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Women's Golf
An accomplished multi-sport athlete who will look to become one of Notre Dame’s top five golfers this spring... will strive to become more consistent as she heads into the final semester of her Irish career ... played sparingly during her first two seasons before working her way into the starting lineup as a junior ... could take her game to another level as she continues to gain confidence ... has the ability to shoot in the mid-70s with regularity ... a hard worker who loves to play the game ... capable of becoming a more complete player, due to her length off the tee, an attacking style in her approach shots and a good putting game ... has averaged 84.65 strokes during 43 career rounds at Notre Dame (including 17 as an individual entrant) while counting to the team score in 17 of her 26 team rounds.
AS A SENIOR (Fall Of 2000): Played in just one fall tournament as an individual entrant at the Notre Dame Invitational ... finished 13th among 67 golfers with a 54-hole total of 243 (82-80-81) for an 81.00 average in the fall...finished sixth at the Campus Championship with a 164 total (82-82).
AS A JUNIOR: Earned her first Notre Dame monogram appearing in eight tournaments with a career best 84.70 average ... top finish of the spring came at the William and Mary Invitational where she tied for 22nd with a 36-hole total of 162 (79-83) ... first round 79 equalled the top single round of her career ... finished tied for 54th at Ohio State Invitational with rounds of 89-83-81 (253) ... was 39th at Iowa Invitational where she shot a 255 (88-80-87) ... second on the team and tied for 62nd at the Indiana Invitational with a 173 (91-82) ... started the spring with a 62nd place finish in a field of 114 golfers at the No. Illinois Snowbird Intercollegiate with rounds of 80-85 (165) ... averaged 85.75 strokes per round played while appearing in three of Notre Dame’s four tournaments during the 1999 fall season ... struggled in her final fall outing, with a 186 (93-93) at the Michigan Invitational ... had a strong, consistent outing at the Michigan State Invitational with a 251 total (84-82-85) ... scored in the final two rounds of the Lady Northern Intercollegiate with rounds of 85-82-82 for a 249 total at the University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wis. ... posted an impressive score of 165 (82-83) at the annual Campus Championship in the fall of 1999, tying for third in the 16-player field at South Bend’s Blackthorn Golf Club.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Appeared in two fall of 1998 tournaments and three in the spring of ‘99 while ranking fourth on the team with an 84.92 overall stroke average ... played in 12 rounds (seven as an individual entrant) ... shot a 262 (88-87-87) total at the Michigan State Invitational and a 166 (81-85) total at the Notre Dame Invitational ... fired rounds of 89-82 (171) at the Northern Illinois Snowbird Intercollegiate at Tampa’s Pebblecreek Country Club ... as an individual entrant at the Iowa Invitational shot rounds of 89-80 (169) ... closed with a solid 251 (86-83-82) at the Ohio State Invitational ... placed eighth at the 1998 fall Campus Championship with a 177 (89-88).
AS A FRESHMAN: Posted an 85.50 stroke average over eight rounds played, ... totaled 264 (92-83-89) as an individual entrant at the Michigan State Invitational ... fired rounds of 84-79 (163) during spring break at the NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate, at Pebblecreek ... posted rounds of 89-79-89 (257) as a member of the starting six at the season-ending Ohio State Invitational ... opened the school year by placing seventh at the 1997 fall Campus Championship with a 177 (88-89) at Blackthorn.
PREP & PERSONAL: A talented four-sport athlete who played on 12 conference title teams in tennis, basketball and softball at Verona High School (she did not participate in high school golf) ... captained all three of the above teams during her senior year ... captured the state golf championship in the summer of 1997, after firing an 82 at Colonial Country Club ... finished as runner-up in the ’96 summer state championship, after three playoff holes ... two-year member of Metropolitan Junior Intercity golf team while serving as captain of that team her final year ... played No. 2 singles as a freshman and No. 1 singles for three years ... three times all-state in tennis ... posted 22-0 record as a freshman before leading Verona to the state tennis title as sophomore and junior ... set school record for career tennis wins ... served as a guard/forward on the Verona basketball team while eclipsing 800 career points ... invited to play in all-star basketball game ... ... three time all-state as a shortstop in softball ... named softball team MVP her junior year ... posted a .480 career batting average ... member of the National Honor Society ... served as student council secretary for four years ... her grandfather Nicholas Villarosa (’43) and two uncles, Raymond (’70) and Stephen (’75) Villarosa, also attended Notre Dame ... born Nov. 25, 1979, in Hackensack, N.J. ... full name is Danielle Corinne Villarosa ... daughter of Thomas and Kathleen Villarosa ... enrolled in the College of Business. Villarosa's Career Statistics
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