Dara English

Class:
Senior
Position:
Utility
Height:
5-5
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Redondo Beach, Calif.
High School:
Redondo Union

2024: Appeared in and started 41 games, primarily at third base ... Was fourth on the team with a .286 batting average and led the team with 26 RBI ... Finished tied for second on the team with 11 doubles and was third with 34 hits ... Finished the year tied for second on the team with nine multi hit games ... Led the Bears with seven multi RBI games, posting five two-RBI games and two three-RBI games ... Has the second-longest reached base streak on the team at 11 games ... Started the season with a five-game hit streak, including a two-hit performance against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 25) ... Went 2-for-2 with a double and RBI, scoring two runs against Holy Cross (March 13) ... Was 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and run scored at Yale (March 24) ... Had two hits, a double and an RBI at Bryant (March 27) ... Collected three hits with a double, two RBI and a run scored at Dartmouth (April 7) ... Had three RBI on two hits, including a double against Rhode Island (April 9) ... Finished with two doubles and an RBI at Cornell (April 14) ... Had three RBI on two hits and two runs scored against Stonehill (April 17) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double against Penn (May 3).

2023: Named Second Team All-Ivy ... Appeared in 37 games, making 36 starts between shortstop and center field ... Finished tied for the team-lead with 31 hits, nine multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games ... Hit .287 on the season with six doubles, one triple and one home run ... Drove in 12 and scored nine runs ... Finished the season with a .325 on base percentage with seven walks ... Began the season going 2-for-2 with three RBI against Merrimack (Feb. 24) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and run scored against Merrimack on Feb. 25 ... Collected two hits against North Dakota State (Feb. 26) ... Drive in two runs with a single against Georgia State (March 4) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored at Columbia (March 19) ... Had a triple and a run scored in the series opener against Cornell (April 7) ... Hit a home run with two RBI in the series finale against Cornell (April 8) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in back-to-back games at Holy Cross (April 11) and against Dartmouth (April 15) ... Had a seven-game hit streak from April 8-22 ... Collected two hits, including a double and drove in a run at Penn (April 22) ... Was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored at Providence (April 26).

2022: Appeared in 26 games, making 17 starts ... Finished the season with 11 hits, including three doubles and a home run ... Drove in 11 runs and scored five ... Picked up a hit with an RBI against Prairie View A&M (March 4) ... Went 1-for-2 with a run and two RBI against Prairie View A&M (March 5) ... Posted a double against Providence (March 8) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI against Holy Cross (March 22) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Penn (March 26) ... Had two hits, with a double and a home run with four RBI against Yale.

2021: Stared both games in left field … Batted .250, going 1-for-4 … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage on two chances … Tallied first collegiate hit vs. Johnson & Wales (Apr. 11) … Season shortened due to COVID-19.

Before Brown: Gained Second Team All-Bay League honors in both 2017 and 2018 … Earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2017 … Started at shortstop all four years for Redondo Union … Captained team as a senior … Served as Redondo Union Athletic Alliance Representative as a sophomore … Helped team reach CIF Southern Section Quarterfinals in 2019 … Hit .357 as a sophomore and .341 as a junior … Competed on the club level for So Cal A’s National Team (18U), Marucci Patriots (16U), Ohana Tigers (14U/16U), and Firecrackers (14U); played for Team USA member Sahvanna Jaquish with the Marucci Patriots … Principal’s Honor Roll student.

Personal: Dara is the daughter of Shanna and Brad English … Has one older brother, Owen … Entered Brown undecided on a concentration.

Why Brown? “From the moment I stepped on campus, Brown felt like home. I've always wanted to play competitive softball, while getting a top-level education, and for those reasons, Brown is the perfect fit. The open curriculum offers me a chance to explore many different areas of study, which is perfect for me because I'm not completely sure what I want to concentrate in.”