Danielle Frere

Position:
Throws
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Muscatine
Hometown:
Muscatine, Iowa

Awards & Honors:
Academic All-Big 12: First Team (2013)
All-Big 12: Hammer Throw (2013, 2012), Weight Throw (2013), Shot Put (2013, 2012)

2012-2013: OUTDOOR: Academic All Big-12 First Team ... placed 21st at the NCAA West Regional in the shot put with a throw of 51-11.00 ... earned All-Big 12 Honors after throwing a mark of 181-07 in the hammer throw placing eighth, and 51-03.50 in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships ... earned fourth place in the hammer throw at the Kip Janvrin Open with a mark of 172-02 ... threw a personal best mark of 54-00 in the shot put at the Mt. SAC Relays ... earned fifth place in the hammer throw at the Jim Duncan Invite with a toss of 164-02 ... placed fourth in the shot put with 53-07.50, threw 168-11 in the hammer throw at the Sun Angel Invite ... finished sixth in the shot put with 51-10.00 at the Stanford Invite. INDOOR: Threw a mark of 52-10.75 in the shot put at the NCAA Championship meet ... finished fourth at the Big 12 Championship meet in the weight throw with 62-11.50, and sixth in the shot put with 52-05.50 ... threw a mark of 50-10.00 in the shot put at the New Balance Invite ... placed fifth in the weight throw at the ISU Open ... earned second at the Bill Bergan Invite in the shot put, threw a mark of 57-11.72 in the weight throw.

2011-2012: OUTDOOR: Threw a mark of 54-7 in the shot put at the NCAA Championships ... placed eighth in the shot put with a mark of 53-8.50 at the NCAA West Preliminary ... earned fourth place in both the shot put with a mark of 54-6.50, and the hammer throw at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 190-03 ... threw a mark of 51-09.75 in the shot put at the ASU Invite. INDOOR: Redshirting the indoor season ... finished fifth in the shot put and seventh in the weight throw at the USA Indoor Championships ... set the Iowa State school record in the shot put (56-00.50) ... threw a personal best mark in the weight throw (66-06.50) and shot put (57-03.75) at the Iowa State Classic ... competing unattached, won the shot put at the NCAA Qualifier, ISU Open and ISU Classic ... was runner up in the shot put and weight throw at the Holiday Preview.

2010-2011: OUTDOOR: Redshirted the outdoor season ... competing unattached, won the shot put (50-10.75) with a personal best mark at the Musco Twilight ... competing unattached, won the shot put at the Jim Duncan Invitational and the Central Invitational... competing unattached, threw a personal best mark in the hammer throw (179-00) at the Musco Twilight ... competing unattached, threw a personal best mark in the discus (135-08) at the Central Invitational ... competed unattached in the shot put at the Drake Relays ... competed unattached in the hammer throw at the Jim Duncan Invitational and the Central Invitational ... competed unattached in the discus at the Jim Duncan Invitational. INDOOR: Earned All-America Honorable Mention honors, finishing 19th in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... earned All-Big 12 honors after finishing fifth in the shot put (53-09.25) and eighth in the weight throw (58-08.75) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... set a personal best mark in the shot put (54-05.25) at the NCAA Qualifier ... finished fourth in the weight throw with a personal best mark (61-09) at the ISU Classic ... was runner-up in the weight throw (60-02.50) at the ISU Open ... finished second in the shot put (52-05.50) at the ISU Classic ... competed in the weight throw at the Husker Invitational (59-03.75) and the Holiday Preview (56-06.50).

2009-2010: OUTDOOR: Named Academic All-Big 12 Track & Field Team ... competed in the shot put (47-08.00) at the NCAA West Regional Championships ... seventh-place in the shot put (49-05.75) and 10th-place finish in the hammer throw (171-06) at the 2010 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, setting a personal best in both events and competed in the discus (129-04) at the Sun Angel Track Classic, a personal record. INDOOR: Placed sixth in the weight throw (58-10 ¾) and competed in the shot put (46-9) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, setting a personal best in the weight throw ... finished second in the weight throw (53-3) at the ISU Open ... finished third in the weight throw (58-9 ½) and ninth in the shot put (44-3 ¼) at the Bill Bergan Invitational ... finished ninth in the shot put (47-9) and 15th in the weight throw (54-11 ¼) at the ISU Classic.

2008-2009: OUTDOOR: Finished 14th in the shot put (49-00) at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships ... ninth-place finish in the shot put (48-11 ¾) and the hammer throw (167-11) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship ... Beach Invitational champion in the shot put (48-10) ... Jim Duncan Invitational champion in the shot put (48-8) ... fifth-place finish in the shot put (46-11 ½) at the Raleigh Relays ... placed fifth in the hammer throw (158) at the Kip Janvrin Open ... eighth-place finish in the hammer throw (148-2) at the Jim Duncan Invitational ... placed 10th in the hammer throw (160-9 ½) at the Arkansas Twilight ... finished 14th in the hammer throw (158-4) at the Beach Invitational. INDOOR: Ninth-place finish in the shot put (47-11) and 17th-place finish in the weight throw (49-9) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... finished third in the shot put (45-11 ¼) and eighth (51-8 ½) in the weight throw at the ISU Open.

Before Iowa State: Set school record in the shot out (48-2 ¾) at the 2008 Drake Relays ... personal best in discus (135-00) ... placed third in the shot put at 2006 Iowa state meet, second in the 2007 Iowa state meet ... shot put champion in the 2008 Iowa state meet (46-11 ¾) ... part of the Muscatine High School first-team All-State softball team in 2008 and second-team All-Conference basketball team in 2007 and 2008.

Personal: Born April 27, 1990...daughter of Daniel and Theresa Frere...kinesiology major, health/fitness management.