Andrea Jane Duran (born April 12, 1984) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional four-time All-Star softball player.[1] She played college softball at the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pac-12 Conference, where she was named to the all-conference team twice, and Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2006.[2][3][4][5] She also won two national championships in 2003 and 2004, and was named to the All-Tournament team in 2006.[6][7] She won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[8] On the Olympic team she played third base and outfield.[5] Duran was undrafted but later played professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch, being named the 2014 Player of the Year and winning three Cowles Cup championships with the USSSA Pride.
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| USSSA Pride – No. 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born: April 12, 1984 Selma, California | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| NCAA: 2003, for the UCLA Bruins | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPF: 2010, for the USSSA Pride | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .287 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 200 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home Runs | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 122 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Career
editHer international competition debut was with the United States women's national softball team in 2006 where they went on to win a gold medal at the 2006 ISF World Championship.[9]
In 2010 she returned to UCLA to assume a position as director of operations with the coaching staff for the UCLA Softball Team.[10]
For her career in the NPF she currently ranks top-10 in career RBIs (133) for the league.
Statistics
edit| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2003 | 61 | 160 | 36 | 45 | .281 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 60 | .375% | 10 | 23 | 6 | 8 |
| 2004 | 56 | 184 | 36 | 60 | .326 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 96 | .521% | 11 | 15 | 8 | 9 |
| 2005 | 60 | 189 | 40 | 60 | .317 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 104 | .550% | 22 | 18 | 10 | 15 |
| 2006 | 59 | 197 | 60 | 70 | .355 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 144 | .731% | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| TOTALS | 236 | 730 | 172 | 235 | .322 | 112 | 31 | 17 | 42 | 404 | .553% | 65 | 78 | 44 | 54 |
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2008 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 6 | .300 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .400% | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
References
edit- ^ "2006 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "Career Season Records" (PDF). Uclabruins.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Pac-12 Softball Media Guide". Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ Andrea Duran at Sports Reference
- ^ a b "USA Softball Andrea Duran". Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "UCLA WCWS Stats 2003". Ncaa.org. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "Division I Championships" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "Andrea Duran". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ Battaglia, Joe (August 13, 2008). "Delving into Duran". Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Player Bio: Andrea Duran - UCLA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on October 30, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ^ "Olympic Games, Beijing China". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
External links
edit- Website
- Andrea Duran at Team USA (archived)
- Andrea Duran at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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