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19 Kara Daly

  • Position 3B
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Jefferson City, Mo.
  • High School Jefferson City HS

Biography

Opendorse

2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024)

First-Year Academic SEC Honor Roll (2021-22)

CAREER

  • Finished her collegiate career with 237 games (233 starts), 651 at bats, 101 runs, 164 hits, 32 doubles, three triples and 40 home runs, batting .252. Also had 139 RBI.
  • Ranked ninth in Mizzou program history for home runs and 10th all-time for RBI.

SENIOR (2025)

  • Started and appeared in 51 games as Mizzou’s starting third base (17)/shortstop (34).
  • Third on Mizzou, batting .268 with 38 hits, 25 runs, nine doubles, 10 homers and 35 RBI. Slugged .542 in 2025 (.373 on-base percentage).
  • Totaled nine multi-hit games (fourth on MU) and nine multi-RBI games (third on MU).
  • Notched 12 hits, three doubles, three home runs with nine RBI over 21 SEC games. Slugged .421 (.313 on-base percentage, .211 batting average).
  • Clinched three hits against Ole Miss (3/30), going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
  • Notched a career-best matching five RBI against Kansas City (3/16) with a double and a home run.
  • Scored three runs against Nebraska (3/2) including a home run.

JUNIOR (2024)

  • Appeared and started in all 66 games at third base.
  • Compiled 20 runs, 38 hits (.207 batting average), eight doubles, seven homers and a triple with 32 RBI.
  • Notched a .375 slugging percentage.
  • Totaled eight multi-hit (two-hit) games and eight multi-RBI games.
  • Went on a 13-game reached base streak (five-game hitting streak).
  • Blasted a pair of home runs (2-for-4, four RBI) against South Alabama (2/10).
  • Went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles against Omaha (5/19) over the 2024 NCAA Columbia Regional.

SOPHOMORE (2023)

  • Appeared in all 61 games, starting each game at third base.
  • Led the Tigers in doubles (13).
  • Second on Mizzou for at-bats (177), home runs (10), RBI (46), and slugging percentage (.537).
  • Was third for runs (32), hits (48), triples (2), and walks (19).
  • Ranked fourth on the team with a .271 batting average.
  • Was 3-for-3 on steals.
  • Posted a .959 fielding percentage with 45 putouts and 95 assists.
  • Notched 11 multi-hit games (10 two-hit games, one three-hit game).
  • Was third on the team with nine multi-RBI games (two RBI twice, three RBI twice, four RBI four times, five RBI once).
  • Had a nine-game reached base streak and seven-game hitting streak.
  • Notched career-best three hits (3-for-4) at Florida (3/17) with one run, one RBI, two doubles, and a home run.
  • Knocked a pair of home runs at Tulsa (3/4), going 2-for-3 with three runs and three RBI.
  • Posted 5 RBI with a double and two sacrifice flies at Tulsa (3/5).
  • Connected on the game-winning home run in consecutive games against Arkansas (5/6-7). Her blast in game two of the series (5/6) walked off the game in the eighth before securing the series win in the finale (5/7) with a walk-off in the bottom of the seventh.
  • Tallied 10 runs on 16 hits (.219 BA) with six doubles, four home runs, and 10 RBI with a .466 slugging percentage and .313 on-base percentage in SEC play.
  • Paced Mizzou with two hits (2-for-3) against Mississippi State (5/9) in the 2023 SEC Tournament opener with a walk, RBI, double, and a stolen base.
  • Had a hit in each of the five postseason games over the 2023 SEC Tournament (5/9-10) and 2023 NCAA Norman Regional (5/19-20).

FRESHMAN (2022)

  • Made 59 appearances, with 55 starts at third base in her debut season.
  • Racked up a total of 13 home runs on the season, the third-highest on the team, contributing to her overall total of .270 batting average anchored by her 40 hits.
  • Homered in five straight games for the first time in Mizzou program history.
  • Recorded her first multi-home run game in the first game of the Illinois doubleheader (3/16/22) while matching her career high with three RBI.
  • Went 2-for-2 against Kentucky (4/23/22) while hitting her career-first double.
  • Tallied eight multi-hit games contributing to her 26 RBIs.
  • Posted a .929 fielding percentage, only making nine errors in her 113 chances.

PREP

  • The 54th-ranked prospect in the nation according to Extra Innings Softball and 93rd-ranked prospect by Softball America.
  • Earned All-State honors in each year of her high school career, being named to the first team twice.
  • Batted .474 with 38 home runs and 107 RBI during her high school career. During her senior season, she only struck out twice, hitting for extra bases more than she hit for singles.
  • Excelling on the basketball court as well, she earned multiple all-state honors and all-region honors while receiving plenty of interest to play collegiately.
  • Chose Mizzou over Virginia Tech, Texas, Florida, and Stanford.

PERSONAL

  • Her mother, Kristin Daly, played softball at Central Missouri (UCM). 
  • Studying Health Science: Health & Wellness Services at Missouri.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2022Freshman

    INF
    6'0"
    19
  • 19

    2023Sophomore

    3B
    6'0"
    19
  • 19

    2024Junior

    3B
    6'0"
    19
  • 19

    2025Senior

    3B
    6'0"
    19