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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Athletics

OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF UW-STEVENS POINT

2008 Softball Roster

3 Laura Van Abel

  • Position Shortstop
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Kaukauna
  • Hometown Kaukauna

Biography

2007: Broke the school record with 65 hits…She also broke the school record with 103 total bases last season...Was fourth in the conference with a .433 batting average and was third with 44 runs scored…Was tied for a WIAC high with four triples on her way to earning first team All-WIAC accolades…Was a second team All-Great Lakes Region selection...Batted for the cycle vs. Augsburg on 3/9/07 as she was 6-for-6 with seven RBIs…Her six hits were the most in school history and she became just 13th player in NCAA Division III history with six hits in a game…Ended the season on a 20-game hitting streak.
2006: Ranked third in the WIAC with a .427 average and led the league with four triples, earning first-team all-WIAC laurels...Named third-team all-Great Lakes Region...Missed six late season starts with a broken hand, but returned to the lineup and hit .483 (14-for-29) with the injury over the last nine games...Had just five errors in 79 chances at shortstop...Opened the season with hits in first 11 games...Singled and scored three times in win at Edgewood...Went five-for-nine in WIAC tournament, including team’s only hit in loss to UW-Oshkosh...Finished three-for-four in wins over Western Connecticut State and Washington & Jefferson...Was three-for-three against Baptist Bible...Homered in win over UW-Whitewater...Was successful in all nine stolen base attempts...Drove in three runs in win over MSOE.
2005: Made 17 starts in 18 appearances...Hit first career home run to tie game in fifth inning in eventual 4-3 loss at Winona State...Had a two-run home run and an RBI double in three at-bats in 4-1 WIAC tournament victory over UW-Oshkosh.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time first-team All-Conference and All-District selection...Second-team All-State as a senior and honorable mention All-State as a junior...Played in state all-star classic...School’s Female Athlete of the Year...Member of two conference championship teams and two regional championship teams...Earned two varsity letters in softball and one in volleyball...Honor roll student and president of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Born 3/4/86...Business major and Spanish minor...High school coach Tim Roehrig.

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