Despite falling behind during the first quarter, Negeri 3 Jakarta of high school under their coach Julisa Rastafari broke through and came out victorious with the final score of 74 - 61 and grabbed the 2008 Pop-Mie Basketball National Championship.

Daniel Wenas was immediately recruited to play professionally for Pelita Jaya after graduating high school and during his freshman year at Perbanas Institute.

He made his professional debut on 11 December 2011 against JNE Bandung Utama and scored 8 points together with 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals in 16 minutes.

He finished his rookie season averaging 5.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, 0.8 assist, 0.8 steal and 0.1 block, playing mainly as the backup Small-Forward for the team.

He then helped his team reach the 2013 NBL Final to play against Aspac Jakarta led by his former high-school teammate, the rookie of the year, Andakara Prastawa.

During a daily practice in late August 2013, Daniel Wenas suffered a torn ACL and lateral meniscus and had to miss the whole of the upcoming season.

He had a surgery done in early September at Moro Lorenzo Sports Center @ Ateneo de Manila University located at Quezon City, Philippines.

Later that month, Daniel Wenas was selected to Indonesian National Team to compete in 2014 ASEAN University Games at Palembang, Indonesia.

His coach, Fictor Roring occasionally trusted, Daniel Wenas to run the team offense as their backup point guard behind the veteran, Wendha Wijaya.

Daniel Wenas was joined by his old coach, Fictor Roring as he was hired by Pelita Jaya to be the General Manager of the team.

Building the success from the previous season, Daniel Wenas and his team went on to the United States for training camp at Impact Basketball that was located at Las Vegas, Nevada for one week.

During the same off-season, Pelita Jaya signed Xaverius Prawiro whom ended up becoming the MVP of the 2017-18 season and another valuable, versatile big man in Valentino Wuwungan.

The final was a rematch from last year, however, this time Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta was powered by Indonesia's naturalised national-team player, Jamarr Johnson and Dior Lowhorn who defeated Daniel Wenas and his team in 3 games.

Despite Siliwangi being the worst team in the previous season with 0 win, Daniel Wenas believed that this will be a challenge worth taking and also an opportunity for him to prove himself that he can be a national-team level player.

In September 2012, Daniel Wenas represented DKI Jakarta and won the bronze medal in the Pekan Olahraga Nasional XVIII (PON 18) national tournament.

In February 2018, Daniel Wenas was selected to participate in 2018 Asian Games Test Event and made his official senior Indonesian National Team debut defeating Timor Leste 135 - 30.