Angel Merren Class: Senior Hometown: Wayland, Mich. High School: Wayland Union Position: OF Birthdate: 07/17/1982 B/T: L/L

2003: Played in 55 games, starting 46... Batted .261 with 21 runs scored and 11 RBIs... Recorded three doubles, three triples and two home runs... 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI versus Radford (2/15)... Tripled, scored twice and drove in two runs against St. Francis (3/1)... Had two hits, including a double, two RBIs and a run scored against Virginia (3/2)... Two hits, two walks, two runs and a stolen base against East Tennessee State (3/15)... Blasted the only two home runs of her career in consecutive at bats and drove in three runs in victory over Iowa (4/6)... Doubled, scored and drove in two runs in first game versus Wisconsin (4/13)... Had a triple, three walks and scored twice in game two at Oakland (4/23)... Had two hits and scored three times versus Indiana (4/25)... 2-for-3 with a run scored against Purdue (4/27)... Committed just one error in the outfield.

2002: Played in 57 games and started 53, including 49 in left field... Hit .275, collecting 36 hits... Tied for the team lead with eight doubles... Third on the squad with 16 runs scored and added 13 RBIs... Second on the team with nine sacrifice bunts... Led all MSU outfielders with five assists... Made just one error in 81 chances... Had seven multi-hit games... Went 3-for-6, including a double, with four RBIs and two runs scored during doubleheader sweep at Indiana (4/7)... Had two hits, a run scored and an RBI in 10-0 win at Detroit (4/9)... Had two hits and scored a run in 9-0 victory at Loyola (4/18)... Went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI in a 3-2 win at Central Michigan (4/23)... Also had two-hit games versus Iowa (2/16) and Houston (3/8).

2001: Saw action in 53 games, starting in 34 to earn her first collegiate letter... Hit for a .279 batting average, good for fourth on the team... Collected 31 hits and 12 runs scored... Drove in four runs... Was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts... Posted a .984 fielding percentage... Hit .400 (2-for-5) as a pinch hitter... Had seven multi-hit games... Held a five-game hitting streak (3/6-3/9)... First collegiate hit came against Massachusetts in NFCA Leadoff Classic (2/25)... Went 3-for-3 with an RBI versus Boston (3/6)... Had two hits and two runs scored against Jacksonville State (3/25)... Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored against Oakland (4/4).

Pre-MSU: Earned four letters at Wayland Union High School under coach Cheri Ritz, who was a four-year softball letterwinner at Michigan State... Also a four-year letterwinner in tennis... Captained the softball and tennis teams her junior and senior seasons... Earned all-state honors twice, while earning all-region, all-district and all-league honors three times... Compiled a .624 batting average her senior year... Broke Wayland Union's stolen bases record with 58... A member of the Michigan Maniacs and Grand Rapids Blaze ASA softball teams... Received the Technology Award from Wayland Union High School... Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Aug. 17, 1982... Daughter of Kenneth and Pamela Merren... An interdisciplinary humanities major.

Career Stats

Year	GP/GS	AB	R	H	BAvg	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SO	BB	HB	SF	S	SB-SBA
2001	53/34	111	12	31	.279	3	0	0	4	19	0	1	0	4	3-3
2002	57/53	131	16	36	.275	8	1	0	13	24	4	0	1	9	2-3
2003	55/46	111	21	29	.261	3	3	2	11	23	8	0	0	6	3-3
Totals	165/133	353	49	96	.272	14	4	2	28	66	12	1	1	19	8-9