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  Janette Hurtado
Janette Hurtado

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Rowland Heights, Calif.

High School:
Diamond Bar HS

Position:
2B/SS

Birthdate:
11/17/1983

B/T:
R/R

2004
Started each of MSU's 62 games, either at shortstop or her natural position, second base... Hit .256 on the season... Scored 18 runs on the year, the third-most of the 2005 returnees... Posted her first stolen base of the year in the opening game of the season versus Jacksonville (2/14)... Went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored against Stony Brook (2/28)... Drove in the game-winning run in State's 3-2, eight-inning win at Florida International (2/29) that gave MSU the tournament title... Had a double and three RBI versus Cal State Fullerton (3/7)... Had a double, a RBI, and her second two runs scored game of the season in a 2-for-3 day at Loyola Marymount (3/12)... Was 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored versus Oakland (3/20)... Notched her second three-RBI game of the season in the home opener against Valparaiso (3/27)... Went 2-for-3 and scored two runs versus Wisconsin (4/11)... Was 2-for-3 in each of MSU's games at Detroit (5/11), including a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base in the second game of the day... Went 1-for-3 against Illinois in the Big Ten tournament title game (5/15), posting a walk and a stolen base... Was 2-for-4 against Washington (5/21) with a run scored... Went a combined .333 with a walk, three runs scored and an RBI in the NCAA Regional.

2003
Named to the All-Big Ten Tournament team after collecting eight hits during the tournament... Had first four-hit game of career in tournament opener versus Northwestern (5/8), and added a three-hit game with an RBI the next day against Illinois... Also singled and drove in a run in tournament victory over Michigan (5/9)... Started 57 games at second base, playing stellar defense... Hit .243 with 17 runs scored and 13 RBIs... Collected 21 walks, eight sacrifices, five doubles and two stolen bases... Had an eight-game hitting streak April 6-19, and hit safely in 19 of MSU's last 27 games... Had five multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games... Doubled and drove in a run versus UC Santa Barbara (2/21)... Went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and a stolen base during doubleheader sweep of Charleston Southern (3/4)... Doubled and drove in two runs in second game at Miami (Ohio) (3/22)... Went 2-for-3 and doubled in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning in the first game at Wisconsin (4/13)... Drove in two runs with a double against Central Michigan (4/16)... Scored twice at Penn State (4/19)... Had two hits versus Indiana (4/26).

2002
Played in 57 games, starting 55, including 52 starts at second base and three at third base... Hit .200 with 26 hits, nine RBIs and eight runs scored... Had 12 walks while only striking out 11 times... Second on team in assists (77) and third in putouts (135)... First career hit was a double versus Arizona State (2/16)... Drove in both MSU runs in the game against Arizona State (2/16)... Had two hits, including a double, and drove in three runs and scored once in an 11-4 win vs. Penn State (3/31)... Had two hits and two RBIs in a 17-0 rout at IPFW (4/6)... Two hits and scored a run in 10-0 win at Detroit (4/9).

Pre-MSU
Earned four letters under Dan O'Dell at Diamond Bar High School... 1998 Rookie of the Year... Captain of the softball team her junior year... Three-time all-league selection... Earned Defensive Player of the Year honors during her junior campaign... Posted a .988 fielding percentage and .344 batting average her junior season...

Club Softball
Member of the 16-under USA Athletics national championship team under coach Robert Young... Played for the 18-under USA Athletics team also coached by Robert Young... Member of two national championship teams in the ASA 12-under league... Honor roll student.

Personal
Born Nov. 17, 1983... Daughter of Juvenal and Linda Hurtado... A telecommunication major.