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Danielle Cuttino
Cuttino in 2019
Personal information
Full nameDanielle Amina Cuttino[1]
Nationality United States
Born (1996-06-22) June 22, 1996 (age 28)
HometownIndianapolis, Indiana
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Spike325 cm (128 in)
Block306 cm (120 in)
College / UniversityPurdue
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle Blocker/Opposite
Current clubJapan Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
Career
YearsTeams
2014–2017United States Purdue
2018–2020Italy Casalmaggiore
2020–2022Brazil Minas
2022–presentJapan Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
National team
2019–United States United States
Honours
Volleyball
Pan-American Cup
Representing the  United States
Gold medal – first place 2019 Trujillo/Chiclayo
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Santo Domingo

Danielle Amina Cuttino (born June 22, 1996) is an American volleyball player who plays as an opposite hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and Japanese professional team Toyota Auto Body Queenseis.

Early life

Cuttino is from Indianapolis, Indiana and attended high school at Ben Davis High School. She was a U.S. Junior National team member and was considered the tenth ranked recruit in her graduating class. She also played basketball in high school where she as an all-state honoree.[2]

Career

College

Cuttino played as an outside hitter before moving to middle blocker at Purdue. She was named on the Big Ten All-Freshman team in 2014 and was an AVCA First Team All-American as a senior in 2017.[1]

Professional clubs

USA National Team

Cuttino joined the national team in 2019 and won a gold medal at the 2019 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup. She was the captain and won a bronze medal at the 2021 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, with a team leading 15 points in the bronze medal match.[3]

She was named to the roster for the 2022 National League tournament. She had 10 kills, two blocks and seven digs in a win against Bulgaria.[4] In a win vs. China, she tallied eight points on seven kills and one block.[5]

Awards and honors

Clubs

College

  • AVCA First Team All-American (2017)

References

  1. ^ a b "Purdue Boilermakers - Purdue Women's Volleyball". purduesports.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  2. ^ "Meet the Freshman - Danielle Cuttino". purdue.
  3. ^ "U.S. Women Beat Canada for Bronze at Pan Am Cup". usavolleyball.org. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  4. ^ "Robinson, USA open second round of VNL with sweep of Bulgaria". volleyballmag.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  5. ^ "Plummer, Robinson Lead U.S. Women Past China at VNL". usavolleyball.org. Retrieved 2022-06-18.