12 Dani Huffman
12 - Dani Huffman
Birth Date: July 21, 1987
Height: 5-11
Year: Fr.
Hometown: San Diego, CA
High School: Scripps Ranch
Position: MH
Major: French
Parents: Phil and Laura Huffman

Career:
Finished a standout four-year career by playing in 136 matches and totaling 429 games played ... Concluded her stint with the Eagles ranked prominently in numerous categories including, second in attack percentage (36.5%); fourth in total blocks (425), third in block assists (316), fourth in block solos (109), eighth in kills (1,267) and eighth in kills per set (2.93 kps) ... Ranked fifth all-time at Emory in blocks per set (0.98) ... Registered 64 matches of double-figure kills.

Senior (2008):
Outstanding senior season that saw her earn AVCA First Team All-America honors ... Played in 39 of the team's 41 matches ... Led the squad and tied for second among UAA players with a 36.0 hitting percentage (436-111--902) ... Named the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Championships after hitting 31.4 percent (49-15--108), totaling 19 blocks (5-14) and 15 digs over three matches ... Led all players with a career-high 25 kills, while chipping in a match-best eight blocks (1-7), in a five-game win vs. Ohio Northern (Nov. 21) in the national semifinals ... Led Emory with 13 terminations against LaVerne (Nov. 22) in the national championship match ... Racked up a match-best 22 put-aways and tallied 11 digs vs. Southwestern (Nov. 15) in the NCAA Regional final ... Chosen to the All-UAA First Team for the second straight season ... Also tabbed to the AVCA All-South Region First Team ... Averaged 3.11 kills per game, second on the team and fourth in the UAA ... Her 436 kills ranked seventh on the school's seasonal ladder ... Finished with 22 matches of double-figure kills ... Credited with a career-high 28 digs vs. LaVerne (Oct. 11) ... Picked to the Leopard Invitational All-Tournament Team (Oct. 10-11) ... Big effort vs. No. 4 Washington University (Oct. 18) at the UAA Round Robin II with a team-high 15 kills, 51.7 attack percentage (15-0--29), 10 digs and seven blocks in a four-game victory ... Hit a blistering 76.5 percent (15-2--17), the high-water mark by an Emory player during the season, vs. Chicago (Nov. 8) at the UAA Championships ... Member of the Christopher Newport Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 12-13) ... Picked up 10 kills and hit 66.7 percent (10-0--15) vs. Franklin & Marshall (Sept. 13) ... All-tournament selection to the Emory National Challenge, Emory Classic and the Emory National Invitational ... Became the third player in school history to earn the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award ... Selected as the Georgia Female Athlete of the Year by the Women's Intersport Network ... Recipient of Emory's 2008-09 Bridges Award ... Nominated for the NCAA's 2008-09 Woman of the Year Award ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team ... CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District.

Junior (2007):
Played in 123 games over 39 matches ... First Team All-University Athletic Association honoree ... Honorable mention All-South Region pick ... Averaged 3.20 kills per game, sixth among UAA performers ... Notched 23 matches of double-figure kills ... 38.9 hitting percentage (393-102--748) ranked her second on the squad, 12th nationally and sixth on Emory's seasonal ladder ... Her total of 393 kills tied for 14th on the school's seasonal chart ... Led or shared for the team lead in kills in 11 matches including a career-high tying 19 vs. Lee University (Sept. 4), a mark she would record later in the campaign vs. Birmingham Southern (Oct. 26) ... Hit 65.4 percent and racked up a team-high 18 terminations vs. Rhodes (Sept. 7) ... Finished with a blazing 80.0 hitting percentage (12-0--15) vs. NYU (Sept. 30), the best effort by an Emory player in '07 ... Big effort vs. Washington University in the UAA Tournament title match (Nov. 3), with 13 kills along with a team-leading nine blocks (2-7) ... Hit 51.3 percent (43-6--72) during the UAA Tournament ... Tops on the club and No. 3 among UAA players in blocks per game (1.02 bpg) ... 125 total blocks placed her ninth on the school's seasonal ladder ... Came up with a career-high 10 blocks (4-6) vs. NYU (Sept. 30), tying for third most on the Eagles' single-match list ... Led or shared for team high in blocks in 22 matches ... In two games against Baldwin-Wallace (Oct. 27), she his 73.3 percent (11-0--15) ... CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-District pick.

Sophomore (2006):

Played in 28 matches and totaled 91 games played ... Posted 12 matches of double-figure kills ... No. 3 on the squad and No. 7 among UAA players in blocks per game (0.99 bpg) ... Paced the team's offensive attack with a career-high 19 kills vs. Southwestern University (Sept. 15) while contributing a team-high eight (3-5) blocks ... Member of the Southwestern University Invitational All-Tournament Team and UAA Player of the Week after hitting 40.4 percent (45-9--89) and racking up 16 (6-10) blocks ... Finished with a 75.0 attack percentage (13-1--16), fourth highest by an Emory player during the year, vs. Brandeis (Nov. 3) ... No. 8 among UAA players with a 33.3 hitting percentage, tied for 15th on the school's seasonal list ... Led or shared for the team lead in kills in five matches ... Emory Classic All-Tournament Team ... Team-high 14 kills vs. Trinity (Nov. 11) in the NCAA Tournament ... Team-best 16 kills vs. Texas Lutheran represented her second-highest career total.

Freshman (2005):
Competed in 30 matches for the Eagles ... Highlighting the season was finishing with 195 kills and 70 blocks ... 70 blocks ranked third-best on the team ... In the NCAA tournament against Southwestern University (Texas), she finished with 15 kills on a hitting percentage of .481 ... Season high in blocks came in the UAA conference tournament against NYU when she finished with 16 (13 assisted, 3 solo).

Personal:
Born July 21, 1987.

Stats

Year GP-MP K KPG A SA DIGS DPG
2005 78-30 195 2.60 6 5 21 0.43
2006 91-28 236 2.59 6 5 67 0.74
2007 123-39 393 3.20 20 0 51 0.41
2008 140-39 436 3.11 9 18 173 1.24
TOTAL 432-136 1267 2.93 41 28 324 0.72


Dani Huffman Career-High Kill Matches

Opponent GP Kills Date
Ohio Northern 5 25 11/21/2008
Southwestern 5 22 11/15/2008
Colorado College 5 19 11/14/2008
Lee University 5 19 11/1/2008
Birmingham Southern 5 19 10/26/2007
Lee University 4 19 9/4/2007
Southwestern Univ. 4 19 9/15/2006