#33  Danielle Rauch

Four-year letterwinner at Michigan; started all 32 games of Michigan’s Elite 8 season at point guard (2021-22); CoSIDA Academic All-District; three-time Academic All-Big Ten; spent a season as a graduate manager at Clemson before deciding to return to the court to use her final year of eligibility.

2023-24: Graduate (Clemson)

• Played in 23 games and started in two
• Named to Academic All-ACC Team
• Tied her career high in steals (three) in games against ETSU and Syracuse
• Scored a season-high 13 points against Florida State
• Made two three pointers against Air Force, North Carolina, and Syracuse

2022-23: Graduate (Clemson)

• Graduate manager (redshirt season)

2021-22: Senior (Michigan)

• Earned fourth varsity letter
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Michigan’s female winner of the Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award
• Served as captain
• Michigan’s Big Ten sportsmanship honoree
• One of two Wolverines to start all 32 games, averaging 5.4 points and 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 32.6 minutes per game
• Recorded seven double-figure scoring efforts, the first double-figure scoring games of her career
• Finished out her Michigan career with the program’s historic Elite Eight appearance, turning in two points and two rebounds against Louisville (March 28)
• Turned in six rebounds against South Dakota (March 26), helping earn the Wolverines to their first Elite Eight appearance
• Scored five points in the final 30 seconds at Northwestern (Feb. 13), sending the game into overtime
• Grabbed a season-best eight rebounds against Iowa (Feb. 6) 
• Turned in three triples and scored a career-best 18 points at Wisconsin (Dec. 9) 
• Reached double-figures for the first time in her career, scoring 10 points against UMass Lowell (Nov. 16)

2020-21: Junior (Michigan)

• Earned third varsity letter
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Appeared in 19 games, starting five times
• Averaged 2.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 16.3 minutes per game
• Started all three of Michigan’s NCAA Tournament games
• Had a career-best nine points to go with five boards in the NCAA Tournament against Baylor (March 27)
• Turned in eight points with a pair of triples in the first-round win over Florida Gulf Coast (March 21)
• Went for seven points in 17 minutes off the bench against Wright State (Dec. 6)

2019-20: Sophomore (Michigan)

• Earned second varsity letter after appearing in 24 games, averaging 1.4 points and 1.0 rebounds in 11.4 minutes per game
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Started three games before suffering a hand injury on Feb. 5 and missing four weeks of action
• Returned in the Big Ten Tournament, seeing minutes in all three of Michigan’s games
• Scored a season-best eight points against Iowa (Feb. 2)
• In her second career start, had five points, one rebound and three assists at Northwestern (Jan. 30)
• Hit a pair of three-pointers against Kent State (Nov. 15)
• Scored five points and grabbed three rebounds during home opener against Western Michigan (Nov. 8) 

2018-19: Freshman (Michigan)

• Earned first varsity letter
• Appeared in 22 games, averaging 0.4 points and 0.3 rebounds in 4.6 minutes per game
• Scored five points with four assists in 18 minutes against LIU Brooklyn (Dec. 6)
• Also scored two points against Detroit Mercy (Nov. 19) and Morgan State (Dec. 15)

High School

• Bishop Ludden (2018)
• 2018 National Honor Society Chapter Leadership Award 
• 2018 Bishop Ludden Spirit Award
• Three-time recipient of Principal’s Trophy
• Named 2018 Class B Player of the Year by the New York State Sports Writers Association
• Two-time All-Central New York Player of the Year (small school)
• Averaged 14.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 4.5 steals per game as a senior
• Finished her career as Bishop Ludden’s all-time leading scorer with 1,811 points
• Also finished her career with 746 steals, 746 rebounds, 437 assists and 159 three-pointers
• Recorded a quadruple-double in Bishop Ludden’s season opener, going for 15 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and 11 steals
• Two-time Section III Class B Tournament MVP
• Recipient of Syracuse Sports Corporation’s Believe to Achieve Award
• Helped Ludden to back-to-back Section III Class B championships
• Three-star recruit by ESPN HoopGurlz
• Played AAU for I-90 Elite

Personal

• Born Danielle Marie Rauch on March 26, 2000
• Father, Len, played for former Michigan men’s basketball head coach John Beilein at Le Moyne
• Mother, Joanne, played volleyball at LeMoyne
• Brother, Jack, played basketball at Florida Southern College