Danielle Strauf '22 Recruiting Profile

I am currently a member of the Class of 2022 at Pittsford-Mendon High School in Pittsford, NY, a southeast suburb of Rochester in Western New York.   While Basketball is my passion, I also enjoy playing Soccer and painting/drawing art as a hobby.  Since the Eighth grade I’ve been enrolled in Honors level classes while maintaining 95+ average in my coursework.

My strengths are leadership, team-first player, commitment, strong character, and high basketball IQ while excelling academically in the classroom.  While I started at Point Guard these past two high school seasons, I'm very comfortable playing Shooting Guard and Small Forward positions.   I enjoy playing an up tempo game, take pride in being a strong defensive player, and believe in ball movement to find the best shot for me and my teammates.

I am interested in studying Architecture/Liberal Arts in college while playing at a high level in a competitive basketball program.

Junior Year (2020-21) – Team Captain.  Started all 15 Varsity games at Point Guard during this COVID-19 shortened season, averaging 10.7 PPG, 5.3 Assists, 4.8 Rebounds, and 2  Steals per game.  Our team was undefeated (15-0) and won the 2021 Sectional Championship.   I was  selected to the post season All-Tournament team,  earned 1st Team All County and 2nd Team All Greater Rochester honors for the 2020-21 season.  Selected to 2nd Team All Greater Rochester (AGR).

Sophomore Year (2019-20) – Started all 24 Varsity games at Point Guard, averaging 9.9 PPG, 6 Assists, 5 Rebounds, and 2.4 Steals per game.  Our team won the 2020 Sectional Championship and was preparing for a State Championship run when the season was cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.  I was selected to the 2020 NYS All Star Team.  I was also selected to the post season All-Tournament team and earned 2^nd Team All County honors for the 2019-20 season.

Freshman Year (2018-19) - Member of the Varsity team and averaged 5.1 points while averaging 12 minutes a game playing PG, SG, and SF positions.  Our team won both State Championship and NYS Federation Championship in 2019. 

Summary of 2019 NYS Class A Western Regional:

https://amp.democratandchronicle.com/amp/3104137002

Junior Varsity (2016-2018) - I began playing high school basketball on the Junior Varsity team when I was in 7^th grade as Point Guard, starting 15 of 20 games.  My second season on JV, I was the starting Point Guard and captain of the team.   I joined the Varsity program during the post season and helped the team win a Sectional Championship in 2018, averaging 4.5 points while averaging 8 minutes a game.