Amanda Santa Maria

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
El Dorado HS
Hometown:
Yorba Linda, Calif.

2010: Had 49 starts in the 51 games sheappeared in 2010…Her 125 at bats were third on the team lastseason…Had 22 hits on the year with a pair of doubles, nineRBI and one stolen base…had a .913 fielding percentage fromher second base position…Began the year going 2-for-3 with arun scored against Southern Miss. (2/13)…Had her first twoRBI of the season against Florida A&M (2/23)…Went1-for-2 with an RBI single in a 5-1 win against Alabama St.(3/3)…Recorded a double and went 2-for-3 at the plate in a1-0 win against Rhode Island(3/6)…Scored a run in aftergoing 1-for-3 at the plate against Georgia Tech (3/14)…Hadtwo singles and a run scored in a 8-5 loss at Georgia St.(3/16)…Had two RBI in a double-header at Furman(3/25)…Had a hit in three straight games at Samford(3/30)and then at Kennesaw St.(4/2)…Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and arun scored in game one against Belmont (4/10)…Had an RBIwith a bunt single in a 4-0 win against North Florida in the seasonfinale (5/7).

2009: Went 2-for-3 in game one of doubleheaderwith Troy (2/14) .. Batted 1-for- 4 with an RBI in Mercer’swin over Charleston Southern (2/21) ... Recorded a walk, stolenbase, and run scored while going 1-for-2 in game one against FAMU(2/24) ... Went 1- for-1 with a run scored in game two againstFurman (2/26) ... Laced an RBI single back up the middle in theninth inning to give Mercer a 7-6 win over Auburn (3/3) ... Wasnamed to the Buzz Classic all-tournament team after SophomoreAmanda Santa Maria was batting .455 with four doubles and three RBIin five games (3/6-3/8) ... Had two RBI and two runs scored insweep of Austin Peay (3/10) ... Drew a walk a scored a run in gametwo against Georgia State (3/17) ... Had three hits, including ahome run in Mercer’s split with FGCU (4/3) ... Scored threeruns in game two against Belmont (4/18) ... Had a hit and a runscored in game two against ETSU (4/24).

2008: Went 2-for-2 including a home run and fourRBI against Savannah State (2/16) ... Recorded an RBI facingMississippi State (2/24) ... Batted 1-for-3 with a run scoredagainst Vermont (3/10) ... Was a perfect 1-for-1 at the plate witha run scored against Georgia State (3/11) ... Went 2-for-3 with apair of runs scored versus Campbell (3/29) ... Was 1-for-2 withthree runs scored against Presbyterian (4/20) ... Named an A-SunAll-Academic Honoree.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in softball …Scholar-athlete and was named to the Principal's Honor Roll… Also lettered three seasons in basketball.

Personal: Amanda Santa Maria was born May 6, 1989, inWhittier, Calif., to Al and Sandy Santa Maria … Has oneyounger sister, Alissa … Also recruited by Emory and Yale… Major is pre-med.