MONK CONFESSIONS

Accolades: 

ECAC Player of the Week: 10/15/2012
GNAC Player of the Week: 10/15/2012, 9/16/2013
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 9/12/2011
GNAC Honor Roll: 10/3/2011
GNAC All-Academic (2013, 2014, 2015)

2014: Started all 20 games as a senior forward…took 49 shots, 23 on goal, and scored twice to go along with an assist for a total of five points…netted a goal in a 2-0 win at New England College on September 7th…scored the game winner against Albertus Magnus on September 27th to give the monks a 1-0 win…came through with a key assist to aid the monk’s 1-0 win at Rivier on October 13th…started 66 of 69 career games for the monks…finishes her career with 19 goals and seven assists for a total of 45 points…GNAC All-Academic in 2014 for the second consecutive year.

2013: Played in all 19 games with 18 starts as a junior…netted six goals with three assists for 15 total points…led the Monks in goals and points and ranked second on the side in shots (46) and shots on goal (19)…also potted a pair of game-winners…scored both of the Monks’ goals in a 2-1 victory over GNAC-rival Johnson & Wales on September 14th…added two assists – a career-high - in a 3-1 triumph over University of Saint Joseph on September 28th…recorded a personal-best seven shots against Maine-Presque Isle the following day…netted the overtime winner in a 1-0 victory over Simmons College on October 19th…named GNAC Player of the Week on September 16th...earned GNAC All-Academic honors for the second-consecutive year.

2012: Played in all 17 games with 16 starts as a sophomore forward…tied for the team-lead in goals (6), points (12) and game winners (2) and paced the Royal Blue in shots (35) and shots on goal (23)…also netted a pair of first goals and two game-tying goals during the season…scored game-winning goals in back to back contests with markers versus Rivier University and University of Maine-Presque Isle on October 13th and 14th, respectively…steered five shots on target in a 3-0 loss at the hands of University of Saint Joseph on September 19th...selected as the GNAC and ECAC Player of the Week on October 15th.

2011: Started 13 games for the Royal Blue as a freshman…ranked second on the team with five goals and 13 points…scored first career collegiate goal in a 1-1 deadlock with Norwich University on September 10th…netted two goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-0 victory over Simmons College on September 28th…selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on September 12th and claimed GNAC Honor Roll mention on October 3rd. 

High School: Played three years of varsity soccer for Dr. Christopher Kohl at Thornton Academy...made states her junior year and advanced to the Western Maine Finals her senior year...finished second in the state both years...scored two goals her sophomore year, 10 goals her junior year, and six goals as a senior...made the list of top 25 players in Southern Maine and earned Second Team All-SMAA honors...also collected SMAA All-Academic Team mention...participated in the Senior All-Star Game for Special Olympics in the summer of 2011 and recorded an assist on her team’s only goal in the exhibition contest...also participated in indoor and outdoor track.

Personal: Danielle Lynn Daigle, born in Dayton, Maine...daughter of Dan and Cheryl Daigle...majoring in Exercise Science.