| Dani Tyler | |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1974 |
| Birth Place: | River Forest, Illinois |
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Danielle M. "Dani" Tyler (born October 23, 1974) is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball player and Olympic champion, originally from River Forest, Illinois.[1] She played on the infield in several positions for the Drake Bulldogs in the Missouri Valley Conference, where she holds the school and ranks in the conference for career batting average records and was a three-time all-conference honoree.[2] [3] She played for the USA National Team from 1993-98, winning gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 1998 World Championships, the 1994 Pan American Games qualifier, and the 1995 Super Ball Classic.[4] [5]
She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team. Tyler collected three hits, scored a run with a triple and a double at the games.[6]
Tyler played softball at Drake University.
Tyler later became an accountant, earning a CPA and working with Bansley & Kiener, LLP near Chicago.
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA | |
| 1993 | 51 | 154 | 36 | 60 | .389 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 94 | .610% | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 56 | 190 | 36 | 73 | .384 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 123 | .647% | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 52 | 168 | 33 | 69 | .410 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 94 | .559% | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| TOTALS | 159 | 512 | 105 | 202 | .394 | 115 | 21 | 5 | 36 | 311 | .607% | 32 | 27 | 4 | 4 |