Oak Lawn Community High School senior Danielle Dempsey has done it all for the Spartans this season. She simply dominated the competition this past month and earned honors as Oak Lawn’s Spartan Athlete of the Month for December.
Dempsey is scoring the ball and shooting it at a blistering rate of 55-percent from the floor, including 38-percent from outside the three-point line. She also shot 100-percent from the free-throw line.
In a 10-game stretch, she ripped down 67 rebounds and dished out 15 assists. Dempsey also shined on defense with 22 steals and 14 deflections.
Dempsey really stood out in hard-fought games against TF South, Riverside-Brookfield, and Hillcrest. Against TF South she scored 10 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Spartans took third place in the Spartan Holiday Tournament. She tallied 14 points and 10 rebounds against R-B, and she recorded yet another double-double against Hillcrest with 19 points and 13 rebounds.