Van Danielson Season 2023

2023 • REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten...

Season: Played in 19 games...Started in one game...Scored four goals...Played 707 minutes...

at no. 5 Pitt (8/24): Owns Penn State's first goal of the season... Le Moyne (8/27): Scored a goal in second consecutive game... No. 1 Syracuse (9/1): Recorded one shot on goal... Penn (9/8): Tallied one shot… at Ohio State (9/15): Notched twoshots on goal…Maryland (9/19): Made first start of the season... Howard (9/27): Registered one shot on goal… at no. 13 Michigan State (10/1): Recorded two shots with one on goal… no. 12 Northwestern (10/13): Notched one shot… at Rutgers (10/17): Tallied one shot… Michigan (10/22): Sent one shot… at Wisconsin (10/29): Scored game-tying goal to earn Penn State a share of the Big Ten Regular Season Championship...

2022 • REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Named to Top Drawer Soccer's Team of the Week (Nov. 1)... Earned Academic All-Big Ten... 2022-23 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...

Season: Played in 12 games and started in five between forward and midfield... Totaled four goals and eight points... Played 407 minutes...

Wisconsin (9/16): Scored first career goal in first conference win of the year... Michigan State (10/7): Scored fourth goal of the game with his head off assists from Andrew Privett and Alex Stevenson... at Michigan (10/30): Scored two goals in second half come back win in last regular season game... at Indiana (11/4): Played a career high 67 minutes at forward...

2021 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Utilized redshirt...

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Played four years of high school soccer at Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore, Maryland...Helped the Gaels to a perfect 8-0 record in 2020 to become Catholic League Champions...Earned first team All-Catholic League honors as a senior in 2020...Named a 2021 High School All-American...Was a two-time captain (2019, 2020)...Totaled 22 goals and 13 assists...Played club soccer with Baltimore Armour of the development academy and Baltimore Celtic of EDP national league and ECNL...Helped Celtic to three-straight National League championships (2019-21)...Won a NEPAL national championship with Armour in 2016.

PERSONAL
Son of Paul and Jolene Danielson...Has one older sister, Haley...Both parents attended Penn State...Sister, Haley, currently attends Penn State and is on the dance team...Major is chemical engineering.