Danielle Aanerud

Danielle Aanerud

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Mesquite, Texas

High School:
Poteet

Height:
5-4

Position:
Pole Vault

Experience:
1L

Major:
Interior Design

2006
Indoor: Finished third at the Conference USA Indoor Championships clearing 3.35 meters (10-11.75)... Vaulted to a season-best 3.37 meters (11-00.75) at the Albuquerque Invitational. Outdoor: Recorded a second place finish at the Conference USA Championships vaulting 3.65 meters(11-11.75)... A consistent top-20 finisher in the pole vault.

2005
Indoor: Had a sixth-place finish at the Conference USA Indoor Championships after clearing a season-best vault of 3.50 meters (11-5.75)...also was the runner-up at the Leonard Hilton Memorial and finished in fourth place at the Houston Indoor Invitational. Outdoor: Posted an eighth-place finish at the C-USA Outdoor Championships with a season-best vault of 3.50 meters (11-5.75)...also cleared 3.50 meters to finish in fifth place at the Houston Invitational.

2004
Sat out the year and was redshirted.

High School
Finished in seventh place at the Texas Class 4A State Championships...was the runner-up at the District 13-4A and Regional championships...served as senior class secretary for the Student Council...was the treasurer for Crime Stoppers Club...was a member of thespians.

Personal
Major is interior design...member of the 2004 and 2005 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll...born May 3, 1985, in Dallas, Texas...daughter of Alan and Lynn Aanerud of Mesquite... signed with Houston after being recruited by Texas Tech, Stephen F. Austin and North Texas...hobbies include reading, shopping and running.