Danielle Anderson

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
San Marcos HS
Hometown:
Santa Barbara, CA

2019 -- Earned All-Conference Honorable Mention accolades … started all 17 of her games as a junior … among all field players, led the squad in minutes played per match on average: 86.7 … saw 1,474 minutes in the back line altogether, including a pair of 110-minute double-overtime efforts … helped lead the defense to a duo of conference shutouts, first a 1-0 road victory over UC Davis on Oct. 13 and then a 3-0 Senior Day Big West win vs. UC Riverside on Nov. 3 … heads into senior year having made 39 total appearances, with 36 starts, spanning 2,985 minutes on the pitch for the Mustangs.

2018 -- Played in a trio of matches (between injuries) ... season-high 80-minute effort came vs. Cal Baptist at home on Sept. 23 ... would later start at Long Beach State on Oct. 11.

2017 -- Started 18 games as a true freshman ... year included eight complete-game performances (featuring a trio of full 110’ efforts at USF, Hawai’i and UC Santa Barbara) ... tallied first NCAA goal — a 70th-minute header at CSUN — on Oct. 8 ... helped lead the Mustang back line to five shutouts ... played all 19 matches (totaling 1,405 minutes) in debut season.

Prep -- Helped lead San Marcos High School of Santa Barbara to back-to-back Channel League championships as a junior and senior, going a combined 12-1-3 in conference play ... her squad went 25-7-7 overall, reaching the Southern Section Division 3 playoffs both seasons ... was named league MVP as well as the Santa Barbara Athletic Roundtable Defensive Player of the Year ... as a captain, played in 21 shutouts for the Royals in 2015-16 and 2016-17 ... also was selected as a California Winter State Star by TopDrawerSoccer.com and an all-divisional honoree in 2016 ... started at defender since her freshman season, and distributed the team’s most assists as a sophomore ... helped Santa Barbara Soccer Club reach the National Cup finals in 2015 after a semifinals appearance in 2013 and a Surf Cup title in 2012; also played for Eagles SC of Camarillo ... in addition to playing volleyball, also excelled in track & field, advancing to two consecutive Division 2 finals for the 4x100-meter relay (with a school-record performance of 48.35 seconds) and running a career-best 100-meter dash of 12.88 seconds ... belonged to National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation, and also participated in Young Life, FCA, Kids Helping Kids and Hands 4 Others ... also won the 2017 Santa Barbara UNICO Brian Piccolo Memorial Award.

Personal -- Majors in Animal Science.