Looks to improve upon an impressive freshman season, and will hold down a starting position at shooting guard or small forward ... As a freshman: One of three Purple Knights to play in every game, starting the last 21 contests ... led team in blocks (14) and assist/turnover ration (1.4/1) while averaging 8.4 points per game … named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll twice in December … hit 22 3-pointers, second on the team … third with 36 steals … scored career-high 20 points, added six boards and two assists in 84-76 loss to Bryant on Dec. 6 … fourth on the team averaging 28.8 minutes a game … scored in every regular-season contest ... grabbed season-high nine rbeounds versus AIC on Jan. 31 ... had 12 points, six rebounds and season-high six assists in win at Southern N.H. on Dec. 9 ... played all 40 minutes in win at Pace on Feb. 24 ... named to the NE-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Gold Scholar) ... High School: Played four years of varsity basketball at Bellows Falls Union High School under Jayne Barber along with twin sister Jevy ... team went 84-8 during her career, reaching the state final each year ... won ‘00 and ‘01 Division II titles and ‘03 Division I title ... scored 32 points in the ‘03 final ... lost ‘02 Division I title match to Mount Anthony, led by current Saint Rose junior Courtney Ludwig ... career totals were 1,777 points, 666 rebounds, 337 assists, 312 steals and 135 blocks ... first-team all-state selection and team co-captain as a junior (17 ppg, nine rpg) and senior (20.5 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 6.1 apg) ... as a senior, named state’s player of the year by both Gatorade and the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association ... shared Burlington Free Press Miss Basketball Award with sister as a senior ... McDonald’s All-American nominee for Vermont as a senior ... four-time Marble Valley League First Team selection ... played in ‘03 Twin State Rotary Classic ... three-time Coaches Dream Dozen Underclassman ... named “Player to Watch” by USA Today in ‘00 ... won two AAU state titles with New Hampshire ... played soccer for two years ... member of National Honor Society ... recorded high honors all eight semesters ... received Green Mountain Scholarship and Presidential Award ... co-valedictorian (4.0 GPA) ... Personal: Danielle Rene Rayner ... born December 29, 1984 ... daughter of Richard Jr. and Lana Rayner ... sister Celeste played basketball at Division III Bowdoin College ... Dani and sister Jevy are the third pair of twins to play for the Purple Knights (the Spirous in ‘97, the Fischers in ‘03) ... undeclared major.