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Jersey Number 21
Danielle Mahaffey
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Northwest HS
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Kills: 17 (2x), last at #3 Kentucky (10/17/2020)
- Attacks: 50 (2x), last vs. Texas A&M (9/29/2019)
- Hitting Pct.: .800, vs. Alabama (11/18/2021)
- Assists: 1 (14x), last at LSU (10/24/2021)
- Aces: 5, vs. Georgia (10/28/2020)
- Solo Blocks: 7, last vs. Mississippi State (3/5/2021)
- Block Assists: 8 (2x), last vs. Arkansas (9/25/2021)
- Total Blocks: 12, vs. Arkansas (9/25/2021)
- Digs: 21, at Ole Miss (9/27/2019)
HONORS
- 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 AVCA Honorable Mention All-America
- 2021 VolleyballMag.com All-America Honorable Mention
- 2021 AVCA Southeast All-Region
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/27/2021)
- CFP and Dr Pepper Go Teach Scholarship
- 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018-19 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 - GRADUATE
- Racked up seven kills and four blocks versus Purdue (12/1)
- Tallied eight blocking and a .250 hitting performance helping the Lady Vols beat Alabama (11/25)
- Put up eight kills and two solo blocks in the win over Mississippi State (11/20)
- Notched six kills and one block at Kentucky (11/16)
- Posted six blocks and .538 hitting percentage against Georgia (11/11)
- Recorded six kills and six blocks versus LSU (11/6)
- Posted eight kills and two blocks against LSU (11/5)
- Tallied 10 kills and five blocks versus Ole Miss (11/2)
2021 - SENIOR
- Named 2021 AVCA Southeast All-Region
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/27)
- Registered a career-best 139 blocks in 2021
- Averaged 1.38 blocks per set - ranking second in the Southeastern Conference and eighth nationally
- Set a career-high with a .380 hitting percentage
- Posted five blocks and three kills against Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament Second Round (12/4)
- Put up four blocks and three kills in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against North Carolina (12/3)
- Recorded 10 kills and six blocks against Missouri (11/24)
- Tallied nine kills and six blocks on senior night versus Alabama (11/19)
- Recorded eight kills and five blocks in the win over Alabama (11/18)
- Posted three kills and eight blocks on the road at Mississippi State (11/14)
- Tallied 10 kills and four blocks against Mississippi State (11/13)
- Notched 11 kills and six blocks against Florida (11/4)
- Put down 13 kills and seven blocks in a five-set victory over LSU (10/23)
- Recorded 14 kills and nine blocks at South Carolina (10/9)
- Tallied 14 kills and seven blocks against Texas A&M (10/3)
- Totaled six kills and six blocks in a win over Texas A&M (10/2)
- Finished with eight kills and six blocks against Arkansas (9/26)
- Generated seven kills with a career-high 12 total blocks in a four-set win over Arkansas (9/25)
- Hit .600 with four kills against Jacksonville State (9/17)
- Scored seven kills and four blocks versus Purdue Fort Wayne (9/17)
- Recorded six kills and five blocks against Morehead State (9/12)
- Registered seven kills and five blocks to help Tennessee beat Morehead State (9/10)
- Had eight blocks against No. 7 Pitt (9/5)
- Posted six kills and three blocks versus No. 9 Baylor
- Recorded four kills in the win over Texas Tech (8/27)
2020-21 - JUNIOR
- Was selected to participate in the prestigious VOLeaders Academy, a year-long student-athlete leadership curriculum that culminated with a summer service trip to Belize
- Moved from outside hitter to middle blocker midway through the season
- Totaled 171 kills, averaging 2.38 kills per set
- Second on the team in blocks with 68 and an average of 0.94 blocks per set
- Recorded five kills and four blocks in UT's five-set win at home against LSU (3/25/21)
- Had five kills and three blocks in four-set victory over LSU (3/24/21)
- Brought in nine kills in the loss against Alabama (3/19/21)
- Racked up nine kills and had five block assists in a four-set loss against Arkansas (3/14/21)
- Brought in 14 kills on 24 attacks in a three-set sweep over Mississippi State (3/6/21)
- Recorded nine kills and a career-high 7 solo blocks in a four-set win over Mississippi State (3/5/21)
- Brought in 10 kills in the loss against Florida (2/26/21)
- Tailed 15 kills on 25 attacks in a five-set win over #16 Missouri (2/12/21)
- Racked up 11 kills and 4 blocks in the victory against #15 South Carolina (11/6/20)
- Recorded 12 kills, 5 aces, and 3 blocks in the win over Georgia (10/28/20)
