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Michelle Plant
Junior
Shortstop/Third Base
Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge

At Delaware: Expected to start at third base for the Blue Hens.

2005: Appeared in 51 games and started 50 • batted .151 and ranked seventh on the team with 24 hits and 11 runs scored • tied the school single season record and tied for the CAA lead by getting hit by a pitch nine times • went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Cornell on March 13 • was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored versus Villanova on February 26 • also had two hits against Delaware State on March 19 and Drexel on April 17 • scored two runs at Bucknell on April 27.

2004: Tied the school single-season record by appearing in all 54 games • started at shortstop and led off for the Blue Hens in every game • set the UD single-season mark with 192 at bats • tied for the team lead with 27 runs scored and ranked second with eight doubles • was third with 42 hits and 50 total bases • batted .219 and knocked in eight runs • went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored in the 4-2 win over Hofstra on April 10 • also was 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the 4-2 victory over Rutgers on April 28 • posted eight two-hit games, including a 2-for-4 performance with a double and a run scored in the 4-2 win over James Madison on May 14 on the second day of the CAA Tournament • was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored against East Carolina on February 22.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and three-year captain at Woodbridge High School • earned first-team all-district honors as a sophomore (at second base), junior (at second base) and senior (at shortstop) • earned all-area honors as a senior as well • also earned second-team all-district honors as a freshman.

Personal: Michelle Dee Plant • born June 14, 1985 • daughter of Donald and Diane Plant • honor student as a psychology major at Delaware • collects baseball memorabilia • considers wearing number 13 one of her superstitions.

YEAR GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K Avg.
2004 54/54 192 27 42 8 0 0 8 1 7 15 .219
2005 51/50 151 11 24 4 0 0 9 2 5 10 .159
Totals 105/104 343 38 66 12 0 0 17 3 12 25 .192

 
 
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