As a Junior (2025):
Appearing in 37 games with 92 at-bats, she posted a .228 batting average... collecting 21 hits, scoring 16 runs, and driving in 7 RBIs… She worked 13 walks... swiped 6 bases on 7 attempts... and reached base in clutch situations throughout the season… went 2-3 with an RBI and a run against Buffalo (3/1)... logged 46 putouts and 1 assist for a .979 fielding percentage.
2024 (Butler CC):
Honorable Mention All-KJCCC... Started 55 games... posted a .364 batting average with nine extra-base hits... collected 55 hits, scored 37 runs, drove in 21, and worked 12 walks... swiped 24 bags...
2023 (Butler CC):
Honorable Mention All-KJCCC ... Started 57 games in her freshman campaign ... Led the Grizzlies with 38 stolen bases ... Second on the team with 75 hits ... Hit .369 with a .416 on-base percentage ... Led Butler with five triples ... Scored 50 runs ... Recorded 23 multi-hit games ... Had four hits in a win over Pratt (3/1) ... Drove in three runs in a win over Colby (3/11) ... Had two hits and four RBI in a win over Seward (3/29) ... Totaled three hits and two RBI in a win over Dodge City (4/22) ... Came away with her second four hit game of the season in a win over Garden City (4/29).
High School/Prep:
Graduated from Port Neches-Groves Highschool (Port Neches, Texas) in 2022 ... Lettered in basketball, softball, and track ... Lettered four years in softball, coached by Taylor Harvill ... Recorded 68 hits, 54 singles, 11 doubles, 50 runs scored, 20 RBIs and 43 stolen bases throughout her high school career ...
Personal:
Nickname is Keyla ...Daughter to Martha and Julius McDaniel ... JaKeyla is an exercise science major and wants to become a physical therapist.
