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'{{Short description|American volleyball player}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Dana Rettke | image = File:Dana Rettke.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Rettke in 2022 | full_name = Dana Lynn Rettke | nickname = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|21}} | birth_place = [[Riverside, Illinois]], United States | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = | height = {{convert|203|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = 80 kg | college = [[University of Wisconsin-Madison|Wisconsin]] | position = Middle blocker | currentclub = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo Monza|Vero Volley Milano]] | currentnumber = 14 | years1 = 2017–2021 | team1 = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wisconsin Badgers women's volleyball|Wisconsin]] | years2 = 2022– | team2 = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo Monza|Vero Volley Milano]] | nationalyears1 = 2019–present | nationalteam1 = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national volleyball team|United States]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | [[FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|FIVB Nations League]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League|2019 China]] | Team competition }} | medaltemplates-expand = yes | updated = }} '''Dana Lynn Rettke''' (born January 21, 1999) is an American professional [[volleyball]] player for [[Vero Volley Monza]] in the Italian Serie A1 League. She played collegiate volleyball at the [[Wisconsin Badgers women's volleyball|University of Wisconsin–Madison]] and is the first five-time [[American Volleyball Coaches Association|AVCA First Team All American]] in collegiate history. Rettke was also a member of the [[United States women's national volleyball team|U.S. national team]] and has won All-[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] honors in each of her five college seasons, was the 2019–20 [[Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year]] and the 2021-2022 winner of the [[Honda Sports Award]] for women's volleyball. ==Early life== Growing up in [[Riverside, Illinois]], Rettke graduated from [[Riverside Brookfield High School]] in 2017.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> She began playing basketball in first grade and volleyball in ninth grade. Although she had recruiting interest from multiple schools in the [[Big Ten Conference]], Rettke decided to focus on volleyball after feeling overwhelmed during an open gym practice with [[Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball]] players.<ref name="Punzel"/> As a sophomore in October 2014, Rettke verbally committed to the [[Wisconsin Badgers women's volleyball]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/sports/college/volleyball/badgers-volleyball-illinois-prep-6-foot-7-middle-blocker-gives-commitment-for-2017/article_6ee23e96-b950-5a39-8497-898291e8b1b5.html|title= Badgers volleyball: Illinois prep 6-foot-7 middle blocker gives commitment for 2017 |last=Punzel|first=Dennis|work=Wisconsin State Journal|date=October 31, 2014|accessdate=December 16, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220071343/http://host.madison.com:80/sports/college/volleyball/badgers-volleyball-illinois-prep--foot--middle-blocker-gives/article_6ee23e96-b950-5a39-8497-898291e8b1b5.html|archivedate=December 20, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> An Illinois Player of the Year, she earned multiple All-American honors as a senior, ''[[USA Today]]'' first team and [[American Volleyball Coaches Association]] (AVCA) second team.<ref name="Wisconsin">{{cite web |title=Dana Rettke|url=https://uwbadgers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/dana-rettke/8785 |website=UWBadgers.com|publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison |accessdate=November 23, 2020}}</ref> ==College career== After high school, Rettke enrolled at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 2017 and majored in [[business marketing]]. A {{convert|203|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} middle blocker for the [[Wisconsin Badgers women's volleyball|Wisconsin Badgers]], she was the tallest member of the team when she joined.<ref name="Punzel">{{cite web |title=Badgers volleyball: 6-8 Dana Rettke ready for her Wisconsin debut |last=Punzel|first=Dennis|url=https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/volleyball/badgers-volleyball---dana-rettke-ready-for-her-wisconsin/article_3ee6ef15-c46c-509b-9150-392f386b51e5.html |website=Wisconsin State Journal|accessdate=December 16, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207023257/https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/volleyball/badgers-volleyball---dana-rettke-ready-for-her-wisconsin/article_3ee6ef15-c46c-509b-9150-392f386b51e5.html|archivedate=February 7, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Starting in all 32 matches of 2017, Rettke played in 113 sets and averaged 4.39 points, 3.42 kills, 1.37 blocks, and 0.22 service aces.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> Rettke earned All-[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] and first-team AVCA All-American honors that season.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> In 2018, Rettke again started all 32 matches. In 117 sets, Rettke averaged 3.74 kills and 1.54 blocks.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> For the second straight season, Rettke was on the All-Big Ten team and AVCA All-American first team.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> As a junior in 2019, Rettke played in 32 of 34 matches with 30 starts, missing two matches due to a foot injury. Rettke had a team leading 3.75 kills per set, the fifth best in the Big Ten.