2019: Recorded a one-hit shutout with five strikeouts in her collegiate debut vs. Pacific (2/8) … Williams was one out away from pitching a no-hitter … Picked up another shutout win in the next game, holding Louisville to two hits while striking out 13 batters in a 1-0 win (2/9) … Improved to 3-0 by allowing only one run over 3.2 innings of relief against Idaho State (2/10) … Also was responsible for the eventual game-winning RBI with a two-run single in the seventh inning ... Earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week for her Titan Classic performance, where she went 3-0 with a 0.40 ERA in 17.2 IP ... Went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored and came in to pitch in the seventh inning of a tie game and threw 3.0 scoreless innings while striking out four to earn a win against Louisville (2/15) ... Pitched a complete game later that night, striking out eight and allowing just two earned runs in 7.0 innings to get a win vs. North Carolina (2/15) ... Struck out seven and allowed one earned run while tossing another complete game and went 1-for-2 with a walk and a two-RBI double vs. Louisville (2/17)... Threw a complete game shutout with nine strikeouts while allowing just one hit against BYU (2/22)… Picked up the win after throwing two scoreless innings with two strikeouts and drove in the game-winning run on her lone plate appearance in the 8th inning against Duke (2/22)... Picked up the win after throwing a complete game allowing just one run with six strikeouts and drove in the game-winning run against Long Beach State (2/23)... Threw five strikeouts and allowed three runs in 5.2 innings against Washington (2/24) ... Hit a pinch hit two-RBI double as part of a five-run rally in the sixth inning of a win over Cal Poly (3/1) ... Threw 6.0 innings while allowing no earned runs and recording nine strikeouts against Stanford (3/2) ... Allowed just three hits while striking out 12 in a complete game shutout vs. Montana (3/3) ... Earned her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor following her performance at the Stanford Invitational, where she allowed no earned runs over 13.0 innings and struck out 21 ... Pitched all eight innings of a walk-off victory over Drake (3/8), striking out 12 while allowing just one run. Also contributed a game-tying single in the seventh inning to send the game to extra innings ... Gave up only one run over 5.0 innings and struck out seven to earn her 12th win of the season against Tulsa (3/9) ... Tossed another complete game shutout, her fifth of the season, while striking out 10 in a win over Indiana (3/16) ... Awarded the win after throwing five shutout innings and also singling and scoring against Rutgers (3/22) ... Picked up her first career save with a 1-2-3 seventh inning versus Rutgers, followed by smacking a homer and earning the win with five innings pitched, eight strikeouts, and just one run allowed in the second half of the doubleheader (3/23) ... Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time this season for her play against Rutgers ... Notched a pair of complete-game shutouts in a series at Iowa, the first game (3/29) included a career-high 15 strikeouts and only one hit allowed and she recorded nine strikeouts and only gave up two hits in the second game (3/31) ... Also reached base four times and scored a run in the second matchup ... Named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for her performance in the circle against Iowa, the second time she received that award this season and second-consecutive week she earned Big Ten Weekly honors ... Allowed just three hits and struck out 10 in a complete game shutout against Nebraska (4/5), while also doubling in the go-ahead run ... Threw another complete game shutout, her fourth in a row, striking out 12 and giving up just one hit to defeat help the Cornhuskers again (4/7) ... Named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week for her play at Nebraska, her third-consecutive Big Ten Weekly Honors ... Earned the save against Notre Dame by holding them scoreless for the final three innings (4/9) ... Earned the win after throwing nine strikeouts and only giving up one earned run in 7 IP against Wisconsin (4/12) ... Earned the win and threw 12 strikeouts in a career-high 10 innings against Wisconsin (4/13) ... Awarded a win after striking out 12 and giving up one earned runs in 5.0 innings against Purdue (4/19) ... Threw eight strikeouts in 7 innings and got the win against Purdue (4/20).
High School: A four-time FloSoftball All-American including first-team nods in 2017 and 2018, Williams is a dual threat in the circle and at the plate … A top-20 national prospect and one of the top pitchers in the class before an injury in the fall, she still is ranked 44th in the national recruit rankings by FloSoftball and is expected to be full strength when she arrives on campus … Prep2Prep Sports 2018 North Coast Section Player of the Year and first-team All-NCS ... Led high school to the NCS Division I title in 2018, pitching 28 scoreless innings and giving up just eight hits with six walks and 58 strikeouts across four games ... Struck out 20 and was an error away from a perfect game in the NCS opener versus Mt. Eden ... Threw a four-hit shutout and smashed the game-winning home run in the title game against Foothill ... Overall as a senior, compiled a 21-4 record with 363 Ks in 178 innings pitched, while allowing just 74 hits all year ... Named the Cal Hi Sports California Freshman of the Year in 2015 … Three-time Cal Hi Sports North Coast Section Player of the Year and All-State first team … Also a three-time East Bay Athletic League MVP … The left-hander has compiled 890 strikeouts and a 68-11 record in her three years of high school competition … Has never had a single-season ERA over 0.79 in her career, including a 0.47 mark in 2017 as a junior … At the plate, she batted .519 with 20 RBIs as a first-year before hitting .415 and knocking in 20 more as a sophomore … She raised her RBI total to 24 as a junior … The versatile athlete also is a strong outfielder when not in the circle … Plays club with the Sorcerer organization … Team placed seventh at the 2016 18U PGF Nationals … Led the 16U Sorcerers to a third-place result at the 2015 Independence Day Tournament … Named a scholar-athlete in all of her high school seasons.
Personal: Born Danielle Lauren Williams … Daughter of Mike and Jenny Williams … Sister, Krista (Williams) Bommarito, was a four-year letterwinner in softball for the Wildcats from 2014-17 … Anticipated major is undeclared.