Daily Pilot Athlete of the Week

Name: Danielle Carlson

Born: Sept. 27, 1985

Hometown: Newport Beach

Height: 5-foot-8

Weight: 108

Sport: Water polo

Position: Driver

Coaches: John Vargas

Favorite food: In-N-Out double-doubles

Favorite movie: “Dirty Dancing”

Best athletic moment: “Scoring the winning goal with four seconds left to

beat Rosary (7-6 in the CIF Southern Section Division IV quarterfinals).

And being in the CIF finals, that was big.”

The week that was: She scored four goals in quarterfinal win over Rosary,

then added a pair of goals in a 5-4 semifinal win over Santa Monica to

propel CdM to its first section title game in its first postseason

appearance.