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 |