2022-23 Swimming & Diving Roster

Danielle Scarano

  • Class Senior
  • Position Diving
  • Highschool Newburgh Free Academy
  • Hometown New Windsor, N.Y.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
1 Meter Diving 256.80 Pittsburgh Quad Meet (10.12.2019)
3 Meter Diving 248.25 La Salle (11.26.2019)
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2020-21 (Sophomore)
BIG EAST Champion 1 Meter Diving (242.90 prelim) (497.50 final)
All-BIG EAST 1 Meter Diving
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

Villanova Career: Had a major 2020-21 season in which she was the BIG EAST champion on the 1-meter diving board … Three-time scorer at the conference championships and has been a part of consecutive team titles at the BIG EAST meet … Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and eight-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
2022-23: Did not compete.
 
2021-22: Did not compete.
 
2020-21: Won her first career BIG EAST title on the 1-meter board and added a fourth place finish on the 3-meter board at the conference championships … Prior to the BIG EAST meet competed once during the  regular season in an abbreviated competition season; BIG EAST Championships (4/7-4/10): Posted a winning score of 497.50 in the 1-meter diving competition to win her first BIG EAST title … Led a field of nine competitors in the preliminaries with a score of 242.90 before maintaining her position in the final to claim the gold medal … Finished fourth in the 3-meter competition on the final night of the meet … Had a score of 237.85 in the prelims and finished with a total score of 471.95 … Helped the Wildcats extend their string of consecutive BIG EAST team titles to eight in a row; Loyola Md. (3/13): Finished first in the 3-meter diving competition with a winning score of 240.44 points and was third on the 1-meter board with a score of 229.65 points in her only competition before the BIG EAST Championships.
 
2019-20: Scored team points in the 1-meter diving competition at the BIG EAST Championships, finishing sixth in the final at the conference meet with a total of 457.40 … Maintained her position after also ranking sixth in the preliminary round with a score of 233.15 … Finished ninth in the preliminaries of the 3-meter diving competition at the BIG EAST meet, posting a score of 212.05 … Competed at a total of 11 meets during her freshman collegiate campaign … Posted season-high scores of 256.80 on the 1-meter board in a quad meet at Pittsburgh and 248.25 on the 3-meter board at La Salle … Her top results of the season were runner-up finishes in the 3-meter competition in dual meets against Georgetown and La Salle.
 
Newburgh Free Academy: Earned three varsity letters in swimming & diving … Was a New York state champion as a junior … Three-year member of the Science Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 10/29/01 in Newburgh, N.Y. … Older of two daughters of Gene and Jackie Scarano … Has a younger sister, Marissa (17) … Chose to attend Villanova for its combination of academics, athletics, community and culture … Enrolled in the Villanova School of Business and has yet to declare a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Diver
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Diving
  • 2021-22Junior

    Diving
  • 2022-23Senior

    Diving