Coach Droesch: "Danny is a savvy player. She is finalizing the transition from outside hitter to defensive specialist. Her game knowledge and ability to read an offense puts her in the right place more often than not."
High School: Played four years of volleyball and softball, two years of basketball and one season of indoor track.. helped volleyball team to one state championship and two state semifinal berths... in volleyball as a senior captian, a Division III All-State and Boston Globe All-Scholastic, all-area and team MVP... two-time Coaches' Award recipient in softball...
PERSONAL: Born Danielle M. Robillard September. 25, 1995... Parents: Colleen and Brian…Sibling: Kristen, who is a libero and senior tri-captain in the Bridgewater State University volleyball program in the fall of 2013... Major: Mathematics... Career plans: Teaching... Residence: Swansea, MA…
CAREER STATISTICS
Year | GP | MP | K | E | TA | Pct. | A | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | TB | BE | BHE | Pts. | Pts./G |
2014 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .286 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.11 |
2013 | 40 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 111 | .036 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28.5 | 0.71 |
TOTAL | 68 | 38 | 26 | 20 | 118 | .054 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32.5 | 0.42 |
DANIELLE....REVEALED
Favorite aspect of Eastern: It’s small and there’s a sense of community.
One thing I would change about Eastern: Hurley.
Favorite aspect of my sport: Not one person determines a win; we have to do it as a team.
Personal goal for the season: Feel good about what I did in every practice and do my best in games to help the team.
Pre-game ritual: Listening to music.
Favorite sport other than my own: Softball.
My favorite moment playing sports: When my high school team won the state championship and I got to play with my sister.
My most disappointed moment playing sports: Striking out, bottom of the 9th (extra innings), count was 3-2 and the bases were loaded. An athlete’s nightmare.
My most overused phrase: “Stop.”
Biggest rival: Myself.
Most visited website: Pandora.
Favorite song: Wasted by Cartel.
Dream job: Calculus Professor.
If I were a superhero my superpower would be: Reading people’s minds.
Favorite professional or amateur team: Patriots.
Last movie I’ve seen: Pursuit of Happiness.
Favorite movie quote: “Oh you’re from Milwaukee? Oh I’m sorry.”
Favorite musical artist: Cartel.
Favorite athlete: Vince Wilfork.
Most despised professional athlete: Lebron James.
Pet peeve: When people don’t clean up after themselves.
Words to live by: “Be better than you were yesterday.”
If I could describe myself in one word, it would be: Sappy.
In 10 years, I could see myself: Comfortably moved into a house with a family and working as a professor.
In 10 years, I hope that I am not: Fat.
Hardest thing I’ve ever done: 6 by 6 Rubik’s cube.
If you won lotto, what would you do with the money? Invest and buy my parents a house wherever they wanted.
Biggest waste of money: Cigarettes.
Favorite subject in school: Math.
Closest brush with greatness: I met Jesse McCartney when he was a member of Dream Street.
Favorite smell: Coffee or homemade ice cream.
If my life could be made into a movie, the title would be: “Danielle Robillard: Math Nerd by Day, Astronomy Nerd by Night.”
If I could go out on a date with a celebrity, the celebrity would be: Betty White.
I can never get an answer to this question: “Why is Barack Obama President?”
If I could travel anywhere in the world, it would be to: Ireland.
One thing or person I would bring if I was stranded on a deserted island: My sister.
This is impossible: Stapling jello to a tree.
Biggest adjustment to college life: Time management.
What I will take away from my college experience: Friends and many lessons learned.
If I could change one thing in the world, it would be: All the people who don’t believe in same-sex marriage.