Player Bio: Danelle Perata

2004-05: Missed the season with an injury...earned honorable-mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors.

2003-04: Made five appearances for the Sun Devils...averaged 78.07 strokes per round...had two top 25 showings on the year...had her best finish of the year at the NC State Saguaro Classic, tying for 22nd (80-77=157)...tied for 25th and was ASU's top finisher at the NCAA West Regional (79-71-74=224)...carded a career-best 71 in the second round to help the Sun Devils move from 18th to 11th (and ultimately seventh) at the NCAA West Regional and qualify for the NCAA Championships...continued to battle a back injury all year.

2002-03: Redshirted with an injury.

High School: A 2002 graduate of Vacaville (Calif.) High School...three-time all-league honoree...was named the MVP of the Monticello Empire League in each of her last three seasons...three-sport star who lettered four times in golf and basketball and once in tennis...two-time all-league honoree in basketball...was also her team's MVP in basketball as a senior...captained her golf team for three years and basketball for two...set the Vacaville school record for lowest scoring average (34.9 strokes per nine holes)...also holds the school and league record for scoring average in basketball (23.5 ppg)...three-time winner of the Castlewood Junior Open...also won the Fairfield Championships twice...played on the North team at the 2001 North/South Cup... also earned all-league honors and was named Freshman of the Year in tennis in 1999...was coached by Rick Luther in golf, Chris Minner in basketball and Don Lopez in tennis.

Personal:Majoring in justice studies... is contemplating a career as a special agent with the FBI...the daughter of Curt (insurance broker) and Krista (health club manager)...comes from an athletic family...has a twin sister, Katie (21), who played on the Sun Devil water polo team...also has a sister, Jessica (23), and a brother, Jacob (13)...her father played golf at Cal, her mother was a gymnast at San Diego State, her uncle, Scott Lewis, was a pole vaulter at Cal Poly and her grandfather, Robert Lewis, was a pole vaulter at Drake...enjoys playing sports with her little brother, playing video games and eating fast food...born in May of 1984 in Oakland, Calif....full name is Danelle Nicole Perata.