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Danny O'Donnell

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/16/2021
  • Sport
    Men's Hockey (NCAA)
  • Bio
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Throughout the 2020-2021 year, the Aurora University athletic department will highlight the senior student-athletes. The seniors will provide some insight to their time at AU while getting to know them as individuals they have grown into in their time as a Spartan.

Senior Spotlight: Danny O'Donnell (Men's Hockey)
Majors: Business Administration and Finance
What are your plans after graduation? Not 100% sure yet.
What is your most memorable/best academic experience at AU? Straight A's freshman year, first time in my life
What is your most memorable athletic moment at AU? First Collegiate goal
Other than the sport(s) you play; what other sports activity are you good at? I like to golf, swim, hike, and play any type of game really. I am pretty much slightly above average at all of them except golf I am still working on that one.
Outside of sports, what is your favorite hobby or activity? Video games and hiking
What is your favorite meal in the cafeteria? Chicken nuggets and mac n cheese
What AU faculty or staff member had the greatest impact on you and why? Susan Russel was my professor for two courses here at AU. She was very fun and did a great job getting the class to learn even though the material was very dry and kind of boring.
What do you enjoy most and least about practice? I enjoy scoring on Josh Boyko the most in practice, I least enjoy minute drills
Do you have any pregame rituals? Play sewer with the boys
What advice would you give to underclassmen at AU? Remember to have fun college goes by fast
If you had to listen to one song on repeat forever, what would it be and why? Wonderwall by Oasis because it is a song I cannot help but sing every time I hear it
What is something that people may not know about you but should? Get to know me and you will find out
If you could spend an hour each with three people (past or present), who would you choose and why? Snoop Dogg because he is hilarious and seems like a very cool guy, The Dalai Lama because he is a very enlightened man and I feel like he would teach me a lot about how to live a fulfilling life, and finally, I would choose Chris Harrison because I really want his job so maybe I could convince him to let me take over when he is done.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/26/2022 Jalen Depenbrock Men's Soccer
10/26/2022 Ben Slatcoff Football
10/19/2022 Jack Vercautren Men's Golf
10/12/2022 Kallie Sakamoto Women's Golf
10/5/2022 Kelly Deterding Women's Golf
10/5/2022 Josh Swanson Football
9/27/2022 Branden Dolezal Men's Soccer
9/27/2022 Sydnei Avery Women's Volleyball
9/21/2022 Marcellus Romious Football
9/21/2022 Deedee Colon Maldonado Women's Cross Country
9/14/2022 Scott Boyajian Men's Golf
9/14/2022 Ben Slatcoff Football
9/7/2022 Anthony Marmolejo Men's Soccer
9/7/2022 Kelsey Deck Women's Soccer
6/9/2022 Lexi Rayborn Softball
6/8/2022 Justin Sartori Baseball
5/17/2022 Hannah Tomasko Softball
5/17/2022 Robbie Peterson Men's Track and Field
3/30/2022 Jalyn Yaukovitz Women's Lacrosse
3/30/2022 Justin Sartori Baseball
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