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2011 Women's Volleyball Roster

5 Kanani Danielson

5 Kanani Danielson

  • Position:
    Outside Hitter
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama
  • Hometown:
    Ewa Beach, O`ahu

Summary

Biography

2011 (Senior): Played and started in 32 matches...named AVCA First Team All-American for the third time...selected AVCA All-Region for fourth time...earned her fourth first team all-WAC selection...became the first three-time WAC Player of the Year...selected WAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player...received the Lowes Senior CLASS award presented at the NCAA Final Four...was selected Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-District...named MVP of the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational and the Verizon Volleyball Challenge...selected to the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic All-Tournament team...named MOP of the WAC Tournament...ranks fifth all-time in UH history in kills (1,760) and digs (1,233)...is just the seventh player in school history to have over 1,000 kills and digs in a career...had a career-best 23 digs to go along with 21 kills against USC in the Honolulu Regional semifinal (12/9)...recorded 21 double-doubles...had 20+ kills on six occasions...had 22 kills and 20 digs in UH's NCAA first round win over Northern Colorado...had a season high 24 kills on two occasions (at Idaho, 9/22 and vs. Fresno State, 11/22)...had 22 kills and 10 digs in a five-set win over New Mexico State (10/12)...had a season-high .417 attack percentage against Rice (9/8)...had 17 kills and 19 digs in UH's lone regular season loss to UCLA (9/4).

2010 (Junior): Named to the AVCA All-American First-Team…named to the AVCA All-West Region team for the second straight year…repeated as WAC Player of the Year...also named to all-WAC first team...started all 32 matches at outside hitter...ranks 10th in the country with 4.64 kills per set...WAC Player of the Week (Sept. 13, Oct. 18)...named the Most Outstanding Player in the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational and the Verizon Wireless Volleyball Challenge...named to the all tournament team in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic...hit .516 with 19 kills vs. San Diego State (Sept. 9)...had 21 kills and 15 digs vs. Southern California (Sept. 5)...hit .338 with 32 kills vs. Michigan State (Sept. 3)...double-figure kills in 27 of 30 matches, including four 20-kill matches...11 double-doubles …earned all-WAC academic honors.

2009 (Sophomore): AVCA First Team All-American as a sophomore, after being named Third Team All-American as a freshman…named to the AVCA All-West Region Team, WAC Player of the Year and first team all-WAC...also named the Most Valuable Player of the WAC Tournament....named WAC player of the week five times, which tied for the most in a single-season by a UH player…earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors…ranked 33rd nationally in kills per set (4.23), which also led the WAC…third on the team in digs with a 2.32 average and hit .314 which ranked fifth in the WAC…had 22 kills against No. 25 Santa Clara (Aug. 29) in the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational where she was named the Most Outstanding Player…hit a career-high .625 against UT-San Antonio on Sept. 11 in the Honolulu Advertiser Volleyball Challenge where she was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament...earned her third WAC Player of the Week award after recording 21 kills at New Mexico State (Oct. 3)…had back-to-back double-doubles against New Mexico State and Louisiana Tech...named WAC Player of the Week on Nov. 2 after recording 22 kills against Fresno State (Oct. 29) and 15 kills against Nevada (Oct. 31)...recorded a career-high 32 kills against Utah State (Nov. 16)...hit .455 with 32 kills against Utah State…named Most Outstanding Player at the Stanford Regional, leading UH into the Final Four...had 32 kills in seven sets played at the Stanford Regional and added 14 total digs and six total blocks…recorded a game-high 14 kills against No. 1 Penn State in the Final Four (Dec. 17).

2008 (Freshman): Started 34 matches as an outside hitter…named to the AVCA All-America third team…earned AVCA West Region honorable-mention honors…was the WAC Freshman of the Year and a first team all-WAC player…named the Honolulu Advertiser Challenge Most Outstanding Player, becoming the first UH freshman to earn MOP honors in one of UH’s three hosted tournaments, while also being named to the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational all-tournament team…earned WAC Player of the Week honors on Sept. 22…posted first career double-double with 14 kills and 18 digs vs. UCLA (Aug. 31)…hit .369 with 21 kills and 16 digs vs. Minnesota (Sept. 4)…hit .360 with 11 kills and 12 digs vs. St. Mary’s (Sept. 11)…had 21 kills and 16 digs vs. Washington (Sept. 13)… passed her first 98 serve receptions successfully before recording a reception error vs.Pacific (Sept. 12)…hit .409 with 22 kills and 17 digs vs. Idaho (Sept. 19)…posted 18 digs and nine kills at Boise State (Nov. 6)…hit .476 with 12 kills vs. Boise State (Nov. 20)…had 13 kills and 15 digs in the NCAA second-round match at Southern California (Dec. 6)…hit .400 with 21 kills, nine digs and three blocks vs. Purdue in the NCAA Regional semifinals (Dec. 12)…academic all-WAC.

Prep: A 2008 graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, O‘ahu…lettered three years in volleyball and one year in track and field…named the Volleyball magazine High School National Player of the Year…named the No. 5 top senior on the prepvolleyball.com Senior Aces list…three-time state Player of the Year…three-time Gatorade state volleyball Player of the Year…also three-time all-state and all-conference honoree…led her high school to three straight state and conference championships (2005-07)…team was ranked No. 4 in the final 2007 prepvolleyball.com national high school rankings…played three years of club volleyball for ‘Imi ‘Ike…qualified for the 18-open at the Junior Olympics Volleyball Festival all three years, leading the team to a silver-medalist finish in 2008…won the state championship in the high jump during her only year of competition in track and field.

National Team: Played for the United States Youth National Team in 2005 and ’06…helped U.S. win the 2006 NORCECA Girls Youth Continental championship…earned Best Receiver award in the tournament.

Personal: Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu…has three sisters…parents are Melody and William Danielson of Ewa Beach, O‘ahu.

Career Highs
Kills: 32, 2x (last vs. Michigan State, 9/3/10)
Hitting percentage: .625 vs. UT-San Antonio (9/11/09)
Assists: 5 vs. UCLA (8/29/10)
Service aces: 3, 5x (last vs. Pacific, 9/9/11)
Block solos: 2, 4x (last at New Mexico State, 10/12/11)
Block assists: 7 at Utah State (9/24/11)
Total blocks: 8.0 at Utah State (9/24/11)
Digs: 23 vs. Southern California (12/9/11)

2011 Game-By-Game Statistics
2010 Game-By-Game Statistics
2009 Game-By-Game Statistics
2008 Game-By-Game Statistics


Career Statistics


Season      SP    MP    K     K/S   E     TA    Pct   A     A/S   SA    SA/S
2008        111   34    335   3.02  107   797   .286  35    0.32  8     0.07 
2009        114   34    482   4.23  145   1072  .314  32    0.28  10    0.09 
2010        102   32    468   4.59  134   1111  .301  29    0.28  27    0.26 
2011        115   32    475   4.13  137   1176  .287  40    0.35  19    0.17 
 
 
Season      DIG   D/S   RE    BS    BA    TB    B/S   BE    BHE  
2008        323   2.91  12    11    43    54    0.49  8     0
2009        264   2.32  6     15    56    71    0.62  10    2
2010        287   2.81  20    7     52    59    0.58  3     1
2011        359   3.12  9     16    53    69    0.60  4     2

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2008Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    5
  • 5

    2009Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    5
  • 5

    2010Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    5
  • 5

    2011Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    5