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American indoor volleyball player (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda[1] (born October 1, 1972) is an American former volleyball player. She played at the 1996, 2000,[2] 2004, 2008, and the 2012 Summer Olympics,[3] breaking a U.S. female volleyball athlete record for Olympic appearances.[4][5]
Danielle Scott-Arruda | |||||
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Full name | Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda | ||||
Born | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | October 1, 1972||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||
Spike | 325 cm (128 in) | ||||
Block | 302 cm (119 in) | ||||
College / University | California State University, Long Beach | ||||
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Position | Middle blocker | ||||
Number | 2 (national team) 2 (Long Beach State) | ||||
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For her lifetime achievements in the sport, Scott-Arruda was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016.[5]
Scott-Arruda was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[5] She attended Woodlawn High School in Baton Rouge, where she was an All-State athlete in volleyball and basketball.[6]
Scott-Arruda played volleyball for Long Beach State. In 1991, she helped Long Beach State to the NCAA Championship match.[7] In 1992, she was the Big West Conference Player of the Year and helped Long Beach State to the NCAA semifinals.[7] In 1993, Scott-Arruda led the 49ers to the NCAA National Championship.[5][7] She was American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Northwest Region and the Big West Conference Player of the Year, as she led the nation in hitting percentage.[7] She was also the National Player of the Year.[6] In 1994, she won the Honda-Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player.[5][8]
In Scott-Arruda's collegiate career, she posted 1,778 kills, 693 digs, and 604 blocks in volleyball.[6] She was a three-time AVCA All-American.[9] She 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.[6]
In 1999, Scott-Arruda was inducted into the Long Beach State Hall of Fame.[10]
In her first major international competition, Scott-Arruda won a silver medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg.[11] In her career, she played in over 420 matches and won numerous medals, winning silver medals at the 2002 FIVB World Championship in Germany,[5] the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[12] She reportedly had a spike height of 128 inches (3.25 meters).[13]
Scott-Arruda carried the flag for the United States at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.[5]
In 2019, Scott-Arruda visited Fiji as a Sports Envoy for the U.S. State Department's Sports Diplomacy Office.[6][14]
Scott-Arruda's parents are Charles Young and Vera Scott.[6] She has one brother, Charles, and one sister, Stefanie.[6] She was married to Eduardo Arruda, a former member of the Brazilian national team and they have a daughter Juliánné Arruda who is now 14 as of 2024.[6][15] She learned to speak Portuguese fluently while living in Brazil.[15]
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