8 Danielle Carlson Class: Junior Hometown: Marshfield, Wis. High School: Marshfield Height: 6-3 Position: RS/MH

Honors and Awards
2011 Hawkeye Challenge All-Tournament
2011 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament
2011 Marquette/Milwaukee All-Tournament

2011 (As of Sept. 22): Landed 12 kills to lead MU to 3-1 win over Green Bay (Sept. 13) ... Hit a combined .625 with an average of 3.25 kills in the final two matches of the Marquette/Milwaukee Invitational against Akron and Milwaukee to earn all-tournament honors ... Earned her second all-tournament honors in as many weeks to start the season at the Bluejay Invitational on Sept. 3 ... Hit .636 in the opening match against South Dakota with 15 kills on 22 attacks with only one error ... Also landed 13 kills with zero errors to hit .542 against Northern Illinois and ended the Bluejay Invitational with 10 kills and four blocks in a sweep of tournament-host Creighton ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Hawkeye Challenge ... Notched a season-best 14 kills in Marquette's season opening match against Saint Louis (Aug. 26) .

2010 (Sophomore): Hit a combined .379 (12-1-29) in the season finale against Northern Illinois (Nov. 27)...Posted a hitting percentage of.233 (10-3-30) against Louisville (Nov. 20) in BIG EAST Semifinal match...Notched a career-high 15 kills to help MU rally from a two-set deficit on Nov. 12 to defeat Louisville...Hit a combined .429 (19-1-42) to help MU extend its winning streak to 13 matches with wins at Rugers (Nov. 6) and Seton Hall (Nov. 7)...Recorded 11 kills and three digs in win at Notre Dame (Oct. 24)...Tied a career-high with 13 kills at Green Bay (Oct. 13)...Notched 10 kills in MU's BIG EAST home opener against St. John's (Oct. 8)... Recorded a career-high 13 kills at Villanova (Oct. 1)...Against St. Mary's (Calif.) (Sept. 5) notched a season-high 10 kills and reached career-highs in both digs (six) and blocks (five)...Recorded eight kills and hit .467 (8-1-15) in season opener against Stony Brook (Aug. 27).

2009 (Freshman): Made five starts during her first season at Marquette, all in the final eight matches of the season...Reached season-high 12 kills against Syracuse (Oct. 24), while hitting .556 (12-2-18)...At BIG EAST Tournament Champion Louisville, hit .600 (11-2-15) with 11 kills and three blocks...Recorded three blocks on four separate occasions in 2009...Notched a season-best five digs against BIG EAST Regular Season Champion Notre Dame (Nov. 6) to go along with five kills and three blocks...In season finale against Central Michigan (Nov. 27), hit .545 (6-0-11).

Prior to Marquette (Marshfield HS): Carlson was a four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Marshfield High School and was named team captain as a junior and senior...named most valuable player on high school squad as a junior and senior...top hitter in conference during final three years in high school with hitting percentages of .340 as a sophomore, .445 as a junior and .405 as a senior...named to the all-conference first team as a junior and senior...received third team all-state recognition as a senior...also earned four letters in basketball as a three-time all-state performer and was team captain as a junior and senior.

Personal: Carlson was born in Oconto Falls, Wis., as the only child to Mike and Leona Carlson...lists former Marshfield volleyball player Janelle Tomlinson as her athletic inspiration...Majors in theology and psychology.