GETTING TO KNOW DANI HUFFMAN

Name: Dani Huffman

Favorite Food: Mint chocolate chip ice cream, hummus and pita, sweet potatos, my Mom’s butternut squash soup, chicken cordon bleu, flank steak.

Favorite Movie: Way too many!! Remember the Titans, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, When Harry Met Sally, Crash, Walk the Line, The Notebook, Life as a House, and The Usual Suspects – just to name a few

Favorite Television Show: Friends and House

Favorite Musical Artist: David Crowder, Hillsong, Whitney Houston, Paul Hovda

A word to describe me on the court: Happy

A word to describe me off the court: Positive

My most memorable athletic moment was: Winning the UAAs last year

My most memorable Emory athletic moment: See above

What I like most about Emory: The amazing people and wonderful professors that really want to see us learning more everyday… and I love volleyball!!

I would like to switch places for the day with: Kerri Walsh during a beach tournament

My favorite place on the Emory campus: The 404

Favorite pro athlete: Tony Gwynn

The sports teams I followed when I was younger: The Padres and the Chargers

My favorite class at Emory and why: EDS 314 -- we get to talk about overcoming stereotypes in today’s world… its amazing

The people who have helped me most at Emory are and why: My three best friends… they have been here during every moment and make life wonderful

Any pre-game rituals:  Trying to get myself and everyone else thinking positively

The sport I would be playing if I wasn’t playing volleyball: Basketball… I miss it so much!!

The best advice I have ever been given and who gave it to you: This may sound strange, but my mom always told me “you’re fine”… in every situation… no matter how tough things get, my mom always told me (in a very sympathetic way) that I was fine. This taught me to get through anything, and I am so grateful to her for that

What is something that very few, if any, people know about you: People pretty much know everything about me