Player Bio: Danka Danicic - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Volleyball
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2005 (SENIOR): Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... played in all 108 games and 33 matches ... averaged 2.25 dpg and 0.24 sapg ... fourth on team with 26 aces, including four at Arizona State (Sept. 30) ... had seven double-figure dig performances, including 14 digs at California (Oct. 7), 13 digs at Stanford (Oct. 8), 11 digs vs. UCLA (Oct. 13), at Colorado State (Dec. 3), vs. Wisconsin (Dec. 10) and vs. Nebraska (Dec. 17) and 10 digs vs. Arizona (Oct. 1) ... had nine digs three times ... had four aces vs. Arizona State (Sept. 30) and three aces vs. Siena (Dec. 2) in the NCAA first round.
2004 (JUNIOR): Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... played in all 112 games and 31 matches, making 14 starts ... ranked fourth on the team with 2.70 dpg ... had 17 double-digit dig performances, including a career-best 17 digs at UCLA (Sept. 24) ... had 16 digs vs. Washington State (Nov. 5) ... had 14 digs at USC (Sept. 25) and vs. Stanford (Oct. 23) ... had a career-best four service aces against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Sept. 4) and had three aces against UCLA (Sept. 24) and USC (Sept. 25) ... averaged 0.27 sapg to rank third on the team.
2003 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 30 matches and 81 games, making one start for the Huskies as a defensive specialist ... recorded 42 digs (0.58 dpg), including a career-best seven digs against UCLA (Nov. 1) ... posted back-to-back four dig performances against IPFW (Sept. 6) and Idaho State (Sept. 10) ... also chipped in four digs against Washington State (Oct. 17) and three digs against California (Sept. 27) and UCLA (Oct. 3).
2002 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 24 matches and 74 games ... made her collegiate debut against North Texas on Sept. 13 ... posted a service ace and five digs in her second match of the season against Texas A&M- Corpus-Christi (Sept. 14) ... recorded a season-high eight digs with two aces against Arizona (Oct. 4) ... added six digs versus Arizona State (Nov. 2) ... tallied five digs and two aces against Washington State (Oct. 11) and five digs and three aces versus Oregon State (Nov. 21) ... played in both the first and second round matches of the NCAA Tournament ... collected two digs and one ace against Colorado State (Dec. 5) and one dig against Hawaii (Dec. 6).
AT VALJEVSKA GIMNAZIJA SCHOOL: Attended Valjevska Gimnazija, located in Valjevo, Serbia and Mentenegro, graduating in 2000 ... did not play volleyball for Valjevska ... competed for three club teams, with the most recent being Oblic in Belgrade, Yugoslavia ... team Most Valuable Player for Spartak in 1997 and 1998.
PERSONAL: Born in Cacak, Yugoslavia to Gordana and Dragisa Danicic ... father is a forester and mother is a merchant ... has one sister Danijela ... an English major.
Danicic news and features:
• At The Net With Danka Danicic - Gohuskies.com (Sept. 8, 2005)
• All Smiles - gohuskies.com (Feb. 3, 2004)
