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#5 Dani Curran
Position: Attacker
Height: 5'6"
Year: Senior
Hometown: Chino, Calif.
High School: Ayala HS
Club: CHAMP
Experience: 3 Letters

AT SAN JOSE STATE: In her fourth season with the Spartans...Three-time honorable mention All-America player...Only the second Spartan to be a three-time All-America in the sport...First Spartan freshman to earn any All-America water polo honor...Begins 2012 fourth on the career goal scoring list with 177...First player in school history to score 50 or more goals as a freshman, sophomore and junior...51 career multi-goal matches heading into 2012...Single-match best six goals vs. Arizona State (2/8/09)...Two-time San Jose State Scholar-Athlete...2010 and 2011 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) All-Academic team...2011 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches national All-Academic team.

2011: An unprecedented third honorable mention All-America season...Third on the team and ninth in the MPSF in scoring with 59 goals....Scored at least one goal in 30 matches...Opened the season scoring in 22 consecutive matches – second longest consecutive goal scoring streak by a San Jose State player during the season...Had 15 multi-goal matches...Season-scoring high 5 goals in a 12-9 loss at #8-Arizona State (2/5)...Tied or led the team in scoring in three matches.

2010: Completed her second honorable mention All-America season...MPSF honorable mention...Second on the team and fifth in the MPSF in scoring with 50 goals....Scored at least one goal in 22 matches...Had 16 multi-goal matches...Season-scoring high 4 goals in wins over #17-UC San Diego (4/10) and #9-Arizona State (5/2)...Tied or led the team in scoring in 13 matches.

2009: Honorable mention All-America in her first season at the major college level...Named to the MPSF All-Freshman team...Highest scoring freshman in school history with 68 goals...Highest scoring freshman in the MPSF finishing in an eighth place tie with 2.00 goals per match...Second on the Spartans in goal scoring...68 goals are the fourth most by a San Jose State player in a season...Scored at least one goal in 26 of 34 matches...Had 20 multi-goal matches...Season-scoring high 6 goals in the win over #7-Arizona State in the Stanford invitational (2/8)...Found the goal five times against #14- State Northridge (1/24), #18-Indiana (3/21), and #9-UC Irvine...Tied or led the team in scoring in 12 matches.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in water polo (Coach Vince Makuch) and swimming at Ayala High in Chino Hills, Calif....School-record-holder for single season (123) and career goal scoring (280)...two-time Sierra League Most Valuable Player...first-team All-Sierra League selection as a sophomore and a senior...second-team all-league pick as a freshman.

DANI: Majoring in international business...Wants to pursue a career in government...Club team was Chino Hills Area Water Polo (CHAWP)...Three-time USA Water Polo All-America player...Club won the 2008 National Junior Olympics in Irvine, Calif....Her sister, Chelsea Curran, played her senior season of water polo for Cal State Northridge in 2010...Was born in Anaheim, Calif., on March 13, 1990.

CAREER SCORING Goals
2009...FR  68
2010...SO  50
2011...JR  59
CAREER 177


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