Danielle Tonyan

Oakland

Sep 17 (Wed)

6 p.m.

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Position:
Right Side
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
McHenry
Hometown:
McHenry, Ill.

2013: Preseason All-MAC East Team … Finished her career ranked sixth all-time at BGSU in kills and seventh in attack attempts … Ranked ninth in the MAC in kills in conference matches only … Played in 27 matches, starting 10 times … Fourth on the team with 237 kills and 2.72 kills per set … Hit .211 on the season … Second on the Falcons with 70 blocks, averaging 0.80 per set … Had 12 double-digit kill matches, including six in a row late in the regular season … Posted a season-high 21 kills against Miami and added 20 at Akron … Hit a season-best .471 at home against Akron … Tied her career-high with eight blocks in an upset victory over nationally-ranked BYU, adding 14 kills … Five times recorded at least five blocks in a match.

2012: Named First Team All-MAC for the second consecutive season … Named to the MAC East Division Preseason All-MAC Team and earned All-Tournament honors in the Marquette Challenge … Played in all 130 sets, starting 32-of-33 matches … Second on the team in kills at 3.21 per set, third in blocks at 0.82 per set and fourth in digs with 1.52 per set … Ranked among the top 250 in the country in kills per set and points per set … Posted her first six career double-doubles during the season, picking up at least 10 kills and 10 digs twice in non-conference play and four times in league action … Finished with 10 or more kills 24 times, including a string of 13 consecutive matches at one point … Had at least 300 kills for the third consecutive season and reached 400 for the second consecutive year with 417 … Had a season-high 20 kills in a win over Jacksonville State … Posted a career-best 18 digs in a five-set win at Eastern Michigan and had a career-high eight blocks in a five-set MAC Tournament Semifinal victory over Western Michigan … Had a season-high three aces in the Falcons’ sweep of Eastern Michigan in the first round of the MAC Tournament … Led the team with 11 kills against No. 1 Penn State in the NCAA Tournament Second Round … Came up one kill shy of a double-double with nine kills and 15 digs in the team’s win over Yale for the team’s first NCAA Tournament victory in program history.

2011: Named First Team All-MAC as one of the top hitters in the conference … Started all 31 matches, playing in 110 of a possible 112 sets … Averaged 3.79 kills per set, which ranked third in the MAC and first among East Division teams … Posted 417 total kills with a .294 attack percentage … Also added 14 aces, fifth on the team, and 56 blocks, third on the squad … Her 4.18 points per set ranked fourth in the MAC … Ranked in the top 100 in the country in both kills and points … Had double-digit kills in 26 matches, including 15 of the final 16 … Tied her career-high with 23 kills in matches at Toledo and home against Ohio … Had six 20-kill matches … Hit a career-best .536 in the season-opener against Air Force, posting 16 kills … Had a career-high three aces the same day against Navy … Named MVP of the season opening Navy Invitational … Also earned All-Tournament honors at home in the Best Western Falcon Plaza Invitational … Twice named MAC East Division Offensive Player of the Week … Her seven digs at Bucknell were a career-high and her six blocks against Eastern Kentucky served as a career-best as well.

2010: Played in 31-of-32 matches, starting 27 times … Ranked second on the team with 301 kills and second with a .210 attack percentage … Added 35 blocks, fourth-most on the team … Became just the fifth freshman in program history to record 300 kills for the season … Named MAC Offensive Player of the Week after posting 17 kills against Miami and then following that up with a career-high 23 against Western Michigan … Had at least 10 kills in 17 different matches, including a string of six in a row late in the year … Hit a career-best .500 in that 23-kill match against Western Michigan, having just three attack errors in 40 attempts … Had a career-high six digs in two matches, reaching that total against Colorado State and against Kent State … Had four blocks in a five-set win over Eastern Illinois … Hit at least .300 in a match six times.

High School: Three-time team MVP who led squad to a 21-13 record as a senior ... Posted 820 kills in her final three years, including 334 in 2009 ... All-Conference and Northwest Herald All-Area player who was also named to the Stevenson All-Tournament team three times and the Grayslake All-Tournament team twice ... Earned four varsity letters at McHenry High School and was a three-year team captain.

Personal: Full name is Danielle Marie Tonyan ... Daughter of Robert and Tammy Tonyan ... Born July 7, 1992 ... Majoring in human development family services ... Played club volleyball with Sky High.