1999 (Junior): Started all 58 games...Easton All-America second team...All-WAC for the third season (first team)...NCAA All-0West Region squad for the third year as second-team catcher...hit .324 (11-for-34) in the post-season...batted .300, with three runs, three RBI and a homer at NCAA Regional in Seattle, Wash...slammed a seventh-inning, three-run homer against Texas A&M to elimate them from the NCAAs on May 22...led team in triples (2), homers (9), RBI (34) and slugging (.544)...UH career homers leader (20)...tied school season home run mark (9)...led Wahine in homers in each of her three seasons at UH...tied for career RBI record (112)...among WAC best in batting (.394), homers (5) and RBI (19) in WAC play...had 17 multiple-hit games and six multi-RBI performances...hot finish (.459, 17-for 37) helped Wahine win nine of their final 12 WAC games...recorded two-hits per game in four of her final five regular season contests...selected to '99 Bank of Hawai`i Invitational all-tourney team after batting.333, with a homer and five RBI in three games...best games came (3-for4, 2 HR, 5 RBI) against New Mexico on Mar. 23 and San Jose State (2-for3), 2 HR, 6 RBI) on Apr. 24...went 2-for-3 against Oregon State (Feb. 13) and 3-for-3, with a homer against the Beavers on Feb. 14...best WAC series came against San Jose State (Apr. 23-24) when she batted .556 (5-for-9), with two homers and seven RBI.
1998 (Sophomore): Started all 61 contests, finishing fourth on the team with a .360 batting average...tied for team lead in home runs (6) for the second consecutive season...sevent in WAC in homers...second on the team in RBI (35)...tied for WAC lead in doubles in conference play (10)...led conference in doubles per game (0.31)...had 19 multiple hit games and nine multiple-RBI performances...went 2-for-5 with a grand slam and five RBI against Oregon at the UNLV Classic on Feb. 21...tied for fifth in home runs in the WAC...named to the Bank of Hawai`i Invitational all-tournament team...batted .400 (4-for-10) at NCAA Regional in Tucson, Ariz., with a pair of 2-for-4 performances against Niagara and Pacific.
1997 (Freshman): Second-team Louisville Slugger All-American designated player...first team all-NCAA West Region designated player...first-team all-WAC designated player...shattered school record for highest batting average in a season by 34 points, slugging her way to a .410 average in 54 games...led Wahine in home runs (5), RBI (43), slugging percentage (.583), and on-base average (.455)...had a remarkable conference season, placing in the top three in batting average (2nd .464), home runs (tied for 3rd, 5), RBI (1st, 33(, slugging (3rd. 691), on-base average (3rd, .500), and RBI per game (1st 1.03)...set Wac record for RBI in a conference season (33).
Prep: A 1996 graduate of Helix High in La Mesa, Calif...garnered first team all-league honors twice...also all-East County and all-CIF in softball...lettered in basketball where she earned all-league honors...led team to 21-8 record her junior season, batting .328...played of rthe San SDiego Lighting, a junior Olympic team ranked among the top five nationally.
Personal: Born Dec. 23, 1977, in San Diego, Calif...favorites include the color blue, spaghetti, actor Jim Carey, Reggae musician Bob Marley and the book The Power of One...majoring in U.S. History...has a brother...parents are Wynn and Denis Degan of La Mesa, Calif.