- Tallied 17 kills on 40 attacks against #3 Kentucky (10/17/20)
- Brought in a .250 hitting percentage in the loss at #3 Kentucky (10/17/20)
2019 - SOPHOMORE
- Finished with 12 kills on 20 swings in the win over Alabama (11/22)
- Tallied 11 kills and seven total blocks in the win at Arkansas (11/13)
- Recorded 10 kills on 23 attacks in the win at Alabama (11/10)
- Hit .280 with 11 kills in the loss to Georgia (11/3)
- Totaled 16 kills and eight digs in the win over Ole Miss (11/1)
- Played MB collegiate for the first time in the loss to No. 25 Missouri
- Recorded eight kills in the loss at No. 25 Missouri (10/20)
- Finished with eight kills on 22 attacks in the loss to No. 16 Kentucky (10/16)
- Tallied nine kills in the sweep over Mississippi State (10/13)
- Recorded eight kills on 17 attacks in the win at Auburn (10/6)
- Finished with six kills in the loss at Georgia (10/4)
- Tallied 15 kills and 15 digs for her second career double-double in the win over Texas A&M (9/29)
- Saw her first career double-double at Ole Miss with 17 kills and 21 digs
- Recorded a career-high 17 kills on 50 attacks in the loss at Ole Miss (9/27)
- Finished with six digs and four kills in the win against North Dakota State (9/21)
- Tied her career-high 12 kills in the win over Georgia Southern (9/21)
- Tallied 10 kills on 25 attacks in the sweep over ETSU in the Tennessee Classic (9/20)
- Set a new career-high 12 kills on 28 attacks in the win over Houston (9/13)
- Finished with five kills in the win over Michigan State (9/7)
- Hit .500 with five kills in the sweep of Miami (OH) (9/7)
- Recorded seven kills on 15 attacks in the loss to Cincinnati at the Spartan Invitational
- Tied her career-high with 11 kills on a career-high 25 attacks in a loss at No. 6 Illinois (9/1)
- Recorded five kills on 13 attacks in a loss to No. 6 Illinois (8/30)
2018 - FRESHMAN
- Played in 29 matches, starting in 10 matches as a right side hitter in her freshman campaign
- Finished the season third on the team in total blocks (51) while also tallying 117 kills this season
- Totaled six kills and five blocks in the NCAA First Round win over Colorado State
- Led the Lady Vols offensively in a win over No. 13 Florida with 11 kills on 20 attacks
- Hit .375 with seven kills on 16 attacks in a win over Texas A&M
- Tallied seven kills on 13 attacks for a season-high hitting percentage of .538 in a loss to No. 16 Kentucky
- Notched three kills for a hitting percentage of .375 in a win against Missouri
- Recorded a .286 hitting percentage in a win over Evansville at the Flyer Invitational
- Totaled 11 kills on 20 attacks for a hitting percentage of .450 in a win over Indiana State at the Rocky Top Invitational
- Tallied five kills on 13 attacks for a hitting percentage of .308 in a win against Chattanooga
- Finished with four kills in nine attacks for a hitting percentage of .222 in a win against Belmont
- Started her Tennessee career recording three kills on 11 attacks, also recorded three total blocks in a win against No. 22 Michigan State
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Attended Northwest High School and competed for Northern Kentucky Youth Volleyball Club.
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 5.35 weighted GPA
- Three-time Southwest Ohio Conference first-team selection.
- Totaled 919 kills, 346 blocks, 127 serving aces and 474 digs as a four-year starter at NWHS.
- Named to the first-team All-City and All-City Academic Team as a senior in 2017.
- Led the SWOC in blocks as a junior in 2016.
- Recipient of the Northwest High School Page Award in 2014 and 2015.
PERSONAL
- Parents are Robyn and Jamie Mahaffey
- Born September 7
- Has two siblings, Evan and Eric
- Her aunt, Lisa Wyatt, was a member of UT's first varsity softball team in 1996.
- Completed her degree in Mathematics in May of 2022.
- Future Plans: "I hope to become a middle school math teacher."
- Why Tennessee: "It’s amazing to know that (my aunt) was here before me, making history."
- Lists helping NWHS win the Southwest Ohio Conference league championship for the first time in a decade as a freshman as her proudest athletic accomplishment.
- Recipient of Dr. Sharon B. Lord Women's Athletic Leadership Scholarship
- Recipient of the Margaret Burke Emmett & John Wells Wachter Scholarship Endowment
VB | Eve Rackham Watt Press Conference (8.25.25)
Monday, August 25
Everything Orange S2 I Volleyball Mashup
Thursday, October 03
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Saturday, December 02
VB | Tennessee Press Conference vs. Western Kentucky (12.2.23)
Saturday, December 02
