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University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2016 Women's Volleyball

6 Danielle Mercer

  • Position DS/L
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Columbus, Ohio
  • Prev School Bishop Ready H.S.

Biography

2016: Played in all 36 matches for 135 sets … Established a school record with 772 digs (5.72) … Led the PBC in digs and digs per set … Shattered the PBC record for matches with double-digit digs (35) … Tied the PBC record with 21 matches with 20 or more digs … NCAA Southeast Region all-tournament team selection … AVCA first-team all-region selection … D2CCA first-team all-region honoree … PBC Libero of the Year … Second-team all-conference selection … PBC Specialist of the Week Sept. 12 … Posted a team-best 24 digs, three assists, one kill and one ace in the win over Catawba … Notched a career-high 28 digs to go along with three assists in the victory over Queens … Totaled 15 digs in the win over Lenoir-Rhyne … Accounted for 26 digs and four kills against Wingate … Tallied 12 digs and a kill in the sweep of Mount Olive … Registered a career-high 30 digs in the victory over Eckerd … Posted 15 digs and tallied two assists in the win over Belmont Abbey … Notched a match-best 26 digs to go along with eight assists in the victory over Lenoir-Rhyne … Tallied 12 digs and three aces in the win over UNC Pembroke … Garnered 25 digs to go along with five assists in the victory over Francis Marion … Posted a match-high 17 digs to go along with six assists and two aces in the sweep at Augusta … Had 16 digs and four assists at Armstrong State … Posted a match-high 18 digs at Flagler … Set a school record in a three-set match with 28 digs to go along with three assists in the sweep at Lander … Recorded a match-high 23 digs to go along with three assists in the win over Columbus State … Posted a match-best 19 digs in the victory over Montevallo … Notched 22 digs and four assists in the win at Tusculum … The 28 digs were the 10th most in school history in a four-set match in the victory over Mars Hill … Chipped in 14 digs, two assists and an ace in the win at Carson-Newman … Garnered 16 digs in the victory over Lincoln Memorial … Tallied a match-best 21 digs in the sweep at Georgia College … Totaled a match-high 29 digs to go along with two aces in the win over Flagler … Garnered a match-best 28 digs to go along with three assists and a kill in the victory over Armstrong State … Registered a match-best 29 digs to go along with six assists and an ace in the win at Francis Marion … Had 17 digs, seven assists and an ace in the victory over Lander … Tied for team-high honors with 24 digs to go along with five assists and an ace in the win at Columbus State … Accounted for a team-best 26 digs in the victory at Montevallo … Led the team with 18 digs to go along with five assists in the win at UNC Pembroke … Posted a career-high 31 digs, becoming the schools’ single-season digs leader, to go along with four assists in the win over Georgia College … Led everyone with 17 digs to go along with four assists and a pair of aces in the sweep of Augusta … Tallied nine digs and an ace in the PBC Quarterfinal win over Georgia College … Posted a match-best 20 digs against Armstrong State … Tied the school record with 28 digs in a three-set match in the NCAA Tournament first-round sweep of Barton … Recorded a match-best 22 digs to go along with three assists in the NCAA second-round victory over Armstrong State … Posted 23 digs to go along with three assists in the Southeast Region Championship victory over Queens … Garnered a team-best 16 digs against Palm Beach Atlantic in the Elite Eight.                              

2015: Saw time in 16 matches, totaling 33 sets on the season … Recorded 92 digs, nine assists and eight aces … Posted six digs, an ace and an assist in the sweep of Brevard … Recorded an ace in the sweep of UNC Pembroke … Totaled three digs at Francis Marion … Added four digs against GRU Augusta … Registered four digs at Montevallo … Tallied five digs and a pair of aces in the sweep of Columbus State … Totaled 12 digs and an ace in the sweep of Francis Marion … Tallied 11 digs in the win over Tusculum … Totaled 14 digs in the sweep of Lincoln Memorial … Notched seven digs and a pair of aces in the sweep of Lander … Had a pair of digs in the win over Georgia College … Tallied three digs and an assist in the win at Armstrong State … Posted 11 digs in the PBC Quarterfinal win over Georgia College … Notched seven digs in the PBC Championship against Flagler … Posted three digs in the NCAA Tournament against Erskine.                              

2014: Played in 10 matches, totaling 30 sets … Accounted for 2.70 digs per set … Had a dig in the win at Newberry … Registered five digs in the victory over King … Posted two digs in the sweep of Georgia College … Added 13 digs and two aces at Columbus State … Totaled 11 digs at Montevallo … Posted six digs and an ace in the sweep of Francis Marion … Accounted for seven digs, an ace and an assist in the sweep of Johnson C. Smith … Posted a match-high 18 digs to go along with seven aces in the sweep of Claflin … Notched 17 digs in the PBC Quarterfinals against the Saints … Had a dig in the NCAA Tournament match against Carson-Newman.            

2013: Saw time in 25 matches … Recorded 18 aces and 40 assists … Finished second on the team with 313 digs … Led the team with 3.60 digs per set …  Named Peach Belt Conference Specialist of the Week on Sept. 16 … Garnered a match-high 18 digs to go along with five assist and a kill in the win over Mount Olive … Had three digs against Newberry … Totaled four digs and an assist in the win over Mars Hill … Recorded 20 digs, four assists and a kill in the win over Lander … Posted 11 digs and two aces in the sweep of Converse … Notched a match-high 16 digs in the win over Limestone … Registered a career-high 27 digs against Lincoln Memorial … Had four digs against Francis Marion … Posted 22 digs in the win over UNC Pembroke … Contributed nine digs in the win at Georgia College … Had five digs in the win over Erskine … Totaled 27 digs against Columbus State … Posted a team-high 21 digs and added two aces in the win over Montevallo … Accounted for a game-high 14 digs against Armstrong … Earned game-high honors with 20 digs against Flagler … Registered a team-high 14 digs in the win at UNC Pembroke … Led the squad with 17 digs at Francis Marion … Added seven digs at Montevallo … Registered seven digs against Columbus State … Notched seven digs at Flagler … Totaled 11 digs and two aces at Armstrong … Posted 11 digs in the win over Francis Marion in the PBC Tournament … Notched 10 digs and two aces in the semifinal victory over Flagler … Recorded 11 digs in the PBC Championship against Armstrong.

High School: Standout student-athlete at Bishop Ready High School … Picked up first-team all-CCL honors … Tabbed second-team all-district … Led her team to a spot in the state championship.

Personal: Daughter of Paul and Laurie Mercer … Has three siblings, Liz, Ian and Kari … Majoring in exercise and sports science.

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2013Freshman

    Defensive Specialist/Libero
    5'5"
    6
  • 6

    2014Sophomore

    DS/L
    5'5"
    6
  • 6

    2015Junior

    DS/L
    5'5"
    6
  • 6

    2016Senior

    DS/L
    5'5"
    6