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Infielder • 5-4 • R/R • Junior As a Sophomore in 2006: First Team All-NEC... Earned start in 55 of the 57 games... Sported a .302 batting average, good for third on the squad... Tied third for runs scored (27)... Second on team for total bases with 83... Ranked fourth on the team with in five home runs... Tied for fourth on squad with 25 RBI... Tallied 14 doubles, leading the team... Made 206 total plate appearances... Was 2-for-4 at the plate versus Florida International (2/19) while collecting three RBI and a pair of doubles... Was 3-for-3 in two consecutive games... Against Fairfield (3/26), drove in three RBI while scoring two, registered a double, and first home run of the season... One game later, had another perfect 3-for-3 performance in a win over Sacred Heart (3/31), posting three doubles and one RBI... Collected a double and RBI, while going 3-for-4 against Wagner (4/10)... Had a home run and two runs scored in second game of doubleheader against Seton Hall (4/11)... At Robert Morris (4/14), blasted a solo home run and ripped a double... Was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI, a double and home run at St. Francis (PA) (4/15)... Had an RBI in each of the games against St. John’s (4/30)... Had a triple at Central Connecticut State (5/6) in game one of the doubleheader.
High School/College/ASA/Personal: Played three years varsity at Northside High School in Roanoke, Va... First Team All-District following sophomore and junior seasons... First Team All-Region and Second Team All-Timesland after junior campaign... The Vikings won district and regional titles in Group AA in three seasons she played... Member of Virginia Class Action Scrappers and Southern California Valley Breeze travel teams... Also ran indoor track and cross country at Northside High... Full name is Vanessa Nicole Mejia... Daughter of Marcia Mejia... Has four brothers - Emmanuel, Lionel, Carlo and Alex - and three sisters - Aliyah, Krystal and Bianca... Born June 20, 1986. |
9 • Vanessa
Mejia
As a Freshman in 2005: In first season, led the
team with a .375 batting average and 35 RBI... Saw action in
45 games with
41 starts... Topped team in doubles (12) and was third in hits
(42)... Second on the squad with a .589 slugging percentage...
Third on team in total bases with 66... Blasted four home runs...
Had a .943 fielding percentage with 38 putouts and 94 assists...
Fourth in the NEC in runs batted in, averaging .74 a game...
At the plate, posted a season and team-best six RBI’s versus
Central Connecticut State on April 24... Went 2-for-3 from the
plate, scoring twice and added a double and a home run in the
contest... Posted a pair of RBI’s versus Minnesota (3/15)...
Registered a 3-for-3 performance, including a 3-run homer, with
four RBI’s and two runs scored... Was 3-for-4 with one
RBI and two runs scored at St. Francis (NY) on April 5... In
the fourth inning at Sacred Heart on April 10, drove in two runs
with a double into deep center... Had three RBI in victory over
St. John’s (4/13)... Two games later, collected three more
RBI in victory over CCSU - combined for nine RBI, two doubles
and a homer in two games versus Blue Devils... Had a pair of
RBI in game two versus Quinnipiac on April 25... Went 2-for-3
versus Fairleigh Dickinson, with a double and two RBI... Had
a pair of sacrifices at FDU in game two of the doubleheader on
May 8... Closed out season 10-for-11 in the NEC Tournament, going
4-for-5 versus Wagner with an RBI and two runs scored... In the
next contest versus Quinnipiac, went 3-for-3 with two RBI and
two runs scored... Had a home run and 12th double of the season
versus the Bobcats... A perfect 3-for-3 in last outing of season
versus Wagner on May 14 with one run scored.