Played two years at Rutgers 04-06. Always was a fan of his.
Don’t know the details but just read on Twitter. Sad, RIP
Don’t know the details but just read on Twitter. Sad, RIP
Dan Waterstradt has died
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Danny and his wife Clare came back to Rutgers for the first time since he transferred to Oakland this season as our guests at the Michigan game. His passing is a true shock. Janet and I valued he and his family as our own. RIP Stradt! You will be missed!
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Simply terrible. My heart goes out to his family and friends.
RIP Dan
My condolences to the Waterstradt family and all that cared for Dan
My condolences to the Waterstradt family and all that cared for Dan
Dan posted this (identified as five months ago) on his LinkedIn:
I have debated with myself about posting this because I am not someone who always shares every aspect of my life on social media. However, because I want to get out of my mold and I'm trying to get comfortable being uncomfortable here goes... This past weekend I had some pretty scary health news. I went into the ER with some chest/back pain, shortness of breath and nausea. I was immediately hooked up to an EKG machine and the doctor told my wife that I was, in that current moment, having a heart attack. Now, this is something that shocked the ever-loving life out of me. I am a former D1 athlete, I am (somewhat) healthy, and I have NEVER had health issues in my life! I was rushed to another hospital where they could put a heart catheter in me and check to see where the blockages were. I don't say this a lot... I was scared. A million thoughts run through your head at a time like that. What's going to happen to me? Will everything be, ok? Will I see the inside of the home we're building? Despite all sorts of tests (EKG, echo cardiogram, CT scan, ultrasound, heart catheter) the doctors could not find a darn thing wrong with my heart and one nurse said it was a "freak occurrence". Now, why am I sharing this on #LinkedIn? Well, the first is to give a shoutout to the team Henry Ford Health they were awesome, especially my nurses. Secondly, to bring to light the fact that nothing is guaranteed or certain in life. So, you need to go out and do that thing you've been putting off, travel to another country, even if you don't speak the language, tell your loved ones you love them.... A LOT. Next is to give a giant thank you to my team at University of Rochester, they were in constant contact with me and definitely put my mind at ease that they were behind me and that I could rest as long as I needed... definitely a great employer to work for! And lastly, I wanted to show you what a great support system can do and help you with. Mine was and always will be my wife, Clare Waterstradt, MA, LLPC, she was there explaining everything the doctors said, reassuring me everything would be ok and taking care of me in general. This was, I believe, the result of multiple things going on in my life, stress being #1. I guess I am writing this to say: focus on life, because work will always be there. I try to write motivational and inspirational posts to push everyone to keep going. And this is a case and point example.... I WILL recover from this; I WILL keep growing in my data career and I WILL continue to focus on the most important things in my life! I hope that everyone has a great Friday and as my favorite TV character of all time, Michael Scott, said, "I'll catch you on the flippity flip!" #life #data #dataanalytics #dataanalyst #keeppushingforward #motivation #mywhy #mysupportsystem #health #thankyou #career #hospital #help
I have debated with myself about posting this because I am not someone who always shares every aspect of my life on social media. However, because I want to get out of my mold and I'm trying to get comfortable being uncomfortable here goes... This past weekend I had some pretty scary health news. I went into the ER with some chest/back pain, shortness of breath and nausea. I was immediately hooked up to an EKG machine and the doctor told my wife that I was, in that current moment, having a heart attack. Now, this is something that shocked the ever-loving life out of me. I am a former D1 athlete, I am (somewhat) healthy, and I have NEVER had health issues in my life! I was rushed to another hospital where they could put a heart catheter in me and check to see where the blockages were. I don't say this a lot... I was scared. A million thoughts run through your head at a time like that. What's going to happen to me? Will everything be, ok? Will I see the inside of the home we're building? Despite all sorts of tests (EKG, echo cardiogram, CT scan, ultrasound, heart catheter) the doctors could not find a darn thing wrong with my heart and one nurse said it was a "freak occurrence". Now, why am I sharing this on #LinkedIn? Well, the first is to give a shoutout to the team Henry Ford Health they were awesome, especially my nurses. Secondly, to bring to light the fact that nothing is guaranteed or certain in life. So, you need to go out and do that thing you've been putting off, travel to another country, even if you don't speak the language, tell your loved ones you love them.... A LOT. Next is to give a giant thank you to my team at University of Rochester, they were in constant contact with me and definitely put my mind at ease that they were behind me and that I could rest as long as I needed... definitely a great employer to work for! And lastly, I wanted to show you what a great support system can do and help you with. Mine was and always will be my wife, Clare Waterstradt, MA, LLPC, she was there explaining everything the doctors said, reassuring me everything would be ok and taking care of me in general. This was, I believe, the result of multiple things going on in my life, stress being #1. I guess I am writing this to say: focus on life, because work will always be there. I try to write motivational and inspirational posts to push everyone to keep going. And this is a case and point example.... I WILL recover from this; I WILL keep growing in my data career and I WILL continue to focus on the most important things in my life! I hope that everyone has a great Friday and as my favorite TV character of all time, Michael Scott, said, "I'll catch you on the flippity flip!" #life #data #dataanalytics #dataanalyst #keeppushingforward #motivation #mywhy #mysupportsystem #health #thankyou #career #hospital #help
Prayers for his wife and family. I can't imagine having to go through this at such a young age, especially since he was so healthy leading up to that heart issue 5 months ago.
Waters recruited him and Waters left in 2005-06 or so. Probably 40 or under with two young children. Tragic.
Remember him as a player. Once a knight. Always a knight. RIP
Dan was a really nice guy who gave us everything he had whenever he was on the court. My thoughts and prayers are out to him, his wife and his entire family.
Wasn’t he a lefty shooter, maybe a poor man’s Oskar but tougher around the glass?
May he RIP. Still shocking when healthy 40 year olds are having fatal heart attacks, although it has always happened more often than we expect.
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.Found this obituary online. RIP Dan
This is awful news. Prayers to the Wattersradt family and friends and to the Rutgers community
More info on Danny's passing...
Thank you for posting.
Any idea which game he came to? Hope it was a good one
"Earlier this year, Waterstradt returned for a game on Rutgers' campus for the first time since he left the school in 2006."
He and his wife were our guests at the Michigan game. Photo of us together on my Facebook page. Danny and I had stayed in close contact over the years...
Wow! Very sad. And two young children too.
Said a prayer for him, and his family and friends.
Said a prayer for him, and his family and friends.