Stetson University Athletics

Danielle Shelburne returned to the Stetson women's golf family in August, 2016, as assistant coach. She was promoted to interim head coach of the Hatters women's golf program on January 4, 2017, following the retirement of Floyd Kerr.

She was named permanent head coach for the Hatters on May 26, 2017.

Danielle was inducted into the Stetson Athletics Hall of Fame in October, 2015.

During the spring season in 2017, while serving as interim head coach, Shelburne led the Hatters to their first tournament title since 2012 when Stetson won the Drake Bulldog Florida Invitational.

Also during that first spring she had two players - Eilidh Watson and Kristine Odaiyar - earn medalist honors and separate events. 

During her first full season she led the Hatters to a trio of top three team finishes, including a third place in the ASUN Championship. Stetson players earned a total of 12 top 10 finishes during the year, including six top fives.

Senior Carolin Schart earned All-Conference honors after tying for fifth at the rain-shortened ASUN Championship. Schart was also selected as the ASUN Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year while Sarah May was selected to the All-Freshman team.

The Hatters earned ASUN Player of the Week honors three times during the 2017-18 season. Sophomore Erikah Neger earned the honor after posting a five-under par score at the FAU Fall Invitational. Schart won the honor twice, after a fourth place finish at the Battle at the Rock tournament in California which included a career-low round of 69 and again two weeks later when she tied for sixth in the 43-team Kiawah Island Spring Classic.

Five members of the squad were recognized on the ASUN Academic Honor Roll following the 17-18 academic year - seniors Schart, Watson and Paige Kemp along with Neger and May.

Following the season she had the opportunity to attend the Women's Coaches Academy in Denver, Col. The Academy is run by the Alliance of Women Coaches and provides female coaches from all sports, all divisions to come together for a four-day conference.  

The program during the conference is rigorous, but inspiring. The Academy covers a variety of topics from personal values, team culture, Title IX, diversity and inclusion.

In addition to the Coaches Academy in Colorado, she also traveled to China to participate in Shelburne also participated in June of 2018 at a golf camp for youth players held in Shanghai, along with the head coaches from four other American universities.
 
Since graduating from Stetson in 2010, she competed on the Futures Tour and Canadian Tour. After her playing career, she went to working in Dallas, Texas, as the Pro Shop Manager/Assistant Golf Professional at The Clubs of Prestonwood.
 
Shelburne is currently working on her PGA Class A certification. 
 
Danielle and her husband, Michael, have two sons, Brooks and Hudson. They live in DeLand with their two boxers, Abby and Cooper. 
 
Here are her career highlights as a player for the Hatters from 2006-10.
 
2009-10: Second Team All-ASUN ... ASUN All-Academic Team ... Posted a 75.5 stroke average over 31 rounds ... Graduated with Stetson program record for career stroke average (now second) ... Posted six top 10 finishes ... Was fourth at the USF Waterlefe Invitational ... Tied for fifth at MSU Ocala Spring Invitational ... Tied for 15th at ASUN Championship ... Competed in NCAA East Regional ... Shot par or better five times ... Season-low 70 in the first round of the FIU Pat Bradley Invitational.
 
2008-09: ASUN Tournament Champion ... GolfWorld National Player of the Week ... First Team All-Atlantic Sun ... ASUN All-Tournament Team ... Stetson University Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... November 2008 A-Sun Golfer of the Month ... ASUN All-Academic Team ... Had a school record 75.3 stroke average over 26 rounds ... Dominant golfer at Victoria Hills with tournament victories in both the Holiday Inn Express Hatter Fall Classic and ASUN Championship ... Had five rounds of even par or better ... Tied conference final round record with three under par 69 at ASUN Championship to lead Stetson to the victory ... Shot 72 in second round of NCAA East Regional ... Had a 69 in second round of Pat Bradley Invitational to end up sixth ... Tied for second at NIU Snowbird Invitational.
 
2007-08: First Team All-ASUN ... ASUN All-Academic Team ... Had a team-best 76.3 stroke average over 25 rounds ... Earned First Team All-ASUN honors, the first Hatter in four years to make that list ... Won the Cincinnati Spring Invitational title with final round surge to three under par 69 ... Beat 70 other golfers in that tournament ... Had four other top five finishes during the year included tying for second at Jacksonville Invitational, tie for third at DeBary Intercollegiate and fifth place finishes at FGCU Invitational and Hatter Fall Classic ... Helped Stetson win the HFC team title for the first time ... Tied for sixth at UNCG Starmount Invitational ... Tied for 15^th place at ASUN Championship.
 
2006-07:  ASUN All-Academic Team ... Had a 76.2 stroke average over 24 rounds ... Seventh place finish at ASUN Championships ... Tied with Lauren Darnell and two others for individual crown at NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate (+8 in 36 holes) as Hatters won the tournament ... Her first round 69 led to third place finish the previous week at Treasure Coast Classic in another Stetson team championship ... Also won the DeBary Intercollegiate with school records for single round (68) and 36-hole score (141) ... Tied for fifth at season-opening Lady Falcon Invitational. 
 
Prior to Stetson:  Two-time St. Petersburg Times Player of The Year ... First team All-County five times ... Led the Northside Christian golf team to a Florida 1A State High School Championship in 2004 ... District and regional Champions two years in a row ... Was a two-time third place finisher at the state championship ... Was five-time team MVP ... Also played four years of varsity basketball, scoring 1,281 career points.