University of San Francisco Athletics

GENERAL CAPSULE: Very aggressive player on bothends of the floor.... outstanding work ethic... great nose for theball. AT SANTA ROSA JC (2004-2005): Enjoyedoutstanding freshman season at Santa Rosa... earned First TeamAll-State honors... also named Bay Conference MVP... played forcurrent USF assistant coach Molly Goodenbour... Dean's Liststudent. PREP CAREER: Versatile two-sport athleteat Sonoma Valley High School... earned four varsity letters inbasketball, averaging 15.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists pergame... two-time Sonoma County League First Team selectionfollowing junior and senior campaigns... also played four years ofsoccer, earning MVP and Offensive MVP honors as a senior... FirstTeam All-League and All-Empire in 2003... honor roll student.PERSONAL: Danae Nicole Wellander... goal for theseason is help the Dons win the West Coast Conference title andexcel in the playoffs... chose USF for the small size and the greatatmosphere... best advice is to give everything you have ineverything you do... would like to attend Olympic Figure Skating...favorite movie is The Notebook; favorite food is Mexican... sportshero is Joe Montana... enjoys sports, listening to country musicand spending time with family and friends in her free time...parents are Ron and Luanne Wellander... born Junly 22, 1985 in SanFrancisco. STRAIGHT FROM THE COACHING STAFF:"Danae is one of our hardest workers. She is a workhorse. Danae isgoing to help make our team better this season. She will play atthe small and big forward positions for us. Her strengths aredriving to the basket and finishing. We are very happy that Danaeis at USF."