Dana Howling Wolf Keller '27 Recruiting Profile

My name is Dana Howling Wolf Keller and I am Native American from the MHA Nation of North Dakota. I was a foster kid and adopted by my parents, John & Patty Keller when I was 8 years old after being their foster kid for 4 years. My Mom, Patty was a NCAA D2 college athletic director when I arrived and I lived in the gym with her. I had the best opportunity to be mentored and nurtured by amazing student-athletes and coaches. I saw first hand how hard work pays off and that respect, teamwork, and discipline are all part of the game. I grew up playing soccer but my love for volleyball grew when I was able to play club volleyball at 11 years old. I love in volleyball that you are working as an individual yet you must work together as a team. Volleyball is organized chaos and I love that about the game. I am most proud of my work ethic and positivity that I display as part of my team, whenever I am not in the game you will see me standing on the sidelines cheering for my team. My serve is one of the best part of my game but I really struggled getting my serve over the net when I first started playing volleyball so I worked very hard in the off season and watched a lot of YouTube clips to now have a very strong serve and I am able to target anywhere on the course to serve it to as well. In club volleyball, I always help out at the score table (I love keeping score) and I am the first person to congratulate my teammate or lift them up with positive encouragement. I love being the setter because I am able to set my teammates up for success and I have worked very hard on my defense and offensive skills as well so I am a strong all around player. I want to be a volleyball All-American but I also want to be Miss. America! I work hard in school too which is hard for me due to my learning disabilities but I never give up and I always put forth my best effort!