Coach Smith says, [quote]Brennan[apos]s hands and instincts in the infield are second to none. Her transition at second base allows us to turn two on balls that would normally yield only one out. She is the kind of 'hit-for-average[apos] kid that a coach wants at the plate in high pressure situations.[quote]
Honors and Awards: ECC All-Conference Third Team (2009)...ECC Academic Honor Roll (2009)...Third team All-ECC (2008)...NFCA Second-Team All-Northeast Region (2007)...Second-Team All-ECC (2007).
2009: Played and started in all 46 games with a batting average of .286 in 133 at bats and 38 hits... hit for six doubles and one homerun, tallying 14 RBIs... slugging percentage of .353 and an on base percentage of .360... stole seven bases for an attempted eight... defensively ranked third on the team in put outs with 95, in assists with 59, in fielding double plays, and in fielding percentage with .987... had three RBIs against Holy Family (4/2)... game high of two bases stolen against Upper Iowa University (3/13) and against Minnesota State Moorhead (3/17)... season best of six putouts against Bridgeport (4/23) with six... game high of seven assists against Southwest Minnesota State (3/17).
2008: Appeared in 55 games making 54 starts...posted a .244 batting average while collecting 29 hits, driving in 18 runs and scoring 18...had 106 put outs to go with a .967 fielding percentage at second base.
2007: Recorded a .333 batting average after making 44 starts in 46 games played...scored three runs vs. Caldwell College (4/30)...ranked seventh in the NCAA in toughest to strikeout (46.0) and toughest to strike out (0.022).
St. Joseph-by-the-Sea High School: Played four year varsity softball...voted most improved player as a freshman and MVP as a sophomore...a three-time Staten Island Advance All-Star...team captain and Daily News All-Star as a junior and senior...also played two years of basketball...a member of the Sea Wave Committee.
Personal: Daughter of Robert and Nancy...born September 10...has one sister, Kelley... attended the College of Staten Island for one year...a Sociology and Elementary Education major...interests include going to the beach, listening to music, sleeping and folk dance.
