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Dani D'Ambrose

Player Profile

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Addison, Ill.
High School:
Addison Trail
Height:
5-11
Position:
OH

2007 Highlights: Appeared in 63 games for the Huskies as an outside hitter...tallied 225 kills on the season to finish fourth on the team...earned a career-high 29 kills in a match versus Texas-Pan American (Sept. 7th)...finished fourth on the team in points, scoring 245...was also solid on the defensive end finishing the season with 108 digs...obtained a career-high 18 digs in a match at Western Michigan (Sept. 20th)...recorded 13 or more kills on eight occasions, leading the team in kills in three of those matches...finished the season with three double-doubles of kills and digs (Sept. 18th, Sept. 20th, Sept. 29th)...was named MAC Player of the Week on September 10th following her strong performance when she totaled 67 kills and 13 digs...finished ninth among players in the MAC in average kills per game with 3.63.

Prep: Finished her career with 1,614 kills, 338 blocks and a school-record 238 service aces...those 1,614 kills are good for third in IHSA history...Four-time Academic All-Conference selection, three-time All-West Suburban Gold Conference honoree and three-time team MVP...earned honorable mention All-State honors as a junior...earned Press Publications Player of the Year honors as a junior...member of the National Honors Society (2005-07) and served as the Student Council President...set school standards in single-season service aces (88, 2005), kills in a match (23, 2005 and 2006), single-season kills (459, 2006), single-season digs (612), digs in a match (32) and hitting percentage in a match (.889).

Club Volleyball: Was a member of Sports Performance for eight years...named an AAU All-American as a 16-year old and was selected to the Junior Olympic All-Tournament team as a 17-year old.

Personal: Major - Undecided...Birthdate - January 12, 1989.

Dani D'Ambrose's Career Highs

Three-Game Match

Kills: 17, vs.Texas
 9-8-07
Attempts: 40, vs. Central Michigan
 9-28-07
Hitting Pct.: .400, at Chicago State
 9-14-07
Assists: N/A
Digs: 9, at Bowling Green
 9-22-07
Total Blocks: 1, at Chicago State
 9-14-07

Four-Game Match

Kills: 29, vs. Texas-Pan American
 9-7-07
Attempts: 74, vs.San Diego State
 9-8-07
Hitting Pct: .422, vs. DePaul
 9-5-07
Assists: 1, vs. two opponents
 2007
Digs: 18, at Western Michigan
 9-22-07
Total Blocks: 2, vs. Eastern Michigan
 9-29-07

Five-Game Match

Kills: 16, vs. UW-Milwaukee
 9-18-07
Attempts: 53, vs. UW-Milwaukee
 9-18-07
Hitting Pct: .132, vs. UW-Milwaukee
 9-18-07
Assists: 2, vs. UW-Milwaukee
 9-18-07
Digs: 17, vs. UW-Milwaukee
 9-18-07
Total Blocks: N/A

Dani D'Ambrose's Career Statistics

YEAR MP-GP K K/G E TA PCT. A A/G SA SA/G SE RE DIG DIG/G BS BA TOT. B/G BE BHE PTS.
2007 23-63 225 3.57 104 638 .190 5 0.08 14 0.22 16 14 108 1.71 2 8 10 0.16 1 1 245.0
TOTALS 23-63 225 3.57 104 638 .190 5 0.08 14 0.22 16 14 108 1.71 2 8 10 0.16 1 1 245.0