Illinois Wesleyan senior Dani Engelbreit (Elk Grove Village, James Conant HS) has earned three letters in women's lacrosse and was chosen as College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Offensive Player of the Year" in 2018. She was a first team all-CCIW selection as a junior and was chosen to the second team of the all-league squads as a freshman and sophomore.
On three occasions she has been chosen as the CCIW Player of the Week.
A psychology major at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of Maureen Engelbreit.
Why you chose to attend Illinois Wesleyan: I chose Illinois Wesleyan because it seemed like a perfect fit between academics and athletics. IWU felt like home and I was really excited to help build a young lacrosse program.
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Coaching Lacrosse/Basketball
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Eating as healthy as a student-athlete probably should
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? I got a C- in American Social Policy freshman year but C’s get degrees
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Whipped cream
Worst habit: Making fun of Grainne Kelly
Most expensive traffic ticket: Got off with a warning for going 41 in a 25
Language I’d like to learn: Lauren-ese (Alum Lauren Pavich’s personal language)
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: Probably three days but I would have a lot of missed calls from my mom
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Determined
Favorite sports figure: Andrew Shaw
My greatest moment in sports was: Playing in the sweet sixteen and flying there in a private plane
The best player I ever faced was: Claire (Bergie) Rosenberg
Worst dresser on my team: Daisy Guerrero
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Apple juice
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Jennifer Aniston
Favorite food: Chicken nuggets/strips/wings
Vegetable I won’t eat: All of them except potatoes
Pepsi or Coke? Coke
Favorite TV show: "Friends"
Favorite musical group: Jonas Brothers
Favorite movie: "Dodgeball"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Kristen Bell
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: "Danny Doesn’t Share Food"
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Walt Disney
My dream job would be: Professional napper
Place I’d most like to live: Vancouver, Canada
If you come back in another life, what would you like to return as: A harp seal
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: 1. Passing my timed miles; 2. Skydiving
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: A signed picture of Maggie Torres
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Graceyn Kellar because I’m her godmother
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Not having to do extra conditioning
