2011 (FRESHMAN): Started 50 games for the Gamecocks, all at second base...Tied for the team lead with 28 RBI while standing second with 27 runs scored...Hit .280 with five doubles...Made just four errors while posting a .981 fielding percentage, ranking second on the team with 98 assists...Served as a pinch runner twice during the Palmetto State Showdown, scoring a run in her debut against Charleston Southern (2/11)...Started for the first time against Georgetown (2/18) and never came out of the lineup...Against the Hoyas, she went 3-for-3 with two runs, two RBI and two stolen bases...Starting with the game at Winthrop (3/2), she had a hit in nine of the next 10 games, including six two-hit games in the stretch...Four times in that period she drove in two runs while driving in three an additional time...Ended that span with a 2-for-3 performance with two runs and two stolen bases...Named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week on March 8 for her exploits...Went 2-for-3 with her first career triple, two runs and three RBI in the win at Coastal Carolina (3/22)...That was the third game of her season-best six-game hitting streak...Posted her first career home run in a 3-for-4 outing in the first game at Arkansas (4/16)...Later stole two bases in the final game of the series against the Razorbacks (4/17)...Earned placement on the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Collected four softball letters from coach Steve Soubasis at Timber Creek High School...Three-time first-team all-state player, while making the second team her freshman year...first-team all-metro all four seasons...Twice named team MVP, as a sophomore and senior...Helped her team to district championships three straight years...Hit .436 as a senior, tallying eight home runs, seven triples and four doubles...Increased her RBI total each year...Stole 47 bases during her four-year career...Also twice earned the defensive award after her freshman and junior years...Also earned a volleyball letter...Four-year member of the school's honor roll...Played with the Clearwater Bombers travel team coached by Frank Archri.

PERSONAL: Dana Nichole Hathorn was born to parents Jim and Kelly...Her dad played baseball at LSU while her grandfather Conley played basketball...Conley was an All-SEC player in 1938 and was honored on one of LSU's All-Decade teams...Has two older siblings: sister Rachel and brother Jimmy...Chose South Carolina over Villanova, Jacksonville and North Florida...Lists steak and banana pudding as her favorite foods...Says Drew Brees is her favorite athlete...Studying social work.