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> Rettke was part of a team that qualified for the Elite Eight round of the [[2019 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament|2019 NCAA Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Drew |last=Hamm |title=Wisconsin volleyball: Badgers sweep Texas A&M and move on to Elite 8 |url=https://www.buckys5thquarter.com/2019/12/13/21021031/wisconsin-badgers-volleyball-sweep-texas-a-and-m-aggies-ncaa-tournament-dana-rettke-sydney-hilley |website=Buckys: The 5th Quarter|date=December 13, 2019 |accessdate=March 29, 2020}}</ref> Rettke finished 2019 with her third consecutive All-Big Ten and first-team AVCA All-American honors and was the 2019–20 [[Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year]].<ref name="Wisconsin"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio State's Young, Wisconsin's Rettke Named Big Ten Athletes of the Year |url=https://bigten.org/news/2020/6/10/football-ohio-states-young-wisconsins-rettke-named-big-ten-athletes-of-the-year.aspx |publisher=Big Ten Conference|date=June 10, 2020|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref> On December 18, 2021 Rettke helped lead the Badgers to its first ever [[NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship|NCAA national championship]] and was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team.<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Wisconsin volleyball: Badgers sweep Texas A&M and move on to Elite 8 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/32918523/ncaa-volleyball-championship-how-wisconsin-won-tournament-highs-more |website=ESPN|date=December 22, 2021|accessdate=January 10, 2022}}</ref> On January 4, 2022, Rettke was named the [[Honda Sports Award]] volleyball winner as the nation's top collegiate female volleyball player.<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Dana Rettke receives Honda Award for volleyball|url=https://uwbadgers.com/news/2022/1/4/volleyball-dana-rettke-receives-honda-award-for-volleyball.aspx|website=ESPN|date=January 4, 2022|accessdate=January 10, 2022}}</ref> In June 2022, Rettke won Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year award for the second time. With the honor, she became the first Big Ten student-athlete ever chosen Big Ten Athlete of the Year in non-consecutive seasons, and became the third two-time recipient of the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Minnesota's Steveson, Wisconsin's Rettke Named Big Ten Athletes of the Year|url=https://bigten.org/news/2022/6/29/general-minnesotas-steveson-wisconsins-rettke-named-big-ten-athletes-of-the-year.aspx |website=Big Ten|date=June 29, 2022|accessdate=June 29, 2022}}</ref> ==International career== Rettke was part of the 2018 [[USA Volleyball]] Collegiate National Team.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> In May 2019, Rettke was selected to the [[United States women's national volleyball team]] for the [[2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League]] in [[Nanjing]], China.<ref>{{cite web|last=Punzel|first=Dennis|url=https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/volleyball/wisconsin-badgers-dana-rettke-named-to-u-s-national-team-that-will-play-in-bulgaria/article_7cb4e67b-881a-55c5-b6b8-d96fe3117378.html|title= Wisconsin Badgers' Dana Rettke named to U.S. National Team that will play in Bulgaria |work=Wisconsin State Journal|date=May 21, 2019|accessdate=November 23, 2020}}</ref> Competing in five matches, Rettke helped the U.S. win gold in the Nations League.<ref name="Wisconsin"/> Then in August, Rettke competed with Team USA in the [[2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament]], in which Team USA qualified for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2019/August/04/Olympics-Bound-US-Women-Claim-Ticket-to-Tokyo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805015217/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2019/August/04/Olympics-Bound-US-Women-Claim-Ticket-to-Tokyo|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2019|title=Olympics Bound! U.S. Women Claim Ticket to Tokyo|last=Kauffman|first=Bill|publisher=Team USA|accessdate=November 23, 2020|date=August 4, 2019}}</ref> Following her career at Wisconsin, she signed on to play professional volleyball with A1 Italian club team, [[Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo Monza|Vero Volley Milano]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbc15.com/2022/01/04/dana-rettke-signs-contract-with-vero-volley-monza/|title=Dana Rettke signs contract with Vero Volley Monza in Italy|last=Doherty|first=Leah|publisher=NBC|accessdate=January 10, 2022|date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Twitter|dana_rettke}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190629204555/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Dana-Rettke Team USA biography] *[https://uwbadgers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/dana-rettke/8785 Wisconsin biography] {{Authority control}} {{Big Ten Athlete of the Year}} {{Honda Sports Award|state=collapsed}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rettke, Dana}} [[Category:1999 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American women's volleyball players]] [[Category:Wisconsin Badgers women's volleyball players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois]] [[Category:Big Ten Athlete of the Year winners]] [[Category:People from Riverside, Illinois]] [[Category:21st-century American women]] [[Category:Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players]] [[Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Italy]] [[Category:Middle blockers]]'