FMU: Returning starter....Helped team reach Sweet 16 of 2009 NCAA Tournament.....Great athlete....Fierce rebounder....Good defender....Runs the floor well in transition....Added immediate help in the frontcourt in 2008-09....Past member of FMU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)....Transfer from Charleston Southern University....CSU:  Averaged 1.1 ppg, 0.7 rpg in 14 games as a freshman.

PERSONAL:  Born Danelle Alyce Downs in Bowie, Md.....Attended Butler High School and played for coach Stephanie Butler.....As a senior, averaged 9 ppg 13 rpg, 5 apg and earned AAAA All-Conference honors....Team’s Top Defensive award....2-year starter.....Helped BHS to consecutive conference championships in 2006 and 2007....Also an All-Conference performer in track....National Honor Society....Named a Charlotte Observer Top Scholar.....She is double jointed in her shoulders and elbows....Saw Barack Obama before he was elected President....Hobbies include swimming, shopping, reading, and texting.....Nickname is Dee.

PERSONAL FAVORITES: (athlete) Michael Jordan, (team) University of Maryland Terrapins, (movie) Love & Basketball, (food) Peach cobbler, (FMU) The community support for the basketball program, (What's in my iPOD/CD) Trey Songz, Chris Brown, Drake, and Rick Ross.

CAREER STATS:

Three-Point Shots: 0-0 in 2007-08; 0-0 in 2008-09; 0-0 in 2009-10

(2007-08 stats at Charleston Southern, 2008-10 stats at Francis Marion)