Danielle Bethke, Volleyball, 1993-96
Right Side Hitter, 5-10
Whitewater, WI
Whitewater
Syracuse Records Owned by Bethke
Single Season: Ranked first in most matches played (37) in 1996 ... Tenth in kills (404) in 1993 ... Ninth in attacks (1,027) in 1993.
Career: Ranked third in most matches played (140) ... Eighth in most games played (452), fourth in kills (1,245) ... Eighth in kills per game (.275) ... Fifth in attacks (3,277) ... Seventh in attacks per game (7.14) ... Fifth in service aces (132) ... Sixth in service aces per game (.29) ... Fourth in digs (1,174) ... Fourth in digs per game (2.60).
Bethke's SU Career Year-by-Year
Senior Year: Team Co-Captain ... Played in 122 games and 37 matches ... Earned All-BIG EAST second team ... Received Most Improved Player Award ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Second on team with 365 kills and third on the team in aces with 32 and third in digs with 278 ... Tied team-best with 11 block assists against Central Connecticut State ... Recorded 60 assists on the year ... Tallied 278 digs ... Had team-best 11 block assists vs. Central Connecticut State ... Registered team-best in hitting percentage (.611) vs. Seton Hall ... Posted team-best 24 digs vs. Georgetown ... 9th on SU's single season record list with 106 block assists ... Tallied three solo blocks against Manhattan and 11 assists against Yale.
Junior Year: Second on the team in kills with 241 and in digs with 237 ... Season-best 19 kills against West Virginia and 19 digs against St. John's ... Won the Alexia Tsairis Memorial Award as team's best defender for second time ... Moved into third place in career digs with 896 ... Is fifth on career service aces list with 100 ... Named to BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Sophomore year: Tied for team lead with 35 service aces ... Second on team with 235 kills and 296 digs ... Posted double figures in kills (9 matches) and in digs (13 matches) ... Posted team-highs in digs (11 matches), service aces (9 matches), kills (7 matches), hitting percentage (5 matches) and solo blocks (3 matches).
Freshman year: Led team in kills (404) and digs (363) ... Tied for second in service aces (39) ... Recorded double-figures in kills in 22 matches and digs 17 times ... Registered double-figures in both kills and digs in 13 matches...named Defensive Player of the Year ... Had team-best 26 kills against Georgetown and 28 digs versus University of Connecticut ... Team leader in kills (12 matches), digs (17 matches), aces (9 matches), solo blocks (9 matches), and block assists (17 matches) ... BIG EAST Player of the Week.
Personal: Born December 27, 1974 ... Daughter of William and Deanna Bethke.
