Biography
2019 (Junior): Appeared in 45 games with 33 starts ... Batted .288 with five doubles, two triples, one home run, 17 RBIs, 26 runs scored and seven stolen bases ... Hit .304 with three doubles, two triples, one home run, nine RBIs, 18 runs scored and three stolen bases in 27 Sun Belt Conference games ... Recorded 10 multiple-hit and three multi-RBI games ... Hit safely in 21 of 45 games played ... Recorded his first career hit against Alabama (March 2) ... Recorded career highs in hits (3) and RBIs (4) at Southern Miss (April 2), finishing 3-for-6 with a double and a run scored ... Recorded a pair of hits, including a triple, and drove in two runs against Coastal Carolina (April 6) ... Tallied two hits and two RBIs at Louisiana (April 13) ... Tied his career high in hits in the series opener against Georgia State (April 19), which included a pair of doubles ... Also tied his career high in hits with three in the series openers against Little Rock (May 3) and at Appalachian State (May 10) ... Hit his first career home run against Troy (May 16) ... Tied his career high in hits with three against ULM (May 21) in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
Junior College: Lettered two seasons at Northwest Community College in Senatobia, Miss. … Batted .314 with seven doubles, one triple, five home runs, 17 RBIs, 45 runs scored, a .486 slugging percentage, .443 on-base percentage and 13 stolen bases in 41 games played as a sophmore ... Hit .295 with four doubles, 22 RBIs, 36 runs scored and eight stolen bases in 38 games played as a freshman ... Named Google Cloud Academic All-District 1 First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as a sophomore ... Also played basketball at Northwest CC for the 2016-17 season, where he led the team in scoring with an average of 12.8 points per game ... Set a school single-season record in free-throw percentage (.845).
Delta State (2015-16): Played basketball at Delta State for the 2015-16 academic year ... Played in 18 games and averaged 1.1 points per game ... Posted a career-high five points against Eckerd ... Totaled a career-high four rebounds and two assists against Johnson.
High School: Lettered in baseball, basketball and football at Marshall Academy in Holly Springs, Miss. … Earned first-team all-Mississippi Association of Independent Schools honors from 2012-15 in baseball … Also a four-time all-MAIS selection in basketball, and a two-time MAIS Class A most valuable player … Helped Marshall Academy capture state titles from 2011-15, and was named the MAIS basketball player of the year as a junior … First-team all-MAIS as a quarterback in 2014 and ‘15 ... Holds the school’s scoring record in basketball, and also had his jersey retired ... Holds school records in football for all-purpose yards and touchdowns.
Personal: Full name is Dakota Craig Dailey ... Born Oct. 24, 1995, in Clarksdale, Miss. ... The only child to Craig and Bridgett Dailey ... Father, Craig, played basketball at Northeast CC ... Lists playing basketball among his hobbies ... Favorite movie is “Troy” ... Favorite pro sports team is the New York Yankees ... Lists Tom Brady as his favorite athlete and Post Malone as his favorite musical artist ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
