2010: Started all 51 games of the season in the center field as she was just one of two players to play the entire year in one spot... was the lead-off hitter all season as well, as she ranked No. 3 in batting with a .253 average... recorded the squad's lone triple of the season, as the Panthers swept the weekend series at Southeast Missouri... was 10-for-11 in stolen bases to finish her Panther career with 47 total thefts... however, did finally have her her long-standing freshman stolen base record of 17 tied by freshman Melise Brown... nailed 37 total hits, touched home 11 times and finished with 42 bases off a .288 slug mark... led squad with seven sacrifice bunts... out of all the regular starters, she recorded the least number of errors in the outfield, with just three... EIU Career Rankings: sixth in stolen bases.
2009: One of five players to start and play in all 54 games over the course of the season... made herself at home out at center field, as she was the lone Panther to play the same position all season long... finished with a .273 batting average, via 48 hits off 170 attempts... nailed two game-winning hits, including a two-out walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh against Tennessee State, as the Panthers pulled out the 4-3 win... batted in the second spot of the lineup in all but one game... recorded two triples, each in early season tournament play against Virginia and North Dakota State... notched nine RBIs, including a season and career high of three versus North Dakota State... recorded 11 multi-hit games, including two in OVC action... moves her career multi-hit game total to 24, following her junior season... her five-game hitting streak in the season tied her previous high that she earned as a freshman in 2006... went 4-for-7 (.571) when up to bat when bases were loaded with other Panther runners... led squad with 11 sac bunts and successfully advanced EIU runners 54% of the time... ranked third on the squad for stolen bases, going 14-for-21, moving her career total thefts to 37... recorded just five errors off 84 put-outs for a .946 fielding mark... OVC Top 10 Rankings: seventh in stolen bases... EIU Career Rankings: seventh in stolen bases.
2008: UT Chattanooga Frost Classic All-Tournament Team… Danca started the first seven games of the season in center field before suffering a thumb injury in the win against Jackson State… was able to play in all three games of the Tennessee State series as the designated player before being shutdown for the season… was granted a medical redshirt… went 6-for-11 with four runs scored and four stolen bases to earn All-Tournament Team honors at the UTC Frost Classic… was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three stolen bases in the win against Buffalo.
2007: Danca played in 49 games and started 34 times, primarily in left field… led the team with six outfield assists for the second year in a row… reached base 32 percent of the time when leading off an inning… collected all five of her RBIs in EIU wins… delivered a two-out, two-run single in win the over Stephen F. Austin… also came through with RBI hits in back-to-back wins against Missouri State and Tulsa… knocked in the game-tying run in the sixth inning of the game one win over Tennessee State… ignited the two-run rally in the series finale win at Samford with a leadoff base hit… had two hits and scored a run in the walk-off win over Ball State… was 3-for-6 with a double and three runs scored in doubleheader sweep of Southeast Missouri… beat out an infield single in the bottom of the seventh in game two of the Illinois doubleheader to send the game into extra innings.
2006: Played in 58 games and started 52 times, primarily in left field… broke the EIU freshman stolen bases record, finishing the year with a team-high 17… scored the game-winning run in the extra-inning victory over Jacksonville State at the OVC Tournament after leading off the top of the eighth with her second hit of the day… four of her five RBIs came with two outs… batted .316 in the month of May, highlighted by a 3-for-10 showing at the OVC Tournament… hit well above her season average in OVC play (.246) and in true road games (.242)… was 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts in the month of May… led EIU with six outfield assists… also led the team in sacrifice hits (9)… hit safely in five of the first six OVC games, punctuated by a three-hit, two-stolen base effort in the rubber game of the Morehead State series… also had three hits early in the season against Jackson State… tripled and scored in the finale of the Austin Peay series as EIU completed the sweep… was successful in 16 of her first 17 stolen base attempts… seven multi-hit games, five coming in OVC play... EIU Freshman Records: stolen bases (17)… OVC Rankings: fifth in stolen bases… EIU Single-Season Rankings: 10th in stolen bases.
HIGH SCHOOL: Angie was a four-year letter-winner for coaches Laura McCarthy and Erin Gibler… Upstate 8 Conference position player MVP as a senior... also earned team MVP and hustle awards... Naperville Sun First Team All-Area as a senior... NVHS and ROTC ‘Female Athlete of the Year’… team captain as junior and senior... First-Team All-Conference as a junior and HM as sophomore and freshman... led the league in stolen bases and runs scored... National Honor Society member… won summer league state championships twice with the Aurora Raiders and again with the DuPage Wildcats… NVHS was a two-time regional champ.
PERSONAL: No. 1 sports highlight was scoring the game-winning run with a “wrap-around slide” on a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the seventh… her parents have been a major influence on her sports career because “they are always there for me and through all the traveling and cost of playing the game”… most admires former EIU all-conference performer Julie Fonda-Smith because “she was there to help me through a rough time in my career with her enthusiasm and extreme love for the game... she got me started hitting from the left side, too”… her father was a diver at Northern Illinois, while her uncle Mark played defensive end for the Chicago Bears.
OFF THE FIELD WITH ANGIE:
My major at EIU... sociology
Daughter of... Rich & Lucy Danca
My nickname... ‘Danc’
Names of my dogs... ‘Bella’ & ‘Brody’, both boxers
Favorite food dishes... pasta, chicken & ice cream
One of my favorite quotes... “Go 110%... even when no one is watching“
A couple of my hobbies include... photography & making collages
EIU athlete I enjoy watching play... Megan Nelson, fellow senior softball player
Favorite building on campus... Old Main
An unusual travel locale... Hawai’i
Not crazy about eating... meatloaf
Favorite musical artist... Nickleback
A goal I hope to achieve while at EIU... “would like to set a new EIU single-season stolen base record”
Must-see tv & movie... ‘Home Improvement’ & ‘A League of Their Own’
Currently driving... a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am GT
A professor & class I have enjoyed... Craig Eckert’s sociology class
Favorite pro sports squad... the Chicago Cubs
Advice I would give to a younger athlete... “give everything you’ve got every year... enjoy it, because it will go by way too fast”
