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As A Sophomore (2011): Named to the NE-10 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll ... saw action in all 41 games with 39 starts ... batted .170 with five doubles, one triple and nine runs driven in ... scored seven times ... drew 16 walks ... doubled in a pair of runs and scored another in the season opener versus Bloomfield (3/12) ... smacked a double against Nyack (3/14) ... scored a run versus Philadelphia (3/14) ... combined to blast a double and score a run in a doubleheader versus NYIT (3/17) ... went 1-for-3 with a run scored in the first game of a doubleheader against Stonehill (4/6) ... went 2-for-3 with a double in the first game of a doubleheader versus Adelphi (4/10) ... stroked a pair of hits and drove in two runs in the second game of a doubleheader at Bentley (4/11) ... scored a run versus Merrimack (game one, 4/12) and at AIC (game two, 4/14) ... tripled home a pair of runs in the second game versus Saint Rose (4/16) ... drove in a run and scored another in the second game versus Saint Michael's (4/19) ... doubled home a run at Southern New Hampshire in game two (4/21). 2011 Statistics

As A Freshman (2010): Appeared in 41 games for the Ravens, including 39 starts...Tied for second in the Northeast-10 Conference in runners caught stealing (13)...Led the team in batting average (.321; 34-for-106), home runs (3), slugging percentage (.491), on-base percentage (.438) and walks (20)...Tied for the team lead in hit-by-pitch (2) and ranked second in runs batted in (20) and total bases (52)...Scored 13 times and stole two bases...Made her collegiate debut and went 0-for-2 with a walk against Grand Valley State on 3/13...Picked up her first career hit, run batted in and run scored when she went 1-for-2 with a double and two walks, drove in two runs and scored twice against Nyack on 3/15...Knocked 2-for-3 with a double, drove in two runs and scored once against St. Thomas Aquinas on 3/16...Went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk and drove in three runs against Philadelphia on 3/18...Clubbed 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, drove in two runs and scored once in the first game of a doubleheader at Saint Michael's on 4/3...Hit 2-for-4 with her first career home run, drove in two runs and scored once in the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Anselm on 4/8; hit 2-for-3 and scored a run in the second game...Slugged 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and drove in a run in the second game of a doubleheader at Pace on 4/10...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 4/11...Went 1-for-4 with a home run in the front end of a doubleheader against Saint Rose on 4/19...Hit 2-for-4 with a home run in the first game of a doubleheader against Southern New Hampshire on 4/21...Knocked 3-for-3 and drove in a run in the first game of a doubleheader at Southern Connecticut State on 4/25...Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 4/25...Hit 2-for-3 with a walk, drove in a run and scored once in the second game of a doubleheader against Assumption on 5/1.
2010 Statistics

Before Franklin Pierce: Four-time All-Conference selection at Taunton (Mass.) High School...Four-time All-Scholastic selection by both Taunton Daily Gazette and Brockton Enterprise...All-Scholastic selection by both Boston Globe and Boston Herald as a senior...Taunton Call Rookie of the Year as a freshman...Selected as a "Player to Watch" by Taunton Daily Gazette in each of her four years...Team captain as a senior...Played at the club level for Rhode Island Thunder and Taunton Dynamites...Also played basketball at Taunton.

Personal: Daughter of Liz and Wayne Furtado...Has an older brother, Josh, and an older sister, Jen...An education major and math minor.