University of California, Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara

2019
The true Freshman appeared in 15 games as an attacker for the Gauchos…Scored six goals and had 1 assist…Tallied 3 steals.

High School
Played varsity water polo for four years at Punahou School as an attacker under head coach Ken Smith ... Was named First Team All-State in her junior and senior years ... Was the Interscholastic League of Honolulu's top scorer as a junior and second-leading scorer as a senior ... Names her eight goal, six steal, three assist performance vs. Iolani School on Apr. 7, 2017 as her best game ... Helped lead her team to four straight undefeated state championship seasons ... Also competed at the varsity level for four years for swimming and three years for kayaking ... Was first in the state for kayaking during her sophomore and junior years.

Club
Competed for Hawaiian Islands Water Polo Club for five years under coaches Ken Smith, Ikaika Aki and Courtney Miller ... Was named a tournament MVP three straight years from 2016-18 ... Participated in the Olympic Development Program from 2014-17.

Personal
Danielle Kamehanaokala Kauahi was born on June 15, 2000 to parents Kaina and Kelly Kauahi in her hometown of Kane'ohe, Hawai'i ... She has two sisters, Madison and Kawehi ... Is currently an undeclared major ... Has aspirations to be the loving mother of a large family ... Her most memorable sports moment was getting a bar-in nut on a goalie ... Favorite movies are "Kung Fu Panda" and "Hercules" ... Favorite TV shows are "The Office" and "Vampire Diaries" ... Favorite novel is "Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy" ... Favorite writer is John Wooden ... Favorite musician is Mariah Carey ... Enjoys soap carving, napping, singing in the shower and waxing people's armpits ... Also likes to boogy on the dance floor ... Favorite athletes are Chris Paul and LaMelo Ball ... Started playing water polo at age 13 ... Volunteered at her elementary school in Palolo, as well as with beach clean-ups, and as a member of her high school sustainable living organization ... After graduating, plans to start a family ... Favorite after practice snack is anything Tropicana Gardens is serving ... Favorite pre-game pump up songs are "#UNameItChallenge" and anything by Mariah Carey.