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#45 - Brittany Duncan
2012-13 Softball
POS.
IF
B/T
L/R
HT.
5'11"
YR.
So.
HOMETOWN
Fairborn, Ohio
HIGH SCHOOL (PREV. SCHOOL)
Fairborn
Brittany Duncan

2012: Started 60 games for the Crusaders at designated player ... named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year ... also earned a spot on the All-League  First Team ... recognized on the NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team ... hit .382 with 26 runs scored and 52 RBIs on the season ... led Horizon League by  hitting .471 with 31 RBIs in league-only play ... twice earned Horizon League Player of the Week honors (Feb. 14, May 7) ... moved into Valpo's single-season  top-five in eight different categories: RBIs (2nd), walks (29, 2nd), total bases (105, 2nd), on base percentage (.480, 3rd), slugging percentage (.618, 3rd),  hits (65, 4th), home runs (9, 4th) and batting average (5th) ... ranked among top-six in Horizon League in all eight categories as well ... posted 20  multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games on the season ... hit first career home run in first tournament, Feb. 11 at Iowa State, part of a four-RBI game ...  hit safely in 13 straight games Mar. 20-Apr. 12 ... had back-to-back three-hit games against Detroit Mar. 24-25, driving in three runs in the latter game ...  closed hitting streak with three-RBI game at Wright State Apr. 12 ... connected on mammoth home run in Apr. 15 win over Youngstown State ... went 2-for-3  with two runs scored and four RBIs in series opener versus Butler Apr. 25 ... closed out regular season with four straight multi-hit games May 2-4, driving  in three runs in two different games at Cleveland State ... picked up base hit and drove in a run in NCAA Tournament game at #9/7 Louisville May 18.

Prep: A four-year letterwinner for the Skyhawks ... four time All-Metro First Team Selection ... All-Division First Team Selection in all four seasons ... All-Conference First Team honoree her final three years ... earned Ohio All-State First Team honors as a senior and was a Second Team selection as a sophomore ... also earned Ohio All-State honorable mention recognition as a junior ... Team MVP in each of her final two seasons ... voted as Most Dangerous Hitter in the state of Ohio as a senior ... played for Ohio Hawks 18U (2011), Lady Lasers Gold (2009-2010), and Miami Valley Express (2009-2010) ... holds school records for batting average (.540), hits, runs scored, doubles, and RBIs.

Personal: Brittany is the daughter of Tim and Debbie Duncan ... major is elementary education ... born March 25, 1993.

Baseball Toledo 1 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 14 Valpo 6
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 16 13th/13 (309)
Baseball Youngstown State 1 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 16 Valpo 4
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 17 13th/13 (617)
Baseball Youngstown State 4 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 17 Valpo 7
Softball Valpo 0 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 17 #7/8 Michigan 5
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 18 13th/13 (927)
Baseball Youngstown State 2 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 18 Valpo 3
Softball Valpo 7 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 18 Central Michigan 4
Softball Valpo 0 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 18 California 6
Baseball Valpo 8 Niles, Ohio
May 23 UIC 7
M Track NCAA East Regional Championships Greensboro, N.C.
May 24
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 25, 10:00 a.m. Winner of #4 Wright State/#1 Milwaukee
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 26, 10:00 a.m. Horizon League Championship