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2009: Played in 32 games, starting 31 of them ... Bounced back from off-season surgery to see action at both catcher and designated player ... Was named to the Big South Second-Team All-Conference Team ... Was second on the team with seven doubles on the season ... Tied for third on the team with two homeruns ... Was fourth on the team with a .296 batting average and 18 RBI’s ... Was also fourth on the team with a .429 slugging percentage and a .333 on-base percentage ... Posted a fielding percentage of .989, allowing only one passed ball all season long ... Recorded seven multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games ... Posted a season-high five game hitting streak ... Went one-for-two in GWU’s second game against Southern Illinois at the Samford Bulldog Bash ... Went two-for-three with two RBI’s in a win over Appalachian State ... Was 4-for-10 with two doubles and a run scored in the three-game series at home versus Radford ... Went one-for-two with a homerun, an RBI and a run scored in the Bulldogs lone loss to Coastal Carolina ... Went three-for-four with a homerun, a double, three RBI’s and a run scored in the second game of the double-header with Winthrop ... Had a solid Big South Conference Tournament, as she was 6-for-16 with three doubles, five RBI’s and a run scored over the four games. 2008: Started all 57 games behind the plate ... Led the team with nine doubles and was second on the squad with eight homeruns ... Tied for the team lead with 29 RBIs ... Belted a three-run homerun to give the Bulldogs the lead in the season-opening win over Furman ... Scored the game-winning run with her grand slam in the victory over McNeese State ... Was two-for-four with an RBI and two runs scored against North Carolina A&T ... Went three-for-four with a run scored in the win over Notre Dame ... Drove in two runs while scoring once in the win over Bucknell ... Had a homerun against Furman ... Belted a two-run homer against UNC-Charlotte ... Was two-for-three in the win over Presbyterian ... Had a two-run homerun in the win over Presbyterian ... Launched a solo homerun against ETSU ... Had an RBI single in the second game against ETSU ... Was two-for-three with a double and two RBIs against Lipscomb ... Had an RBI against USC Upstate ... Recorded a two-run homerun in the win over Coastal Carolina ... Scored a run in the second victory over Coastal Carolina ... Doubled home a run against FGCU ... Went four-for-eight on the day in the doubleheader sweep of Appalachian State, scoring once ... Notched her eighth homerun of the season in the win at Belmont ... Was two-for-four with an RBI at Liberty. 2007: Started in all 56 games in which she played ... Launched seven doubles and six homeruns, driving in 27 runs on the season ... Threw out 14 base runners from her catcher position, which is the third most of any athlete in school history ... Had two hits and drove in a run in the win over Coastal Carolina ... Smacked her first homer of the season against College of Charleston, going 2-3 on the day ... Went 2-4 with two RBIs in the win over Liberty ... Had two RBIs against Charleston Southern ... Scored a run in the win over UNCW ... Only hit in the win over Dartmouth was a two-run homer ... Blasted a homerun and had two RBIs in the win over Charleston Southern ... Had a two-run homer against Albany ... Had a solo homerun against WCU ... Went 3-5 with an RBI against Lipscomb ... Drove in the game-winning run in the win over Belmont ... Blasted a two-run homerun in the win over UNF ... Recorded a single and an RBI in the win over ETSU ... Had an RBI single against Mercer. High School: Earned all-state honors during her senior season at Butler H.S. ... Two-time all-conference selection ... Named Rick Hendricks player of the month ... Led her school to a state championship her senior season ... Batted .474 her senior season and .390 her junior year. Personal: Amanda Lee Ward was born September 23, 1987 in Galeton, Tenn. ... Daughter of Joseph and Karen Ward ... Her older sister, Joanna, also played on the Gardner-Webb softball team ... Also has an older sister, Barbara ... Majoring in sociology. |
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