Niagara University Athletics

JUNIOR (2004)

Played in 44 games, making 40 starts...Hit .225 with personal bests in runs (10), hits (25) and home runs (3)...Third on the team in RBI (18)...Collected 38 total bases and aN .865 fielding percentage...Recorded five multi-hit games, including 3 for 3 with an RBI vs. Gardner-Webb (3/10)...Registered a season-high three RBI in a loss to Iona (4/17)...Hit a home run in back-to-back games vs. Saint Peter’s (4/25).

SOPHOMORE (2003)

Started 25…Career highs in batting average (.239) and doubles (8)…Had 34 total bases and a .358 slugging percentage…Walked twice and was hit by a pitch twice and recorded an on-base percentage of .282…Went 2 of 3 with a two-run double vs. Manhattan (4/14).

FRESHMAN (2002)

Appeared in 36, starting 33…Five of her 17 hits went for extra bases, including two home runs…First collegiate home run came against Towson (3/26)…Was third on the team in RBI (12)…Recorded 10 walks and one hit by pitch on her way to a .275 on-base percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL

A four-year starter at Duanesburg Central…Hit .450 for her career…Helped lead team to a 46-0 league record and a 63-10 overall record…Schoharie County League MVP in 2000…Second-team all-state as a senior.

PERSONAL

Born Nov. 6, 1982, in Niskayuna, N.Y….Daughter of Richard and Elaine Baluch…Has three older sisters, Shannon, Loren and Sarah...Played in the 2003 Women’s Major Fast Pitch National Championships …Majoring in criminal justice.

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