Emily Danner will begin her first season as an assistant coach with the Norfolk State volleyball program in 2018. A graduate of Ferrum College, she coached at the local level the last several years before joining the Spartans.
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She most recently spent time as an assistant varsity coach with Green Run High School during the 2016 and ’17 seasons. In 2018, she coached the U-15 Outbreak Volleyball club team. Danner is set to coach the U-17 team in 2019.
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A Virginia Beach native, she competed for three seasons at Ferrum. A team captain her senior year, Danner averaged 3.49 assists and 1.26 digs while leading the Panthers to nine-win increase. She tallied 5.79 assists and 1.59 digs as a junior as well as 7.20 assists and 1.51 digs her sophomore year.
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While there, Danner also was named to the USA South Academic All-Conference Team. She began playing volleyball in seventh grade before going on to compete at Green Run HS.
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Danner graduated from Ferrum in May 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science.
