Danielle Fotopoulos

Danielle Fotopoulos

Fotopoulos with the United States national team
Personal information
Full name	Danielle Ruth Garrett Fotopoulos
Date of birth	(1976-03-24) March 24, 1976 (age 41)
Place of birth	Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1990–1993	Lyman High School
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	SMU Mustangs
1996–1998	Florida Gators
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998	Tampa Bay Extreme	4	(6)
2001–2003	Carolina Courage	53	(27)
2005	Central Florida Krush
National team
1996–2005	United States	35	(16)
Teams managed
2004	LSU
2010–	Eckerd
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Danielle Ruth Garrett Fotopoulos (born March 24, 1976), née Danielle Ruth Garrett, is a former American college, professional and international soccer player. Fotopoulos holds the all-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I records for goals and points, and was a member of the University of Florida team that won the 1998 NCAA women's soccer championship, and also the United States national team that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. She is currently head coach of the Eckerd College Woman's Soccer team in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

Fotopoulos was born in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania in 1976, the daughter of Bill and Donna Garrett. She grew up in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and attended Lyman High School in Longwood, Florida from 1990 to 1994. While in high school, she was a varsity letterman in six different sports—basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, swimming and track & field. Her high school soccer team won three Florida state championships during her four years on the team.

Fotopoulos initially attended Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas, where she played for the SMU Mustangs soccer team from 1994 to 1995. After her sophomore year, she transferred from SMU to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Becky Burleigh's new Florida Gators women's soccer team for two seasons. After suffering an ACL injury before the start of the 1997 season, she returned to the Gators for her senior year in 1998. She helped the Gators win the 1998 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship, scoring the winning goal against North Carolina in the final of the NCAA soccer tournament. During her 1996 and 1998 seasons with the Gators, the team also won both the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season and tournament championships, and she was twice recognized as the SEC Player of the Year. Fotopoulos finished her college career as the NCAA's all-time leader in goals (118) and points (284). She was the 1998–99 recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Soccer, recognizing her as the outstanding collegiate women's soccer player of the year.