Michelle Burrell Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Fourth Season Alma Mater: Maryland '01

Entering her eighth season with the Maryland softball program, former outfielder Michelle Burrell returned to the Terrapin softball coaching ranks as Gina LaMandre's assistant in 2003. In her first full season as an assistant coach, Burrell helped lead the Terrapins to a 27-18 record and the third-best winning percentage in program history. In her second season, she helped guide Maryland to its 300th program win and fourth-place ACC Tournament finish.

LaMandre is happy to have an assistant who knows the program as well as Burrell does. "She knows the people and she's just fantastic. She brings a lot of continuity to this program," LaMandre said.

Burrell received many honors during the 2001 season as she completed her collegiate playing career. As the Terrapins' top hitter her senior year, she captured spots on the All-ACC team, Mid-Atlantic All-Region second team, Verizon Academic All-District II second team and Terrapin Invitational All-Tournament team. She also led the team in several offensive categories such as runs scored, hits, doubles and stolen bases.

The center fielder has made her mark in the Terrapin record books, appearing among the career leaders in every offensive category. She ranks first in doubles (40), second in games played (239) and started (239), fourth in hits (183) and triples (3), fourth in runs scored (113), eighth in batting average (.236) and eighth in RBI (77). She was also one of five Terrapins named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.

Burrell received a degree in kinesiology from Maryland in 2001.

As a Player...
Year	G-GS	Avg.	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
1998	48-48	.193	114	17	22	5	2	0	16	6-8
1999	74-74	.263	205	48	54	9	0	6	26	8-10
2000	55-55	.253	166	14	42	7	1	2	15	4-6
2001	62-62	.320	203	34	65	19	0	2	20	7-7
Totals	239-239	.266	688	113	183	40	3	10	77	25-31