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2011 Softball Roster

Mark Pearson
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3 Diane Gallagher

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • High School Buhach Colony High School
  • Hometown Atwater, Calif.

Biography

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2010
Earned second team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors … started all 49 games … led the Colonels and was ranked 11th in the OVC with a batting average of .325 … broke school record for most stolen bases (34) in a season … led the OVC with 34 stolen bases and ranked 10th in the nation with an average of .69 stolen bases per game … ran her streak to 41 stolen bases without being thrown out, before being thrown out for the first time in her collegiate career against North Carolina A&T (March 9) … finished the season 34-for-37 in stolen base attempts … was the team leader in runs (25), hits (54), walks (16) and steals (34) … led the team with 17 multiple hit games on the season … second on the team with a .389 on-base percentage … was 3-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base against Canisius College (Feb 26) … was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases against University of Evansville (March 6) … went 1-for-3 with a run scored and four stolen bases against Murray State (March 7) … tied school record for stolen bases (4) against Murray State … went 5-for-7 with an RBI and two stolen bases against Tennessee State (April 2) … was 1-for-3 with two runs scored against Jacksonville State (April 18) … 2009-10 Colonel Scholar.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2009
Earned first team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors in her first season as a Colonel … was also selected to the OVC All-Newcomer team … second in the OVC with 24 stolen bases … was not thrown out attempting to steal … ranked 27th in the nation with an average of 0.55 stolen bases per game … second on the team with a .301 batting average … started all 44 of the team’s games … led the team with 11 multiple hit games … led the team with 46 hits … second on the team with 27 runs scored … had one home run and 11 RBIs … batted .311 with 13 runs and 13 stolen bases against conference teams … recorded a hit and scored a run in her first collegiate game, against Furman (Feb. 13) … went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two stolen bases against Georgetown (Feb. 22) … went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a season-high three runs scored against South Dakota (March 7) … went 3-for-3 with a pair of runs and a pair of stolen bases against Pennsylvania (March 8) … her first collegiate home run was a walk-off solo shot in an extra inning win over Morehead State (March 17) … was 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs against Kent State (March 25) … went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a season-best three stolen bases against Southeast Missouri (April 25) … 2008-09 Colonel Scholar.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year all-conference and all-area selection for Buhach Colony High School … earned team MVP honors as a freshman … led Buhach Colony to a pair of Central California Conference championships as a junior and a senior ... she was also a four-year member of the school’s volleyball team ... received Buhach Colony’s Female Athlete Sportsmanship Award in the spring of 2008 … on the club level, Gallagher’s Atwater, Calif., Yammers finished second at the ASA Nationals in 2004 and claimed the national championship in 2005 ... in the summer of 2008, Gallagher went 17-for-32 (.531) at the Denver, Colo., 18 U Gold Firecracker Tournament and her team, the Running Rebels Gold, finished eighth out of 140 participants.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Mike and Chris Gallagher … has three sisters – Cara, Lindsey and Katie … born Nov. 12, 1990 ... majoring in nursing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2009Freshman

    Outfield
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2010Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'5"
    3
  • 3

    2011Junior

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    3