Villanova Univeristy Athletics

 

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2023-24 (Senior)
BIG EAST Champion	200 Yard IM (1:49.06 prelim) (1:46.87 final)
All-BIG EAST	200 IM
All-BIG EAST	400 IM
All-BIG EAST	200 Fly
2022-23 (Junior)
All-BIG EAST	200 Yard IM
2021-22 (Sophomore)
BIG EAST Champion	200 Yard Butterfly (1:47.46)
All-BIG EAST	400 Yard Individual Medley
All-BIG EAST	200 Yard Butterfly
2020-21 (Freshman)
All-BIG EAST	200 Yard Butterfly
All-BIG EAST	200 Yard Individual Medley
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

Villanova Career: Two-time BIG EAST Champion, winning gold in the 200 IM and 200 Fly … Program’s record holder in the 200 Fly (1:46.90), 200 IM (1:46.87) and 400 IM (3:49.63) while being the fourth-best 100 IM performer (53.94) …Holds seven of Villanova’s top 10 200 Fly times and five of the top 10 in the 200 IM … An eight-time All-BIG EAST performer, three times in the 200 Fly and 200 IM and twice in the 400 IM … Earned Academic All-Area Team status three consecutive years … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic and CSC Academic All-District teams twice.
 
2023-24: Closed his Villanova career in dominating fashion, resetting the program’s records in the 200 Fly (1:46.90), 200 IM (1:46.87) and 400 IM (3:49.63) with All-BIG EAST status in each event … Became the BIG EAST Champion in the 200 IM; BIG EAST Championships (2/28-3/2): Pieced together a three-day stretch of program-record swims with three consecutive Championship Final appearances … Won the 200 IM title with the fastest time in team history (1:46.87) … Earned silver with a program-best time of 3:49.63 in the 400 IM before taking bronze in the 200 Fly with a program-record 1:46.90; West Virginia (1/27): Finished third in the 200 Fly (1:50.91); Providence (1/13): Won the 200 SC Meter Fly in 2:05.80; WVU Invitational (11/16-18): Won the B Finals of the 200 Fly (1:50.29) and 400 IM (3:56.81); La Salle (11/4): Won the 200 Fly (1:52.27) and was second in the 100 Fly (51.44); NJIT (11/3): Posted wins in the 200 Fly (1:51.62) and 200 IM (1:53.94); Rider (11/1): Won the 200 Fly (1:53.43) and was second in the 200 IM (1:55.39); Georgetown (10/28): Went 1:53.04 and 1:54.08 in the 200 Fly and 200 IM, respectively, finishing second in both.
 
2022-23: All-BIG EAST performer in the 200 IM with a career-best time of 1:48.20 to become the second-fastest performer in program history … Record 12 top-three finishes throughout the season including three winning swims; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Made three championship finals … Earned silver in the 200 IM (1:48.20) while finishing fifth in both the 200 Fly (1:47.93) and the 400 IM (3:54.91); West Virginia (1/28): Finished second in the 200 IM (1:55.96) and third in the 200 Fly (1:53.67); Providence (1/14): Won both the 200 IM (1:56.21) and the 200 Fly (1:54.35); WVU Invitational (11/17-19): Landed third in the 400 IM (3:55.90); Penn (11/9): Finished third in the 400 IM (4:22.69); NJIT (11/5): Touched second in the 200 IM (1:56.90); Georgetown (10/29): Logged a pair of top-three finishes, winning the 200 Fly (1:53.93) and finishing third in the 200 IM (1:56.87).
 
