2015 (SENIOR): Played and started all 53 games, mostly in right field … hit .273 on the season with four doubles, three triples and three home runs … drove in 32 runs and scored 32 times … swiped 14 bases on the year … delivered hits in the first 11 games of the season, including a 4-for-4 game with three RBI against UTSA (3/3) … hit first career home run against Missouri (2/21) and added a second homer in as many games against SHSU (2/22) … went 2-for-4 with five RBI against Fisher (3/11) … delivered a 3-for-6 game with two RBI against Stephen F. Austin (3/29) … had another three-hit game against New Orleans (4/19), scoring a pair of runs … went 3-for-4 against Northwestern State (4/24) … went 5-for-11 and scored four runs in a doubleheader sweep of Incarnate Word (5/9).
2014 (JUNIOR): Played and started 53 games for the Islanders ... Gathered 59 hits on the year ... Led the Islanders with 35 RBI's ... Was fifth on the team with a .289 average ... Stole 12 bases in 17 attempts ... Drew 19 walks ... Recorded three hits against Texas - Pan American (2/16) in a 10-0 win ... Hit one homerun during the season at Sam Houston State (5/17).
2013 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 42 games … hit .260 in 96 plate appearances … knocked in 13 runs with one home run … was fourth on the team with eight steals while only getting caught once … went 4-for-5 to rack up a career-high five RBIs, including a walkoff two-run home run to beat Dallas Baptist (3/3) … scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-5 at the dish against Lamar (5/12).
2012 (FRESHMAN): Collected 23 hits in 38 games played … finished with a .215 batting average … scored 12 runs and drove in 12 … went 3-for-4 with a season-high three RBI against UNLV (2/24) … drove in one run and walked twice in a 1-for-4 performance against Southeastern Louisiana (3/16).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Ken Reinhardt at Rudder High School in Bryan, Texas … batted .457 with two homeruns and 21 RBI as well as 16 stolen bases in 2011 … broke two school records in 2010, one with 54 hits in a season and the other for a .567 batting average … in 2009 he earned First Team All-District and All-Brazos Valley Utility Player and the Golden Arm award … garnered first team all-district, All-Brazos and All-State Third Base as a junior … senior year he earned first team all-district and All-Brazos Valley Third Base honors.
PERSONAL: Kyle Andrew Danford was born April 1, 1993, in Bryan, Texas … son of Ken and Lindy Danford … has a younger sister, Kristen and a younger brother, Kade … majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in physical therapy.
