Danielle Gratton

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
High School:
Bethel Park
Hometown:
Bethel Park, Pa.

2008-09 (Junior): Named Third Team All-Mid American Conference ... Earned MAC Player of the Week honors Feb. 2 after averaging 20.0 points per game and 7.0 rebounds to help the Cardinals to victories over North Dakota and Miami University ... Scored six points and pulled down five boards in the Cardinals 71-55 upset over Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... Averaged 11.7 points and 7.7 rebounds in three games at the MAC Tournament ... Hit a big three-pointer down the stretch in the MAC Championship to tie the game, 51-51 ... Gratton excels in the classroom as she was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Team with a 3.91 grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale ... Started in all 35 games for the Cardinals ... Averaged 11.7 points per game while leading the team in rebounding with 7.0 a contest ... Earned All-MAC Academic honors ... Chipped in a career-high 21 points in a win over North Dakota ... Pulled down a personal best 14 rebounds at home against Toledo ... Scored in double figures 20 times ... Recorded four double-doubles last season ... Played a personal best 36 minutes twice ... Tallied 244 rebounds, which is the Ball State record for most rebounds in a season.

2007-08 : Sat out after transferring from Illinois.

2006-07 (Illinois): Saw action in 16 games for Illinois as a sophomore, including the final 14 of the season ... Missed 15 games due to an injury ... Averaged 3.2 points and 2.1 rebounds in 12.5 minutes per game ... Scored a season-high seven points and dished out a season-high three assists in 15 minutes against Northwestern ... Posted a season-high four rebounds on five different occasions ... Saw a season-high 18 minutes of action against Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament ... Academic All-Big Ten selection..

2005-06 (Illinois): Saw action in the first 22 games of the season as a true freshmen before being sidelined with an injury ... Averaged 4.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in 13 minutes per game ... Scored nine points in 13 minutes at Bradley ... Tallied nine points against Michigan ... Posted seven points and six boards in 20 minutes of play against Penn State.

High School: Ranked the 76th best senior in the country by Blue Star Basketball ... Scored 1,122 career points at Bethel Park ... First Team All-State as a senior after averaging 15.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.1 assist and 2.6 steals per game ... Named to the prestigious "Fabulous Five" by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ... Also named to the "Terrific Ten" by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review ... Led the Hawks to a 23-4 overall record as a junior when she averaged 13.4 points, 3.3 assists, 2.7 steals and 0.9 blocks per game ... Invited to attend the Adidas Top 10 All-American Camp in 2004.

Personal: Born May 16, 1987 ... Daughter of Donald and Darlene Gratton ... Has one brother, Donny, and two sisters, Nicole and April ... earned bachelors degree from Ball State in communications in the spring of 2009 ... is currently working on a masters degree.