Bio

Dani Gass, a 2009 Morningside graduate, is the only three-time NAIA Division II Women's Basketball First-Team All-American in Morningside history as well as the only four-time first-team All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) performer in the history of the program. She was the 2006 GPAC Freshman of the Year and the 2009 GPAC Player of the Year. Gass was named the 2009 NAIA Division II National Player of the Year after she helped lead the Mustangs to the NAIA II National Championship with a perfect 38-0 record. Morningside had a 121-22 record and won four GPAC regular season championships during her career. The Mustangs won the GPAC crown with perfect 18-0 records in her junior and senior seasons.

Gass finished her career as the fourth leading scorer and second leading rebounder in Morningside history with 1802 career points and 1094 career rebounds to become only the second player in school history to mass over 1000 career points and 1000 career rebounds. She graduated with a school-record 451 career steals, ranked second with 686 career assists, and made a school-record 716 free throws during her career. Gass averaged 12.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 3.2 steals per game over her Morningside career. She led the Mustangs in rebounding and assists in all four seasons of her career.

Gass averaged 11.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 3.7 steals per game in her 2008-09 NAIA II National Player of the Year season. She finished second in the nation with 141 steals and third with 203 assists. Gass had 10 double-doubles, including a 24-point, 12-rebound performance to lead Morningside to a 68-63 victory against Hastings College in the NAIA II National Championship Game.

Gass made an immediate impact when she averaged 12.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 3.2 steals per game as a freshman. She averaged a career-high 14.6 points per game as a sophomore and a career-high 8.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game as a junior.