 93 67 49 192 2.17 1.05
2017 30 5 38 35 25 9 1 219.0 148 49 38 40 210 1.21 0.86
TOTALS 101 34 164 132 88 28 6 846.2 716 276 215 169 719 1.78 1.04

References
  1. Hutchison, Troy (2020-08-20). "Former Arizona Wildcat Danielle O'Toole Talks Athletes Unlimited". ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  2. "SDSU Softball Sweeps Mountain West Awards". Goaztecs.com. 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  3. "Aztec Softball Splits at Kajikawa Classic". Goaztecs.com. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  4. "Aztec Softball Sweeps Bryant, San Jose State". Goaztecs.com. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  5. "Bauer Sets RBI Record in Softball's 3-1 Win vs USD". Goaztecs.com. 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  6. "Danielle O'Toole Named MW Pitcher of the Year". Goaztecs.com. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  7. "Aztec Softball History & Records" (PDF). Goaztecs.com. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  8. "Pac-12 Announces 2016 Softball All-Conference Honors". Pac-12.com. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2020-01-19.CS1 maint: location (link)
  9. "2017 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  10. "Pac-12 Announces 2017 Softball All-Conference Honors". Pac-12.com. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2020-01-19.CS1 maint: location (link)
  11. "2017 Softball Roster Danielle O'Toole". Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  12. "Cats Defeat UCLA, Win Pac-12 Championship". Arizonawildcats.com. 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  13. "Cats Survive Extra-Inning Scare to Sweep Beavers". Arizonawildcats.com. 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  14. "O'Toole Throws First Career No-Hitter vs. No. 6 Washington". Arizonawildcats.com. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  15. "Cats Advance to Regional Final on the Back of O'Toole's One-Hit Shutout". Arizonawildcats.com. 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
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