Career Highlights

2016 Big Ten Player of the Year
2016 Big Ten Medal of Honor
2016 Arnold Palmer Cup Team USA Participant
2016 Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year Award Finalist
2016 Byron Nelson Award Finalist
Academic All-Big Ten
Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist
2015 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar
2015 PING All-Midwest Region
Four-time PING All-American (first team, 2016; second team, 2015; honorable mention, 2014; honorable mention, 2013)
Three-time PING All-Midwest Region (2014, 2015, 2016)
Three-time All-Big Ten First Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
Two-time Les Bolstad Award winner (2014, 2016)
Reached Round of 16 at 2013 U.S. Amateur

Senior - 2015-16

• Earned PING All-America First Team honors to become Illinois’ first and only four-time All-American
• Tied for eighth at the NCAA National Championship
• Led the team with a 70.67 stroke average on the season
• Was chosen to represent Illinois and the U.S. at the Arnold Palmer Cup in June
• Tied for third at the NCAA Kohler Regional
• Took third place at the Louisiana Classics to open the spring season
• Placed second at the 3M Augusta Invitational
• Shot a season low 65 in the second round of the Boilermaker Invitational on his way to medalist honors
• Earned Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors on April 6 and April 20.
• Earned Big Ten Co-Golfer of the Week Honors (Oct. 11, Nov. 5) 
• Earned top-10 finishes in all three of his fall tournaments including two among the top-5
• Took title at the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate shooting 4-under par
• Earned a team-leading 71.44 fall stroke average
• Shot under par in four of nine rounds played during the fall season
• Ranked among the top-5 on the Fall Arnold Palmer Cup Rankings

Summer 2015

• Tied for 12th at the Pacific Coast Amateur, played at the Eugene Country Club, site of the 2016 NCAA Championships
• Qualified for the 2015 U.S. Amateur

Junior - 2014-15

• Ranked No. 3 in the 2015 Palmer Cup Team USA rankings entering the spring season
• Participated in a Walker Cup practice session in December
• Posted a team-best 70.64 stroke average during the fall season
• Finished in the top 10 in all four fall tournaments, including three top-5 finishes. Earned seven top-10 finishes on the season
• Split the Boilermaker Invitational title with teammate Thomas Detry as the two shot 10-under par
• Had 21 rounds under par and two at par out of 37 on the season
• Placed second at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate with a 1-under 212
• Finished third at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (214, +4)
• Tied for fifth at the rain-shortened Sagamore Fall Preview with a 1-under 143
• Posted a season-best 208 (-8) at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, tying for ninth place
• Recovered from a first-round deficit at the NCAA Noblesville Regional to place just outside the top-10

2014 Summer

• Tied for sixth at the Sunnehanna Amateur
• Reached the round of 16 in match play at the Western Amateur
• Advanced to the match play round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur Public Links.

Sophomore - 2013-14

• Third on the team with a 70.88 stroke average, including a low round of 66 (-6) at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational and a low 54-hole score of 202 (-8) at The Macdonald Cup
• Has three top-10 finishes and seven top-25 finishes in the eight tournaments that he qualified for the individual standings (withdrew from the first round of Isleworth but played in final two rounds, firing 72-66)
• Has a team-high 14 rounds under par on the season, with five even-par rounds
• 23 of his 26 rounds (88.46 percent) have counted in the Illini's team score this season
• Had the second-best fall stroke average on the team, 70.55, in 11 rounds, including a low 18 of 66 (-4) and a low 54 of 202 (-8)
• Earning Co-Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors with teammate Thomas Detry on March 12 after the duo tied for second at Louisiana Classics with a 7-under-par 209
• Tied for 12th at the 3M Augusta Invitational with a 2-under 214
• Posted a 1-under 212 to tie for 15th at the Valspar Invitational
• Tied for 16th at the Boilermaker Invitational with a 4-over-par 220
• Tied for 20th at the USF Invitational to start the spring season, notching a 4-under-par 212
• Finished third at The Macdonald Cup with a 202 (-8), including a 66 in the second round
• Placed fourth at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate with a 215 (+2)
• Missed the first round of the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational with a back injury but recovered to fire rounds of 72-66 for a two-round total of 138 (-6) on the tournament's last two days, with the 66 serving as the best score of the final round
• Posted four rounds under par and three rounds of even par during the fall.

2013 Summer

• Finished second at the 2013 Wisconsin State Amateur, falling to Oklahoma State's Jordan Niebrugge by one stroke
• Qualified for the 2013 U.S. Amateur, advancing to the match-play portion and winning his first match to reach to the round of 16.

Freshman 2012-13

• Finished fourth on the team with a 73.35 stroke average
• Earned PING honorable mention All-America honors by finishing tied for 13th at the NCAA Championships with a 54-hole score of 4-under-par 206, Danielson's career best
• Fired a 4-under 66 in the second round of the NCAA Championships, the third-best score of the day
• Defeated Texas' Toni Hakula 1-up to clinch Illinois' 3-2 win over the Longhorns in the NCAA quarterfinal match on May 31
• Topped California's Joel Stalter 3 & 2 in the NCAA semifinal match on June 1
• Posted a career-best round of 7-under-par 65 in the first round of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional
• Tied for fifth at the NCAA Regional with a career best-tying 216
• Posted a 72.67 average in four fall tournaments, including career-best scores of 216 at the Wolf Run Invitational and Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational
• Finished in the top 30 in nine of 11 tournaments he has played, and has five top-10 finishes
• Had nine rounds under par and four rounds at par
• Fired a 68 in the second round of the Desert Shootout on March 22
• Named one of the top 12 freshmen in the nation by Golfweek after the fall season
• Competed in all four fall tournaments, including a fall-best 216 at both the Wolf Run Invitational and Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational
• Led the Illini at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational with a 216 (+6) to finish tied for 12th
• Tied for seventh at the D.A. Weibring Invitational with a six-over-par 219
• Shot a 216 at the Wolf Run Invitational, finished tied for 10th with Illini teammates Thomas Detry and Mason Jacobs.

High School

• Won the Wisconsin State Championship in 2010 and again in 2012
• Placed as the runner-up in the Wisconsin State Championship in 2011
• Won the PGA Junior Series - Nebraska in 2011
• Won the American Junior Golf Association - Las Vegas Tournament in 2012
• Qualified for the U.S. Amateur Tournament in 2012
• Holds course records on Krooked Kreek, New Richmond, and Amery.

Personal

• Born on Jan. 16, 1994
• Son of Craig and Liz Danielson
• Has two siblings, Lindsay and Casey
• Lindsay was a member of Wisconsin's golf team and graduated 2013
• Casey is a freshman on Stanford's golf team in 2013-14
• Enrolled in the College of Business
• A-Honor Roll all four years of high school
• Enjoys playing tennis and basketball as well as spending time at lakes.