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  Carlena Herd

Carlena Herd

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Tacoma, WA

High School:
Henry Foss

Height:
5-7

Position:
3B

Age:
21

College: Second-team West Region and first-team Pacific West Conference all-star last season … Holds school record for career home runs (10) … Ranks second among career leaders in runs batted in (84), third in triples (8) and sixth in doubles (18) … Set season home run record with four in 2001 … Started first 33 games before missing last 16 because of mononucleosis … Batted .354 (34-for-96) with 24 runs batted in and 15 runs scored … Led team in slugging percentage at .531 … PacWest Player of the Week … Tied school mark with four hits against Concordia OR on 4/8/01 … Second-team PacWest all-star in 2000 … Played in 43 games, making 42 starts … PacWest Player of the Week … Batted .303 (36-for-119), leading team with school record-tying three home runs and 31 runs batted in … Set school-game mark with five RBI versus Simon Fraser on 2/21/00 and tied another with four runs scored versus Central Washington on 4/22/00 … Had seven multiple-hit contests … Second-team all-league as freshman in 1999 … Played in 44 games, starting 42… Led team in eight offensive categories including home runs (3), triples (5), runs batted in (29), slugging percentage (.545) and total bases (66) … Had 11 multiple-hit games and 11 multiple-RBI games … Three letters … Batted .688 at ASA Women's "B" Nationals in 1998, earning first-team All-America honors and helping Washington Mavericks place seventh among 21 teams.

High School: Tacoma News Tribune all-Area selection as senior at Henry Foss High School … Four-time Narrows League all-star, leading loop in batting as senior with .556 average … Team captain as senior … Career average of .497 was highest in school history … Named Athlete of the Month by Tacoma Athletic Commission ... Started and lettered four years … Also earned four letters in volleyball and two in basketball.

Personal: Major is history.

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