Danielle Scott-Arruda
Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda[1] (born October 1, 1972) is an American-Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She has played at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics, breaking a U.S. female volleyball athlete record for Olympic appearances.[2] She's currently playing professionally for Brazilian league Banana Boat/Praia Clube. Scott-Arruda carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
High school and personal life
Scott-Arruda was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and attended Woodlawn High School in Baton Rouge, where she was an All-State performer in volleyball and basketball.
Scott-Arruda's parents are Charles Young and Vera Scott. She has one brother (Charles) and one sister (Stefanie). She is married to Eduardo Arruda.
Long Beach State
Scott was a Three Time First Team American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American and was the National Player of the Year in 1993.[3]
In her career, she posted 1,778 kills, 693 digs and 604 blocks and also earned All-Big West honors in basketball, becoming the first Big West student-athlete to earn all-conference accolades in two sports in one season.
In 1993, she led the 49ers to the NCAA National Championship and won the Honda Sports Award as the top college volleyball player. She was AVCA All-Northwest Region and the Big West Conference Player of the Year, as she led the nation in hitting percentage. In 1992, she was the Big West Conference Player of the Year and helped Long Beach State to the NCAA semifinals. In 1991, she helped Long Beach to the NCAA championship match. In 1994, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player.[4]
Recent international competition
Scott-Arruda has played in 371 international matches, as of August 24, 2008.[5]
2008
- Olympic Games (silver medal)
- U.S. Olympic exhibition for Brazil
- FIVB World Grand Prix (fourth place)
2007
- Pan American Games (bronze medal)
- FIVB World Grand Prix (eighth place)
- NORCECA Championship (silver medal)
- FIVB World Cup (bronze medal)
2006
- FIVB World Grand Prix (seventh place)
- World Championships (ninth place)
Individual awards
- 2000 Summer Olympics "Best Blocker"
- 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
- 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Scorer"
- 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Blocker"
- 2002 World Championship "Best Blocker"
- 2009 Pan-American Cup "Best Blocker"
References
- ^ "Finasa Atletas". Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
- ^ Fourth time the volleyball charm?
- ^ Olympic committee, Did you know?
- ^ "Volleyball". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ USA Volleyball nominates indoor roster
External links
- Danielle Scott at Olympics.com
- Danielle Scott-Arruda at Team USA (archived)
- Danielle Scott-Arruda at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Bio at NBC Olympics
- Official website
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- American women's volleyball players
- Long Beach State Beach women's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of the United States
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Middle blockers
- American expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- American expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- American expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate volleyball players in Japan
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil