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Is coming off one of the most prolific offensive seasons in school history ... Keeps defenses off-balanced with her ability to hit to all sides of the field, lay down a bunt or hit it out of the park ... A good fielder with excellent range.
2007 SDSU Single-Season Rankings: 2nd in on-base percentage (.464), 3rd in batting average (.386), 3rd in runs (39), 5th in slugging percentage (.524), T-5th in hits (64), T-5th in total bases (87), T-5th in walks (24), T-7th in home runs (4)
Had a tremendous first season on The Mesa ... Named to the NFCA/Louisville Slugger all-West Region second team ... It was the second straight season an Aztec freshman was honored (Erin Floros) ... Earned all-MWC accolades ... Ranked among the SDSU single-season leaders in eight categories, including on-base percentage (2nd, .464), batting average (3rd, .386), runs (3rd, 39), slugging percentage (5th, .524), hits (T-5th, 64), total bases (T-5th, 87), walks (T-5th, 24) and home runs (T-7th, 4) ... Also was second on the team with three triples and 166 at-bats and tied for third with nine stolen bases ... Ranked among the MWC leaders in hits (T-3rd), batting average (4th), on-base percentage (5th), triples (T-5th), walks (T-6th), runs (T-9th) and stolen bases (T-9th) ... One of two Aztecs (Tamani Wells) to appear in every game ... Her 54 starts trailed only Wells' 56 ... Had 15 multi-hit games, tied with Wells for most on the squad ... Was a part of a game-winning play (game-winning run or RBI) 11 times or 34.4 percent (11 of 32) of SDSU's 32 wins, most on the team ... Of those plays, six were game-winning runs (second behind Wells' seven) and five were game-winning RBI (tied with Monica Alnes for first) ... Had a team-high seven three-hit games (rest of the team had 12) ... Hit .381 (24-for-63) in MWC contests with a team-best 15 runs, 34 total bases, 12 walks and .474 on-base percentage ... Led the team with a .386 home average (32-for-83), .447 neutral (17-for-38), .391 day (43-for-110), .375 night (21-for-56), .396 vs. right-handers (63-for-159), .460 with runners on base (29-for-63) and .536 with runners on and two outs (15-for-28) ... Batted a remarkable .769 (10-for-13) with six runs scored in four games against MWC foe Colorado State ... Reached base safely in 45 of her 54 starts (83.3 percent) ... Homered in her first career at-bat against No. 6 Oregon State for SDSU's only run in the 1-0 win ...Went a perfect 4-for-4 in the Aztecs' 3-2 win over Colorado State on April 29 ... Scored four times at Brigham Young on May 11 to tie a school single-game record with three other players ... Had a career-long eight-game hitting streak from March 4-13, when she batted .409 (9-for-22) ... Hit .667 (12-for-18) with eight runs over a five-game stretch from April 13-18 ... SDSU went 21-6 when she scored a run, 12-4 when she drove in a run, 12-3 when she had two or more hits, 6-2 when she stole at least one base and 3-1 when she homered.
High School; Earned two letters at Escondido High School in San Diego, Calif. ... Helped lead the Cougars to Valley League titles in both softball and tennis ... Softball team also won the CIF championships ... Earned all-state recognition after her senior softball season and was named the team's best offensive and defensive player ... Also won the CIF sportsmanship award ... Was selected as the MVP of the Valley League in soccer, and was named all-league and most inspirational on the team ... Was named Escondido's Female Athlete of the Year for 2005-06 ... A four-year scholar-athlete ... Member of the National Honor Society.
