Dakota Matiko

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Corona, Calif.

2017 (Senior): Played in 49 games and started in nine, including five of the final six … Totaled seven hits in 35 at-bats … Often inserted as a pinch runner and scored eight runs … Went 2-for-2 vs. Central Arkansas … Tallied two hits in the SEC Tournament and scored a pair of runs … Hit a solo home run in the semifinal win over Alabama helping lead the Rebels to a 4-1 victory on what was supposed to be Graduation Day … Went 1-for-2 with a run in the SEC Tournament Championship Game vs. LSU, and caught the final out to seal the school’s first ever tournament title … Named an Ole Miss M-Club Student-Athlete of the Month for February 2017 … Named a 2016 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2016 (Junior): Played in 40 games and started in 34 despite going one month (16 games) without a start due to a wrist injury sustained in the series with No. 13 Missouri … Hit .311 in her first year as a Rebel with 19 RBI … Hit .364 in her 10 SEC contests with one home run and 10 RBI … Carried a team-high 17 game reached base streak at one point during the year … Delivered the walk-off RBI single in a run-rule win over Eastern Illinois (2/21) … Drove in a run in four-straight games in the Red & Blue Classic … Totaled nine RBI off eight hits in just a stretch of seven contests after returning to the starting lineup against UT Martin … Successful on four sacrifice bunt attempts … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2015 (Sophomore – McNeese State): Played in nearly 100 contests while with the Cowgirls in her two years … As a sophomore hit .239 in 48 games played and 39 starts with one home run and eight RBI … Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll and President’s Honor Roll honoree.

2014 (Freshman – McNeese State): As a freshman, started 36 contests and played in 44, hitting .229 in her first season of collegiate action … Totaled 19 hits and five RBI … Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll and President’s Honor Roll honoree.

High School: Lettered four years at Santiago High School in Corona, California … Named First Team Big VIII All-League as a senior … Named to the Spring Fling All-Tournament Team … Hit .345 with seven doubles, three triples and a home run as a senior … Helped her squad win the CIF Division I Championship in 2011 and 2013 … Also Helped the tema to a runner-up finish in 2012, and California State Champions in 2011 and 2013 … Named an academic scholar-athlete all four years and also named to the all-academic team.

Personal: Full name is Dakota Chyenne Matiko … Born July 7, 1995 … Daughter of Doane and Kathy Matiko … Has one sister, Brittany … Majoring in management.