Daniella Rhodes

Class:
Senior
Position:
F
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Durban, South Africa

Fall 2021 (Jr.)

• Appeared in 20 games, all starts

• Selected to National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I All-America second team

• Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year

• Honored on NFHCA All-South Region first team for third straight year

• Named to All-BIG EAST first team for a third straight season

• Garnered inclusion on VaSID All-State first team for third straight season

• Earned BIG EAST All-Tournament team honors

• Received three BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week awards

• Honored on BIG EAST All-Academic team

• Tallied 16 goals (second on team) and added seven assists (tied for fourth on team), 39 points (second on team) and 62 shots (43 on goal)

• Closed the season ranked No. 10 in the country in points per game (1.95) and No. 11 in goals per game (0.80)

• Led all BIG EAST players in goals per game (1.07) and points per game (2.64) during the regular season

• Had seven goals, two assists and 16 points in five BIG EAST regular season contests

• Notched third career hat trick in 6-1 win at Temple, Oct. 15, with her first goal of the day making ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays listing

• Tied for team lead with three multiple-goal games, also scored two goals at No. 25 Stanford (Aug. 30) and at Quinnipiac (Oct. 1)

• Enters senior season fifth in school history in career goals with 45, tied for eighth in assists with 22 and fourth in points with 112

Spring 2021 (So.)

• Started all 16 games

• Honored on NFHCA All-South Region first team

• Named to All-BIG EAST first team

• Garnered inclusion on VaSID All-State first team

• Selected as NFHCA Division I Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 17

• Tabbed BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 15

• Named to BIG EAST Honor Weekly Honor Roll four times during the season

• Honored on BIG EAST All-Academic team

• Led the team with 16 goals and had six assists and 38 points

• Finished No. 5 in the nation in goals per game (1.00) and No. 6 in points per game (2.38) at season’s end

• Paced the squad with 14 goals and 33 points in 12 BIG EAST matches and had five assists

• Scored multiple goals in four contests, including her second career three-goal game (vs. Villanova, Feb. 20)

• Had four game-winning goals on the year, tied for the second most in a season in program history

• Tallied two goals in games at Davidson (Feb. 14) and against Old Dominion (March 6 and March 27)

• Recorded 53 shots on the season (second most on team), 33 of which were on frame

• Matched a career high with eight shots (six on goal) versus Villanova on Feb. 20

2019 (Fr.)

• Started all 18 games

• Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year

• Earned VaSID Rookie of the Year honors

• Honored on NFHCA All-South Region first team

• Named to the All-BIG EAST first team

• Became first player in program history to receive first team all-conference and first team all-region recognition as a freshman

• Tabbed a VaSID All-State first team honoree

• Received BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors three times (Sept. 2, Sept. 9 and Oct. 22), BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors once (Sept. 9) and BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll status once (Sept. 30)

• Led team in goals (13), assists (9), points (35), shots on goal (51) and game-winning goals (3) and finished second in total shots (68)

• Paced the squad in goals (9), points (20) and game-winning goals in seven BIG EAST matches and had two assists and a team-best 26 shots on goal in those contests

• Ranked No. 13 in the nation in points per game (1.94), No. 20 in goals per game (0.72) and No. 22 in assists per game (0.50)

• Tallied first career three-goal game at Georgetown, Oct. 18

• Scored a goal, a highlight which was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10 Plays listing, and added two assists for four points in first career game, a 5-1 home win over James Madison (Sept. 1)

• Recorded multiple goals three times

• Fired off five or more shots six times, including a season-best eight shots against Lafayette (Sept. 8) and versus No. 25 Providence (Nov. 1)

Prep

• Graduate of St. Anne’s Diocesan College

• Played first team hockey as a sophomore, junior and senior

• Made the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province’s U16 A and U18 A teams

• Also made the South Africa U16 A team and U21 squad

• Captained the KZN province’s U18 A team as a senior

• Competed for Riverside Hockey Club as well

• Played tennis as well in high school

Personal

• Daughter of Jonathan and Kate Rhodes