WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State welcomes five-time Olympian Danielle Scott to D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Saturday, July 29.
 
The legendary standout delivers the keynote address for MSU volleyball's fundraiser for the team's first trip abroad to Argentina slated for August. Tables for eight are available for purchase or sponsorship at $500 each. Individual seats are $75 apiece. Contact MSU assistant John Forman to purchase your seat today at (940) 397-6212 or via email at john.forman@mwsu.edu.
 
Before starring on the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team as a middle blocker for 19 years, Danielle played collegiately at Long Beach State where she was a three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American First-Team selection.
 
Scott led the 49ers to the NCAA title as a senior in 1993 when she earned three major postseason awards – AVCA and Volleyball Magazine Player of the Year and the Honda Award as the nation's best female volleyball player. That same year, she earned All-Big West Conference in basketball to become the first player to earn all-conference accolades in two sports in one season.
 
She joined the U.S. Women's National Team on a full-time basis in 1994, making her international debut at the Goodwill Games and played in her first of three FIVB World Championships. In 1995, she helped Team USA win its first-ever FIVB World Grand Prix title with extensive time off the bench. After biding her time as a key reserve in her first two years, Scott was selected to her first of five consecutive Olympics – the 1996 Atlanta Games where she started the final two matches.
 
Four years later, Scott became a veteran leader on a rather young 2000 Olympic Team that finished fourth in Sydney. She was named best blocker of the 2000 Olympics where she had 33 blocks as part of her 139 total points.
 
Scott carried that success through the rest of the decade with multiple medals and individual honors. She sparked the Americans to the 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix title as she was honored with the most valuable player award, Best Scorer and Best Blocker awards.
 
In the following year, Scott led the U.S. to the 2002 FIVB World Championship silver medal as she was named best blocker. She paced Team USA to the bronze medal at the 2003 FIVB World Cup where the Americans qualified for the 2004 Olympics. At the Athens Games, she was seventh overall in blocking despite the USA's disappointing knockout in the quarterfinals.
 
Team USA's late quadrennial momentum continued in 2008 as Scott-Arruda and her overachieving teammates found themselves in the Beijing Olympic Games final against Brazil before taking home the silver medal – the team's first Olympic medal since 1992.
 
After missing all of 2010 while pregnant with her daughter Julianne, Scott worked herself back into shape and was a key performer off the bench to help Team USA win gold at the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix and silver at the 2011 FIVB World Cup, thus again earning a berth into the 2012 Olympics.
 
Based on her strong efforts starting eight of 14 matches of the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix leading to her fifth gold in that event, Scott was selected to her fifth Olympic Games at the age of 39. As a reserve middle playing six sets in the London Games, she provided a veteran presence for the Americans to finish with the 2012 Olympic silver medal, losing only to Brazil in the finals.
 
Scott's second-to-last appearance wearing the Red, White and Blue was in 2013, playing in the inaugural USA Volleyball Cup against Japan on June 12 at Long Beach State where she played collegiately. Since then, she has been an integral part of USA Volleyball's High Performance pipeline coaching the next generation of aspiring Olympians.
 
Scott is one of only four volleyball players – male or female – to have participated in five Olympic Games.
 
Along with the five Olympic Games appearances, Danielle's career included four appearances in the FIVB World Cup, three selections to FIVB World Championships and 11 appearances in FIVB World Grand Prix tournaments.
 
Scott gained induction into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016.