Eastern Michigan Athletics
Danielle Minott Joins EMU Women's Basketball Team
6/21/2016 10:45:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Minott joins the Eagles after spending two seasons at Syracuse
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- Eastern Michigan University Head Women's Basketball Coach Fred Castro announced the addition of Syracuse University transfer, Danielle Minott (Miami, Fla.-Miami Country Day) for the 2016-17 academic year. Minott joins the Eagles for the upcoming season but will not be eligible to play until the 2017-18 campaign due to NCAA transfer rules.
"We are ecstatic to have a player of Danielle's caliber joining our program," said Castro. "Danielle is a quality student-athlete which will bring a championship mentality to our team. She is a physical guard that can get to the rim and shoot over defenders at will."
In two seasons at Syracuse, Minott (pronounced my-NOT) helped the Orange to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Final Four in 2016. Minott's best game of her collegiate career came in a non-conference tilt against Vermont, Dec. 1, 2014, when the Miami, Fla. native scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting, while adding four rebounds and a steal in 10 minutes of action.
A 5-foot-8 guard, Minott was a three-star recruit coming out of Miami Country Day in Miami, Fla. before heading to Syracuse, N.Y. The 18th-ranked guard in the class of 2014, Minott led her team to a 26-3 record and the school's first-ever 3A FHSAA girls state championship as a senior. In her final prep season, Minott averaged 18.8 points per game, 8.3 rebounds, four steals, and 2.5 assists, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 35 percent from the three-point line.
Minott joins an Eastern Michigan squad that finished the year with a 22-12 record (10-8 MAC) and earned its second straight trip to the Postseason WNIT Tournament, where the Green and White advanced to the second round.
"We are ecstatic to have a player of Danielle's caliber joining our program," said Castro. "Danielle is a quality student-athlete which will bring a championship mentality to our team. She is a physical guard that can get to the rim and shoot over defenders at will."
In two seasons at Syracuse, Minott (pronounced my-NOT) helped the Orange to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Final Four in 2016. Minott's best game of her collegiate career came in a non-conference tilt against Vermont, Dec. 1, 2014, when the Miami, Fla. native scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting, while adding four rebounds and a steal in 10 minutes of action.
A 5-foot-8 guard, Minott was a three-star recruit coming out of Miami Country Day in Miami, Fla. before heading to Syracuse, N.Y. The 18th-ranked guard in the class of 2014, Minott led her team to a 26-3 record and the school's first-ever 3A FHSAA girls state championship as a senior. In her final prep season, Minott averaged 18.8 points per game, 8.3 rebounds, four steals, and 2.5 assists, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 35 percent from the three-point line.
Minott joins an Eastern Michigan squad that finished the year with a 22-12 record (10-8 MAC) and earned its second straight trip to the Postseason WNIT Tournament, where the Green and White advanced to the second round.
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