2012 Women's Soccer
Danielle Hesse
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Whitefield Academy
- Hometown:
- Mableton, Ga.
2011
Played and started in all 20 games, anchoring the Bears’ midfield…Scored three goals on the year, including her first-career goal in Mercer’s 4-0 win at Presbyterian (9/16)…Two days later against Alabama St. she recorded her first multi-goal game, netting two goals in the 4-0 shutout(9/18)…Was named Atlantic Sun Player of the Week and honored by TopDrawerSoccer.com as part of its Women’s College Team of the Week after scoring the three goals(9/19)…Recorded a career-high 16 shots with six on goal as a junior, including a career-high 5 against Alabama St. (9/18)…Played the seventh most minutes on the team (1,318)…Her six points last season are the third best of returning players… Also named an All-Academic selection by the Atlantic Sun.
2010
Saw action in 18 of the Bears 20 games in 2010, including four starts from her midfield position as a sophomore…Recorded five shots on the year including two on goal…Received her first-career start against Georgia (9/3)…Matched career-high for shots, first against Jacksonville (9/26) and then again at Stetson (10/1)…For a second-straight season was named to the A-Sun All-Academic team.
2009
Played in 10 games for the Bears mainly in a supporting role coming off the bench as a true freshman…Was an A-Sun All-Academic team member thanks to her work in the classroom.
High School
Preeminent scorer for Whitefield Academy with 33 goals and 27 assists her last two high school seasons…Career marks include 64 goals and 46 assists in four years…Team captain as a junior and senior…2007 and 2008 Area 3 First team…2007 and 2008 Cobb County Second team…Played with Athena A club team.
Personal
Born September 7, 1990 to Laurie and Jack Hesse in Mableton, Ga.…Has an older brother, Brent, and younger sister, Caitlin…Selected Mercer over Emory, Oglethorpe, GCSU and Columbus State…National Honor Society member…Majoring in engineering.
Hesse’s Career Stats
Year GP/GS G A Pts Shots GWG
2009 10-0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 18-4 0 0 0 5 0
2011 20-20 3 0 6 16 1
TOTALS 48-24 3 0 6 21 1
