Danielle Johnson

Class:
Junior
Position:
UT
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Walnut Creek, Calif.
High School:
Las Lomas

Features on Danielle
• Johnson Sisters Ready to Begin Michigan Careers (MGoBlue.com)

Career Stats

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	EX	DEX	Stl
2013	31	21	4	25	14	0	34
2014	34	24	6	30	12	0	39
2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	38	34	15	49	16	25	33
2017	37	48	32	80	9	32	56
Total	141	151	70	221	65	137	123

Career Highs
Points: 6 (3x), last vs. UC Davis (3/4/17)
Goals: 5, vs. Santa Clara (3/5/17)
Assists: 3 (2x), last vs. UC Davis (2/4/17)
Drawn Exclusions: 3 (2x), last vs. USC (1/20/17)
Steals: 5 (2x), last vs. Princeton (4/2/17)
Field Blocks: 3 (3x), last vs. Long Beach State (3/17/17)

At Michigan
• Graduated from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts with a degree in sport management in April, 2017
• NCAA Elite 90 Award, became just the second Michigan student-athlete to win the award
• Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
• CWPA All-Conference (2nd team - 2017)
• Two-time CWPA All-Tournament Team (2nd team - 2016-17)
• Two-time CWPA Player of the Week
• CWPA Defensive Player of the Week
• Three-time ACWPC All-Academic team
• Three-time CWPA Scholar-Athlete
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten
• Two-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• 2017 Team Captain
• Team 17 Coaches Award
• Team 16 Defensive Most Valuable Player
• Finished her career with 141 games played, 151 goals, 70 assists, 221 points, 137 drawn exclusions and 123 steals
• Member of two CWPA Championship teams and two NCAA appearances

Redshirt Senior (2017)
• Senior captain
• All-CWPA second team
• CWPA Championship All-Tournament second team
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ACWPC All-Academic Team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• Team 17 Coaches Award
• U-M Highest Honor Academic Achievement Award
• Two-time CWPA Player of the Week (Feb. 15, Mar. 9)
• CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (April 6)
• Seven games with three or more goals and 13 games with two or more steals
• Leads the team with 56 steals, including a team-high 17 in CWPA play
• Finished conference play with nine goals, 11 assists and 17 steals
• Five goals, one assist and four steals in the CWPA Championship, including one goal and one steal in the championship game against No. 9 Princeton
• Celebrated Senior Day with an 11-6 win over No. 15 Indiana, recording one assist and three steals
• Tallied 14 goals, two assists and three steals during the Wolverine Invitational, scoring three or more goals in three of the four games
• Scored five goals in limited minutes during a win over Santa Clara
• Posted four goals and two assists during a victory against No. 13 UC Davis at the Wolverine Invitational
• Filled the stat sheet with two goals, two assists, five steals and two field blocks in a win over No. 10 Princeton
• Recorded three goals, three assists and five steals in a win over No. 18 UC Davis at the Stanford Invitational
• Hat trick and one assist in a win over No. 23 Marist at the Triton Invitational
• Led the team with a hat trick in a 7-6 win over No. 5 Arizona State for just the third win over a top five team in program history
• One goal, two assists, two steals and three field blocks in an overtime loss to No. 8 UC Irvine at the Triton Invitational
• Hat tricks against both LMU and Pomona-Pitzer at the LMU Invite, recording four and three steals respectively in those games
• Finished with two drawn exclusions, three steals and three field blocks in a 7th place game victory over No. 7 Hawai'i at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational

Redshirt Junior (2016)
• NCAA Elite 90 Award, just the second Michigan student-athlete to win the award
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• CWPA All-Tournament second team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar-Athlete
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Team 16 Defensive Most Valuable Player
• Played in all 38 games with 34 goals and 15 assists
• Third on the team with 33 steals and second with 13 field blocks
• Scored a hat trick in three games
• One goal in a 5-4 win over No. 6 Arizona State in the NCAA quarterfinals
• Made her Michigan debut against Hawai'i on Jan. 22
• Had one goal and two assists in the CWPA Tournament, helping hold No. 14 Indiana to just two goals in the championship game
• Six points with three goals and three assists to go with three steals against No. 12 Pacific
• Tied the game with one second left, scoring off a steal to force overtime against No. 9 UC Irvine at the UCI Invitational

Junior (2015)
• Redshirted 2015 season
• Did not see game action

Prior to Michigan
• Attended Loyola Marymount University (2013-14)
• Named All-Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) honorable mention (2013)
• Freshman All-WWPA Team (2013)
• Recorded 45 goals, 10 assists, 73 steals and 64 drawn exclusions over two seasons
• Two-time ACWPC All-Academic honoree, twice earning "outstanding" distinction for the highest level of achievement
• WWPA All-Academic Team (2013)
• Golden Coast Conference All-Academic (2014)
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Prep
• Graduated from Las Lomas High School (2012)
• Four-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2009-12)
• North Coast Section Scholar-Athlete (2009-12)
• Named Las Lomas HS' 2011-12 Senior Athlete of the Year
• Named NISCA High School All-America first team (2011) and second team (2010)
• KAI-sports First Team All-American (2011)
• Two-time California North Coast Section (NCS) Division II MVP (2010, '11)
• Two-time Diablo Foothill Athletic League (DFAL) MVP (2010, '11)
• Selected as Bay Area News Group's 2011 Water Polo Player of the Year
• Contributed to Las Lomas' three DFAL titles (2008, '10-11) and the 2011 CIF NCS Division II championship

Club/ Junior Team
• Member of 680 Drivers Water Polo Club (2005-12)
• Junior Olympics All-America honorable mention (2009, '10)
• Two-time ODP participant (2010, '11)

Personal
• Full name is Danielle Rose Johnson
• Birthday: May 22, 1994
• Sister, Kimberly, also played water polo at the University of Michigan