SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara women's basketball has added Danja Stafford, a transfer from Eastern Arizona CC, to the 2020-21 roster. Stafford hails from Orem, Utah where she attended Mountain View High School.
Last season as a freshman at EACC, the forward averaged 17.2 points per game, fifth in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference, and an impressive 15.7 rebounds per contest, tops in the conference, in just over 30 minutes per game, all team highs. Stafford also shot 44.3-percent from the field and 72.6-percent from the charity stripe. She was the ACCAC Freshman of the Year and the Region 10 Defensive Player of the Year as well as also being honored as All-America Division I honorable mention, ACCAC First Team, Region I First Team.
At Mountain View, Stafford was named a team captain and MVP during her senior year when she brought home first team all-district honors. As a junior she was all-region honorable mention and honorable mention all valley, an accolade she also received as a sophomore.
Stafford also played volleyball and did track and field in high school, which comes as no surprise as her family is very athletic with several siblings and cousins playing college sports.
She plans to major in health sciences and wants to become a nurse. In her free time, Stafford enjoys being with her family and going to the gym.
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