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2014 (Junior): Played in 16 games on the year, starting five of them … starred in EKU’s record-breaking 7-0 win over Alabama on August 29, becoming one of only six Colonels ever to score two goals in a game … attempted 15 shots on the year … ranked fourth on the team with 10 shots on goal. 

2013 (Sophomore): Played in eight games on the year and started the first three games of the season … attempted a shot on goal versus Western Carolina on Aug. 25 … logged a season-high 47 minutes of action at Xavier on Sept. 6.

2012 (Freshman): Appeared in 17 games in her first season at EKU, scoring two goals and dishing out an assist …buried the game-winner late in the first half against Transylvania on Sept. 14 … scored again in a loss to conference foe Austin Peay on Oct. 28 … notched an assist in a 3-1 win over College of Charleston on Sept. 9 …played a season-high 64 minutes versus SEC foe Kentucky on Aug. 24.

High School and/or Club Experience: Led St. Francis High School to a Calgary High School Championship in 2009 ... played club soccer with the Calgary Blizzard Threat SC, winning six Calgary City Championships (2006-11), three Alberta Provincial Championships (2006, 2008, 2010) and a bronze medal at the 2010 Canadian National Club Championships ... helped her club team to 15 gold medal finishes in league, provincial, tournament and college showcase events since 2005 ... on an individual level, led the Blizzard Threat in scoring at the 2008 and 2010 Canadian National Club Championships, and she was selected to represent Calgary  Zone at the 2008 Alberta Summer Games ... also picked up valuable Olympic Development Program (ODP) experience as a 2010 Alberta Provincial Pool player.

Get to Know Dani Cant …

One thing people probably don’t know about her: She hates feet

Her best non-soccer Olympic sport would be: Track and field

Her favorite song, currently: “Natural Disaster” by Zac Brown Band

Her favorite social media forum: Instagram

One place in America she would like to road trip to: New Orleans

Her favorite non-sport outdoor activity: Hiking

Items on her bucket list: Go to Greece

Her professional goals: She’s not sure

She chose Eastern Kentucky because: She really liked the campus and how it’s a smaller school