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