Andrea Duran

Andrea Jane Duran (born April 12, 1984) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional four-time All-Star softball player.[1] She played college softball at the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pac-12 Conference, where she was named to the all-conference team twice, and Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2006.[2][3][4][5] She also won two national championships in 2003 and 2004, and was named to the All-Tournament team in 2006.[6][7] She won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[8] On the Olympic team she played third base and outfield.[5] Duran was undrafted but later played professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch, being named the 2014 Player of the Year and winning three Cowles Cup championships with the USSSA Pride.

Andrea Duran
USSSA Pride – No. 28
Infielder
Born: (1984-04-12) April 12, 1984
Selma, California
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Professional debut
NCAA: 2003, for the UCLA Bruins
NPF: 2010, for the USSSA Pride
NPF statistics
(through entire career)
Batting average.287
Hits200
Home Runs24
Runs batted in122
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  United States
Women's Softball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 BeijingTeam Competition
ISF Women's World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Beijing

Career

Her international competition debut was with the United States women's national softball team in 2006 where they went on to win a gold medal at the 2006 ISF World Championship.[9]

In 2010 she returned to UCLA to assume a position as director of operations with the coaching staff for the UCLA Softball Team.[10]

For her career in the NPF she currently ranks top-10 in career RBIs (133) for the league.

Statistics

UCLA Bruins

[11]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2003 61 160 36 45 .281 21 3 0 6 60 .375% 10 23 6 8
2004 56 184 36 60 .326 22 7 2 11 96 .521% 11 15 8 9
2005 60 189 40 60 .317 27 6 8 10 104 .550% 22 18 10 15
2006 59 197 60 70 .355 42 15 7 15 144 .731% 22 22 20 22
TOTALS 236 730 172 235 .322 112 31 17 42 404 .553% 65 78 44 54

Team USA Olympic Games

[12]

YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
2008 8 20 4 6 .300 5 0 0 2 8 .400% 5 3 1 1

References
  1. "2006 NSCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  2. "Career Season Records" (PDF). Uclabruins.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. "2020 Pac-12 Softball Media Guide". Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  4. Andrea Duran at Sports Reference
  5. "USA Softball Andrea Duran". Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  6. "UCLA WCWS Stats 2003". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  7. "Division I Championships" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  8. "Andrea Duran". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  9. Battaglia, Joe (August 13, 2008). "Delving into Duran". Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  10. "Player Bio: Andrea Duran - UCLA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on October 30, 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  11. "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  12. "Olympic Games, Beijing China". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved 2018-06-26.


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