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On Radford: A two-time Mid-Atlantic Regional All-American (first team in 1999; second team in 2000) an All-ACC honoree in 2000 Terps all-time home run leader began to work out in the winter after missing fall practice time with a foot injury continues to develop as a fantastic hitter has shown improved patience at the plate will return behind the plate, but should share time with Casey Leiter after shouldering much of the responsibility over the past two seasons will also play third base and play in the DH role to keep her bat in the lineup boasts quick release and a strong, accurate throwing arm with the ability to throw out baserunners listed among career leaders in several categories after three seasons ... listed first in home runs (24) and sacrifice flies (12) ranks third in RBI (104) listed fourth all-time in career batting average (.278) and walks (72) ranks sixth in runs scored (82) listed eighth in career base hits (142), at bats (511) and doubles (20) also rates high among single-season leaders in several categories, most notably the leader with nine home runs in 2001 and 38 RBI in 1999. As a Junior in 2001: Finished her junior year as the Terps season leader in home runs (9), fielding percentage (.992), putouts (327) and sacrifice flies (5) nine home runs tied for second in the ACC and finished one short of the Terrapin single-season record 27 runs and 28 walks were second on the squad walk total was also fifth in the ACC gunned down nearly half (.471) of opposing base runners attempting to steal from her catching position registered seven multi-hit games, four multi-run games and eight multi-RBI games career-high tying four-RBI in a game came against Radford (April 8) finished with two stolen bases in two attempts batted .333 in three games at the Terrapin Invitational (March 2-3), with a homer, five runs scored and two RBI heated up at the Tallahassee Democrat-Florida State Invitational (March 16-17) with hits in all four games for a 5-for-10 (.500) performance, including a double, a walk, a run scored and three RBI season-high six game hit streak came from April 25-May 5 went 10-for-17 (.588) across that stretch, with three doubles, a home run, two runs scored and three RBI went 2-for-3 (.667) with two doubles against Florida State (May 5) named to the 2000-01 ACC and Maryland Intercollegiate Athletics Scholar-Athlete honor rolls. As a Sophomore in 2000: A Mid-Atlantic Regional second team All-American and All-ACC selection led the Terps statistically in seven offensive categories paced the squad with a .303 batting average, 50 hits, eight home runs, 35 RBI, 79 total bases, a .479 slugging percentage and two sacrifice flies eight home runs tied for the second-highest effort in school history 35 RBI ranks as the fourth-best single-season performance second on the team with 27 runs scored and 21 walks established a career-high 11-game hit streak from March 18 (Georgia Southern) to March 30 (Morgan State) was 17-for-35 (.486) with four home runs, three doubles, 13 runs scored, 12 RBI and eight bases on balls named ACC Player of the Week (March 28) during the streak, for a 13-for-26 (.500) batting performance that included two homers, seven RBI, seven runs scored, two doubles and two walks in eight games between March 21 and March 26 put together an eight-game hit streak earlier in the season, from Feb. 19 (Campbell) to March 9 (Hofstra) went 11-for-25 (.440) with two long balls, two runs and five RBI pounded Georgia Tech (March 21) with a 4-for-8 (.500) effort that included a homer, a run scored and four batted in crushed Morgan State (March 30) with a 3-for-6 performance featuring two home run blasts, a double, five runs scored and five RBI was a perfect 4-for-4 in Marylands come-from-behind victory over Ohio (Feb. 19) and 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against Florida State (May 4) was a combined 3-for-6 (.500) against the Seminoles with a three-run homer 12 multi-hit games posted .333 average against SASA opponents career-high ten multiple RBI games tied career high for RBI in a single game with four against Georgia Tech (March 21). As a Freshman in 1999: Mid-Atlantic first-team regional All-American established the single-season school-record for RBI with 38 hit seven home runs which ranked second on the team and is the third-highest single-season total in school history the team leader with five sacrifice flies ranked fourth among Terp regulars with a .289 batting average ranked second with a .437 slugging percentage batted .500 (11-for-22) in conference play to help Maryland roll to a 6-2 league mark three hits came against both Georgia Tech on April 9 and North Carolina on April 18 recorded a six-game ACC hitting streak during conference play hit Maryland's first-ever home run in NCAA Tournament play against Southwest Missouri (May 20) in the Terps' 5-0 victory a starter at catcher in her first career game against Florida International (Feb. 5) hit home runs in consecutive games against Alabama (Feb. 13) and South Carolina (Feb. 13) during the Fiesta Bowl Tournament career-high 15 multi-hit games batted .333 (seven-for-21) during the Triangle Classic with four RBI and five runs scored career-high four RBI first came against UMBC (March 31) nine games with multiple RBI six-game hitting steak from May 2 through May 15 batted .444 (eight-for-18) during the streak during which Maryland won all six games. Before Maryland: A graduate of Northern High School in 1998 earned four varsity letters in softball and three in volleyball led Northern to state softball championships as a sophomore and junior a second team All-America choice as a sophomore in 1996 a three-time Southern Maryland Athletic Conference honoree team captain as a junior and senior played on three state championship volleyball teams was an All-Met first-team choice by the Washington Post as a senior and an All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference selection as a sophomore, junior and senior. Personal: Born Jan. 11, 1981 Beth is the daughter of JoAnne and Robert Radford has one brother and one sister, who plays volleyball at Robert Morris was a member of the National Honor Society in high school majoring in chemical engineering.
Radford at the plate Year G-GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 1999 69-66 .289 190 28 55 7 0 7 38 0-0 2000 55-55 .303 165 27 50 5 0 8 35 0-0 2001 60-60 .237 156 27 37 8 0 9 31 2-2 2002 50-49 .235 149 17 35 11 0 3 27 1-1 Totals 234-230 .268 660 99 177 31 0 27 131 3-3 |
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