2021-22: BIG EAST Champion in the 200 Fly with a program-best time of 1:47.46 … Earned All-BIG EAST status in that event and in the 400 IM; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Shaved two seconds off of his prelim time of 1:49.34 to go from second to first place in the 200 Fly … Was third in the 400 IM with a personal best time of 3:52.99 while also knocking down a PR in the 200 IM at 1:48.89, both going down as season-highs for the team; Penn State (1/28): Turned in top-three finishes in both the 200 Fly (1:53.85) and 200 IM (1:54.77); West Virginia (1/22): Swept second-place in all three events he competed in – the 200 Breast (2:09.55), 200 Fly (1:53.86) and 200 IM (1:54.64); Pittsburgh (1/20): Finished as high as third in the 200 Fly (1:53.59); La Salle (11/22): Logged a third-place showing in the 100 Fly (53.00); WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Left the WVU Invitational with three personal bests in the 50 Free (relay) (22.90), 100 Free (47.29)  and 200 Free (47.29) … Finished second in the 400 IM (3:57.93) after landing second through the prelims, shaving three seconds off of his time in the finals; Penn (11/10): Swam the opening leg for the 400 Free Relay group that finished third with a time of 3:19.98 … Was fourth in both the 100 Breast (1:00.50) and 100 Fly (52.97); NJIT (11/5): Earned a pair of second-place swims, touching the wall in 1:54.94 for the 200 Fly and 1:55.83 for the 200 IM; Georgetown (10/30): Picked up a pair of winning swims in the dual with the Hoyas, winning the 200 Fly (1:53.93) and the 200 IM (1:56.21).
 
2020-21: Was an All-BIG EAST performer in both the 200 yard butterfly and the 200 yard individual medley at the conference championships … Reached the championship final of all three of his individual events at the BIG EAST meet, including a fourth place finish in the 400 yard individual medley … Recorded personal best times in all three events at the BIG EAST Championships … Had the fastest time on the team in the 200 fly for the season, as well as ranking second on the squad in the 400 IM and third in the 200 IM … Registered a personal best time in the 1000 yard freestyle against Loyola (Md.) earlier in the year … Closed out the BIG EAST meet by finishing third in the 200 fly on the final night of the championships … Registered a personal best time of 1:49.00 in the final after he ranked second in the preliminary heats with a time of 1:49.62 … Came in third in the final of the 200 IM with a personal best time of 1:50.22 and jumped three spots after he was sixth in the prelims in 1:51.40 … Placed fourth in the 400 IM with a time of 3:57.29 … Also was fourth in the prelims in 3:58.75 … Made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Delaware and swam in the 200 IM, the 200 fly and the 200 yard backstroke … Won the 200 back in 1:56.92 while finishing third in the 200 fly (1:56.26) and the 200 IM (1:57.17) … Also led off the 200 yard medley relay versus the Blue Hens and helped Villanova finish second in the race in 1:47.48 … Finished fourth in the 200 IM (2:00.01) against Drexel and swam the butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay for the Wildcats “B” team in the race … Finished fourth in the 200 fly (1:54.63) and fifth in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 52.40 against Seton Hall … Swam the second leg of the 400 yard freestyle relay in the “B” lineup … Registered a personal best time of 9:57.92 and finished third in the 1000 free against Loyola (Md.) … Placed fifth in the 200 back (1:59.91) and fourth in the 100 fly (52.76) at that meet in addition to swimming the butterfly leg of the 400 medley relay.
 
Club Swimming: Competed for Lakeland Hills YMCA … Named a Scholastic All-American in 2020 … Swam in the YMCA short course and long course nationals in 2019 … Placed seventh in the Long Course National 400 yard individual medley and 12^th in the Long Course National 200 yard butterfly … Also came in 15^th in the Short Course Nationals 400 yard individual medley.
 
Whippany Park High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming … Won two Morris County titles and was undefeated in high school races his senior year … Earned first team all-conference accolades … Set school records in the 50, 100 and 200 and yard freestyle races, as well as in the 400 meter freestyle, the 100 yard backstroke and the 200 yard individual medley … Two-year team captain … Named the Daily Record Athlete of the Week … Winner of the Presidential Award for Educational Excellence and was named the Student of the Month as a senior … Two-year member of the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 5/7/02 in Livingston, N.J. … One of three children of John and Shawn Danus … Has two siblings, Conor (23) and Quinn (19) … Chose to attend Villanova for its outstanding combination of academic and athletic programs … Noted that the team felt welcoming and that he felt at home upon arriving on campus … Enrolled in the Villanova School of Business and has yet to declare a major.