University of South Dakota Athletics

University of South Dakota alumna Danielle Waldner joined the Coyote track and field program as the director of operations in the summer of 2019.

Waldner’s duties include budgeting, planning team travel, equipment management and assisting with on-campus recruiting visits, all while following NCAA regulations and university policies.
 
A native of Redfield, South Dakota, Waldner is a two-time graduate of the University of South Dakota. She competed for the Coyote track and field program from 2013-17, throwing all five different implements during her career. Waldner’s specialty was the shot put, which was the event in which she garnered second-team All-America honors as a senior and captured four Summit League Championships in during her career.
 
Waldner, a four-time qualifier for the NCAA West Preliminary in the shot put and two-time qualifier in the hammer throw, graduated with a quartet of Coyote program records. She still holds the outdoor shot put record of 56-11 ½ and the indoor shot put record of 53-4 ¼. She also held the school records in the weight throw (59-10 ½) and the hammer throw (191-11) at the time of her graduation.
 
Waldner earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in finance in 2017. She went on finish her Master of Business Administration in 2018.