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#9

Laurie Erickson

Senior

Catcher

Warminster, PA

Archbishop Wood HS

At Delaware: Co-captain...fourth-year starter behind the plate...2003: Earned second-team all-conference honors last year...hit .296 with eight RBI...got hot the second half of the season, collecting 15 of her 24 hits in the final 14 games...2002: Blue Hens' primary catcher as a sophomore, appearing in 40 games with 30 starts...batted .202 with six doubles, one home run and 13 RBI...hit her lone home run as part of a 2-for-4, three RBI game at Towson (5/4)...spent part of the season as the designated player due to an injury...2001: Started 35 games as a freshman...committed just four errors in 190 chances.

High School: Three-time Catholic League Most Valuable Player at Archbishop Wood High School... named the Athlete of the Year by the Bucks County-Courier TImes in 2000...first-team all-area and second-team all-state selection as a senior...earned second-team All-Catholic League as a freshman, followed by first-team honors each of the next three seasons.

Personal: Laurie Beth Catherine Erickson...born March 2, 1982 in Philadelphia, PA... daughter of Mr. Keith Erickson and Mrs. Miriam Nitzki... youngest of four children in the family...sister, Theresa, was also a catcher...elementary education major at Delaware with a minor in middle school science...Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American candidate.

Year

G/GS

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

SB

BB

K

Avg.

2003

36/33

81

5

24

1

1

0

8

1

9

12

.296

2002

40/30

99

9

20

6

1

1

13

0

3

0

.202

2001

36/35

74

7

12

2

1

0

2

0

3

19

.162

Totals

112/98

254

21

56

9

3

1

23

1

15

31

.110


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