Staff Directory
Danielle Hart
- Title:
- Director of Volleyball Operations
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Danielle Hart is in her first season as Denver’s Director of Volleyball Operations after being named to the position on Aug. 17, 2026
An All-American and national champion player in her own right, Hart spent six years as a student-athlete with University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team as a middle blocker from 2017-2022. In Madison, she helped the squad make at least the Sweet 16 each season, reach the national semifinals three times and win the 2021 NCAA National Championship. Additionally, Hart was a part of four Big Ten Conference Championships with the Badgers (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).
The Virginia Beach, Virginia, native served as a team captain in 2022 at Wisconsin and was recognized that year on the AVCA All-American Third Team after finishing third in the NCAA in blocks per set (1.51), hit at a .418 rate and ranked second in the Big Ten with 1.78 kills per set following an abbreviated 2021 campaign due to an ACL injury. Additionally, she was named to the All-Big Ten First Team and was selected to the VolleyballMag.com All-American First Team in her final collegiate season of 2022.
Overall, Hart garnered three all-conference honors during her career in with the Badgers after earning a pair of second-team awards in 2019 and 2020, and she was also named a VolleyballMag.com All-American Honorable Mention in 2019. In total, she played in 129 career matches for Wisconsin across five seasons and averaged 1.2 blocks, 1.72 kills and 2.33 points per set.
Following her collegiate career, Hart played professionally for two years, suiting up with Athletes Unlimited in 2023 and the Omaha Supernovas of the then-Pro Volleyball Federation in 2024.
Internationally, Hart represented the United States and won gold with the national team at the 2023 Pan-American Cup Final Six in the Dominican Republic and a bronze at the Pan-Am Volleyball Cup in Puerto Rico that year as well. She also competed and won gold for Team USA’s national collegiate team at the 2018 Global Challenge in Croatia.
Hart graduated from Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in life sciences communication in 2022 and earned master’s degree in sports leadership from UW in 2023. She earned Academic All-Big Ten Team honors five times in her NCAA career.
Hart is also an independent filmmaker and photographer that specializes in weddings and personal storytelling projects.
An All-American and national champion player in her own right, Hart spent six years as a student-athlete with University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team as a middle blocker from 2017-2022. In Madison, she helped the squad make at least the Sweet 16 each season, reach the national semifinals three times and win the 2021 NCAA National Championship. Additionally, Hart was a part of four Big Ten Conference Championships with the Badgers (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022).
The Virginia Beach, Virginia, native served as a team captain in 2022 at Wisconsin and was recognized that year on the AVCA All-American Third Team after finishing third in the NCAA in blocks per set (1.51), hit at a .418 rate and ranked second in the Big Ten with 1.78 kills per set following an abbreviated 2021 campaign due to an ACL injury. Additionally, she was named to the All-Big Ten First Team and was selected to the VolleyballMag.com All-American First Team in her final collegiate season of 2022.
Overall, Hart garnered three all-conference honors during her career in with the Badgers after earning a pair of second-team awards in 2019 and 2020, and she was also named a VolleyballMag.com All-American Honorable Mention in 2019. In total, she played in 129 career matches for Wisconsin across five seasons and averaged 1.2 blocks, 1.72 kills and 2.33 points per set.
Following her collegiate career, Hart played professionally for two years, suiting up with Athletes Unlimited in 2023 and the Omaha Supernovas of the then-Pro Volleyball Federation in 2024.
Internationally, Hart represented the United States and won gold with the national team at the 2023 Pan-American Cup Final Six in the Dominican Republic and a bronze at the Pan-Am Volleyball Cup in Puerto Rico that year as well. She also competed and won gold for Team USA’s national collegiate team at the 2018 Global Challenge in Croatia.
Hart graduated from Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in life sciences communication in 2022 and earned master’s degree in sports leadership from UW in 2023. She earned Academic All-Big Ten Team honors five times in her NCAA career.
Hart is also an independent filmmaker and photographer that specializes in weddings and personal storytelling projects.
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