Andrea New

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
High School:
Shawnee Heights High School
Hometown:
Topeka, Kan.

2010: Played in 39 games, 35 of those starts, as a junior ... New went 3-for-4 with a pair of two-run homeruns and a RBI triple in a home win against UMKC (4/2)

Before SDSU: New comes to South Dakota State from Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kan., where she earned NJCAA Division I preseason All-American honors before the start of the 2009 season ... batted .456 with 52 RBI, eight homeruns and 14 doubles last season for the Grizzlies, who went 49-8, the best record in school history, and won a third straight Jayhawk Conference championship and a second straight Region VI championship ... earned two varsity letters in softball in high school ... named all-city, all-conference and all-state selections in both 2006 and in 2007 ... earned Shawnee County Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year nomination in 2007 while playing club ball with the T-Birds ... honor roll student throughout high school ... two-year member of the National Honor Society ... earned Kansas Honor Scholar and Outstanding Senior Artist honors in 2007