Canadian Olympian Danielle Lappage was a three-time Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association Champion and helped lead SFU to the WCWA championship in 2013. She joined the Clan as an assistant coach with the women’s wrestling program in the fall of 2016, after competing in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Lappage earned Masters of Arts in Criminology at Simon Fraser University in September 2015 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from SFU in 2013.
Lappage achieved the first major international highlight of her career in 2010 when she was crowned world junior champion at 63kg. In 2012 she captured a bronze  medal at the World University Championships. Lappage was first exposed to international multi-sport competition in 2013 when she won gold at the Jeux de la Francophonie and competed at the Universiade, placing 11th. As national champion in 2014, Lappage won gold at the World University Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the Austrian Ladies Open. She also made her debut at the senior world championships where she finished in the top eight. But a month later, she tore her right ACL and had to undergo reconstructive surgery in November 2014, leading to a long recovery period. After just one international competition in late 2015, Lappage started 2016 with a gold medal at the Olympic test event in Rio and added another tournament win in May at the Grand Prix of Germany. Lappage made her Olympic debut at Rio 2016 but sustained an injury in her opening match, putting an early end to her Games.
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