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Jersey Number 4
Isabella Dayton
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Wylie H.S.
- Hometown:
- Wylie, Texas
@b3lladayton || 
belladaytonnCareer (64 GP/37 GS, .221 AVG/.317 OBP/.333 SLG/.650 OPS, 3 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 13-14 SB, .978 fld%)
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2021 (44 GP/22 GS, .221 AVG/.280 OBP/.294 SLG/.574 OPS, 2 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 3-4 SB, 1.000 fld%)
- Started three games in left field and 19 games in right field
- In the lineup, saw time in the one-hole (3 games), six-hole (2 games), eight-hole (2 games) and nine-hole (17 games)
- Had two multi-hit games, including two hits vs. Ole Miss in the postseason (5/23)
- Tied her career-high with two RBI vs. Grand Canyon (4/14)
2020 (20 GP/15 APP, .302 AVG/.375 OBP/.395 SLG/.770 OPS, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 10-10 SB, .947 fld%)
- Was a key part of Arizona’s outfield rotation, starting seven games in left field, seven games in right field and one game as the designated player
- Led the team with 10 stolen bases in 10 tries, the most by an Arizona freshman since Chelsea Suitos (13 – 2012), despite the abbreviated season
- Was one of four players in the Pac-12 to steal 10-plus bases without being caught stealing
- Hit .302 on the season in in 43 at-bats
- Ranked fifth on the team with 13 runs scored
- Hit her first career home run vs. Western Michigan (2/8)
- Drove in three runs on the season, including two vs. Western Michigan (2/8)
- Drew five walks, helping her to a .375 on-base percentage
- Stole three bases vs. Long Beach State (2/14), the first Wildcat to steal three bases in a game since Ashleigh Hughes in 2018, one of her two multi-steal games of the season
- Had three multi-hit games
- Hit a walkoff sacrifice fly to lift Arizona past UNI in extra innings (2/14)
High School
- A three-sport athlete (softball, basketball, track) at Wylie High School
- Ranked as the No. 26 recruit nationally by Extra Inning Softball and No. 15 by Softball America
- Named the 6A Offensive Player of the Year in as a sophomore and a junior
- Selected as the 5A Freshman of the Year
- A first-team all-state performer in 2019A four-time all-academic selection
- Hit .602 as a senior with 68 hits and 50 stolen bases, when she led her team a league championship and the fifth round of the state playoffs for the first time in school history
- Was an all-area basketball player and competed in the 4x400m and the 200m regional for Wylie
- In club ball, competed for the So Cal Choppers under head coach Dean Fausett
- Named to the PGF All-American West Team
Personal
- Daughter of Alan and Denise Dayton
- Born on June. 1, 2001 in Fountain Valley, California
- Has four brothers (Nick, Sal, Anthony and Dominic)
- Plans to major in physiology with hopes to become a pediatric surgeon
- In her free time, enjoys hanging out with family, drinking coffee and watching sports
- Chose Arizona over Ole Miss because “it feels like a home away from home. My teammates are people I have known and make the journey much more worthy of the ride.”
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