Five-Time Olympian Danielle Scott to be Awarded USA Volleyball’s First-Ever Courage Award

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 24, 2019 – Danielle Scott, Team USA’s only five-time indoor volleyball Olympian, faced tough challenges on the court throughout her 20-year playing career with the U.S. Women’s National Team. Now she will be recognized for exhibiting extraordinary bravery off the court when USA Volleyball presents her its first-ever Courage Award at the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame on May 22 in Columbus, Ohio.

In November 2018, Scott suffered multiple stab wounds as she valiantly tried to protect her sister Stefanie Vallery, who was under attack from her estranged husband. Vallery died as a result of the attack and Scott was transported to a local hospital and spent several months recovering from the wounds incurred in the scuffle. Without thinking twice, Scott put her life on the line to try to save that of her loved one.

“There are no words to describe how brave Danielle was on that fateful night last November,” USA Volleyball CEO Jamie Davis said. “She exemplifies everything good about humanity and we couldn’t be prouder to have created a new USA Volleyball Courage Award to recognize her heroic actions. She should be a role model for us all.”

Scott has mostly recovered from her injuries suffered last fall and will be competing as a player-coach in the Open Division of the USA Volleyball Open National Championships being held May 24-29 in Columbus.

Scott’s career spanned from 1994 to 2013 and included a silver medal at the 2002 FIVB World Championship. Furthermore, she earned consecutive Olympic Games silver medals in 2008 and 2012 to cap her international career with Team USA.

Scott will be honored during the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame’s Dorothy C. Boyce Banquet at the Hyatt Regency. Others being recognized during the Hall of Fame inductions are John Kessel as the Frier Award recipient, Misty May-Treanor as the All-Time Great Female Beach Player and retiring Ohio State University Men’s Volleyball Head Coach Pete Hanson as the All-Time Great Coach Contemporary Division. In total 24, individuals are being recognized.