Danae Daron

Photo by: Chris Reich | Northwestern State Photographic Services

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: Chris Reich | Northwestern State Photographic Services

Photo by: Hardy Meredith | SFA Photography

Photo by: Hardy Meredith | SFA Photography

Photo by: Soobum Im | UIW Athletics

Photo by: Hardy Meredith | SFA Photography

Photo by: SFA Athletics

Photo by: Hardy Meredith | SFA Photography

Height:
6-0
Class:
Junior
High School:
Summer Creek HS
Hometown:
Crosby, Texas

2018 (Junior) | AVCA All-Southwest Region Honorable Mention...Southland Conference Tournament MVP...All-Southland Conference First Team...Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (11/5 and 9/10)...SportsImports/AVCA NCAA Division I National Player of the Week (11/6)...Memphis Invitational Most Outstanding Player...Preseason All-Southland Conference First Team...Established herself as one of the top players in both the Southland Conference and the nation through her first season as an upperclassman...Appeared and started in 114 sets across 33 of the team's 35 matches...Averaged 3.16 points, 2.33 kills, 0.08 assists, 0.13 service aces, 0.61 digs and 1.25 blocks per set...Led the Southland Conference and ranked 71st nationally with an attack percentage of .347...Ranked second in the Southland and 35th nationally with 143 total blocks...Ranked third in the Southland and 42nd nationally with an average of 1.25 blocks per set...Struck for a season and career-high 16 terminations in a four-set, non-conference victory at Colgate in the final match of the Ellis Rowland Memorial Tournament (9/1)...Served up a season and career-high three aces in a five-set, non-conference triumph at North Texas (9/15)...Finished with a season and career-high 10 digs in a four-set Southland Conference victory at Northwestern State (10/6)...Racked up a season and career-high three solo blocks in a four-set Southland Conference home win over longtime rival Sam Houston State (11/1)...Turned in one of the best single-match defensive performances in program history by setting season and career-highs in both block assists (12) and total blocks (13) in a four-set Southland Conference triumph over Abilene Christian that helped her become the first player in program history to become the SportsImports/AVCA NCAA Division I National Player of the Week...Helped SFA capture the program's 10th Southland Conference regular season title...Helped SFA establish program records for wins in a season (32) and winning percentage (.914)...Helped SFA construct a program-best and nation-leading 29-match winning streak...Helped SFA advance to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in program history.

2017 (Sophomore) | All-Southland Conference First Team...Mississippi State Bulldog Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/2)...Turned into one of the focal points of the Ladyjacks' offensive and defensive game plans during year two of her collegiate career...One of just two players who played in all 122 sets and started each of the team's 34 matches...Averaged 2.89 points, 2.41 kills, 0.52 digs, 0.88 blocks and 0.08 assists per set...Ranked third on the team in both kills per set and blocks per set...Ranked second on the team, third in the Southland Conference and 128th in all of NCAA Division I volleyball with an attack percentage of .327...Amassed 10 or more kills in 12 matches...Put down a season and career-best 14 kills on three occasions - first in a four-set, neutral-site non-conference victory over South Florida (9/1) and most recently in a five-set Southland Conference win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/14)...Registered five or more total blocks on six separate occasions...Came up with a career-best two solo blocks in a four-set Southland Conference win at New Orleans (10/26)...Tied a career-high with seven block assists in a five-set Southland Conference Tournament setback against Abilene Christian (11/17)...Helped the Ladyjacks secure the program's ninth Southland Conference regular season title with a 14-2 mark in league play...Was a part of an 11-1 start for the Ladyjacks which included an 11-match winning streak - the longest in the nation at that point.

2016 (Freshman) | All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention...Wasted no time in becoming one of the Ladyjacks' go-to players during her first season of collegiate volleyball...One of five players - and the only freshman - to take part in all 31 of the team's matches...Played in 107 of the team's 108 sets and started every match she took part in...Averaged 1.61 kills, 0.72 digs, 1.08 blocks, 0.20 service aces and 0.05 assists per set...Ranked second on the team in terms of blocks per set and fourth on the team in kills per set...Made her collegiate debut in the Ladyjacks' neutral site win over Eastern Illinois in the Country Inn & Suites Green Bay Invitational and totaled five kills, four digs, one assist, one solo block and five block assists (8/26)...Recorded the sixth-highest attack percentage in a single match in program history in a non-conference home win over North Texas in which she totaled eight kills on 10 errorless swings to finish with an attack percentage of .800 (9/16)...In a three-set Southland Conference win over McNeese, racked up nine total blocks - a season-high which also represented the 24th-highest total of blocks in a three-set match in all of NCAA Division I volleyball in 2016 (9/29)...Enjoyed her only offensive output of 10 or more kills by slamming down 11 in a Southland Conference match at Abilene Christian (10/13).

High School | Excelled at a pair of positions - middle blocker and outside hitter - during a four-year varsity career at Summer Creek High School...Secured First Team All-District accolades as both a sophomore and a junior...Tabbed as an All-Area performer and earned a spot as a First Team All-Academic selection as a freshman and a senior...Named Summer Creek High School's team MVP following the end of her sophomore season...Scored the title of the team's best defensive player at the end of her senior year...Parlayed her play into a spot on the 2015 USA Volleyball Women's International Junior A1 Team and helped that squad lay claim to a gold medal in overseas play...Put in four years of varsity-level service with the SCHS track & field team and competed in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay and the high jump...Appeared on the roster for a pair of club volleyball teams including the Texas Thunder (2010-11) and the Tomball Renegades (2012-16).

Personal | Born Danae Mechele Daron on November 12, 1997, in Houston, Texas...daughter of Benjamin and Dana Collins...sister, Arielle, was a standout middle blocker for the Stephen F. Austin volleyball team from 2007-10...has not yet declared a major at Stephen F. Austin.