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Trinity Christian College Athletics

2019 Women's Volleyball

06 Dani Van Laten

  • Height 5-9
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Westmont, Ill.
  • High School Timothy Christian High Schoo
  • Position Setter

Biography

2019: Appeared in 125 of the 127 sets the Trolls played in ... finished her senior season with 1,296 assists ... earned a career-milestone of 4,000 assists this season ... also added 434 digs, 75 kills and 25 aces ... named CCAC Co-Player of the Year and CCAC Setter of the Year ... earned NCCAA North Central Region Player of the Year honors ... was put on the CCAC All-Conference and NCCAA All-North Central Region First Teams ... was a NCCAA/AVCA All-America first team selection ... named the NCCAA Player of the Year .... was a NAIA All-America second team honoree ... earned CCAC Setter of the Week honors six times throughout the season ... also earned NCCAA Student-Athlete of the Week honors for the week of 8/26 ... finished the season ranked No. 13 in the nation for assists and No. 14 in assists per set. ... was a NAIA, CCAC and NCCAA Scholar-Athlete. 

2018: Played in all 41 matches for the Trolls, starting in 38 of them … led the team in assists with 1,424 … had a season-high 53 assists twice during the season against Taylor (9/28) and Indiana University-South Bend (10/16) … also led the team in service aces with 43 … registered 28 double-doubles throughout the season … earned CCAC Player of the Week Honors five times during the season … was named the CCAC Setter of the Year and was also named to the CCAC All-Conference First  Team … was also named a NCCAA/AVCA All-American … also found herself on the NAIA/AVCA All-Mideast Region team and the NCCAA North Central All-Region team … was a CCAC, NCCAA and NAIA Scholar-Athlete.

2017:  Was a starter … had a total of 1387 assists for a 10.1 assist average … ranked second in the conference and fifth in the NCCAA in assist average … led the team with 61 aces … was fifth in the CCAC in .45 ace average … posted a .913 serving percentage … averaged 2.82 digs per set … recorded a 0.41 block average … ranked 16th in the NAIA in total assists and 19th in total aces … had a match high of 54 assists against Judson University (10/7) and against Tabor College (11/18) … had match highs of 19 digs against the University of St. Francis (10/24) and five aces against Governors State University (9/7) and against Bethel College on (9/25) … was a CCAC All-Conference selection … received NAIA/AVCA Mideast All-Region Honorable Mention recognition … also earned NCCAA All-Region honors … was a member of the NAIA national tournament qualifying team … was also named a CCAC Scholar-Athlete.

2016: Played in 45 matches as setter and defensive specialist … had 164 assists … posted a .917 serving percentage … had 40 aces for a 0.26 ace average … recorded 322 digs for a 2.06 dig average … had a .912 service reception percentage … had match highs of 29 assists against Peru State University (8/19) and 22 digs against Campbellsville University (12/3) … was a member of the NCCAA national champions 

High School: Played volleyball for four years … earned all-conference honors in her junior and senior years … was on a team that placed third at the state championships in her senior year … was named to an all-area team … earned Illinois Christian School first-team all-state honors.

Personal: Majoring in elementary education and minoring in special education and ESL … daughter of John and Sue Van Laten, who are both alumni of Trinity … has a brother, Tyler … played basketball for three years in high school … volunteered at a resale shop … coached at Illinois Performance Volleyball … went on a service trip to New Mexico … was named to the Athletic Department High Honor Roll.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Sophomore

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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