Senior (2009): Played and started in 51 games ... Named NFCA All-Region and to the All-BIG EAST First Team ... Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll on April 20 and April 27 ... Batting average of .378, highest on the team and tied for fourth in the BIG EAST Conference ... Holds records on USF all-time career list in several categories; fourth in doubles (48), fifth in runs scored (138), sixth in home runs (18), hit by pitch (14), and total bases (337), tied for seventh in assists (384), tied for eighth in walks (71), and ninth in total at bats (706) ... Highest slugging percentage on the team with a .577 mark ... Most hits with 59, tied for eighth in the BIG EAST ... First for doubles with 13, tied for fifth in the BIG EAST ... First for total bases with 90 ... Tied for first with 33 RBI and six homeruns ... Scored 31 runs, second on the team ... 2/6 vs. UNC Greensboro-First hit of the season in first start ... 2/6 vs. Illinois State-Went 2-for-4 with an RBI ... 2/7 vs. North Florida-1-for-3 with first homerun of the year, a grand slam over left field, her second career grand slam ... 2/8 vs. FGCU-2-for-4 with first double of the season ... 2/27 vs. Texas Tech-3-for-4 with three RBI and a home run ... 3/6 vs. Virginia Tech-3-for-3 with an RBI ... 4/24 vs. Providence (Game 1)-2-for-3 with two RBI.
Junior (2008): Played in 61 games... Garnered First Team All-BIG EAST honors ... Earned BIG EAST Weekly honors twice (2/18 and 3/10) ... USF Career Records – Eighth in hit-by-pitch (11)...Ninth in walks (63)...Tenth in triples (10)... Hit .331 on the year, 59 hits, nine doubles and one triple......Led the team in runs scored (36) and total bases (88)...Ranked second in hits (59), triples (1), walks (23), runs batted in (33), and home runs (6)... Racked up 93 putouts and 76 assists... Finished up the year leading the team with nine multiple RBI games...Ended the year with 17 multiple-hit games... Ranked the following in the BIG EAST: Eighth with 59 hits... Played in all 20 BIG EAST games ... Led team in conference only stats: First with 12 runs scored, 15 RBIs and 32 total bases... Hit .368 in league play...2/9 vs. Bethune Cookman – Hit her first home run of the year in first game...2/29 vs. Iowa State – Recorded first three-hit game of the year...3/6 vs. St. Joseph’s – 2-for-3, doubled and knocked in three...3/9 vs. Penn State – Hit second home run of the year, extending hit streak to nine...3/20 vs. Canisius (Game Two) – 2-for-4, hit third home run of the year...3/28 vs. St. John’s (Game Two) – Had three hits, hit fourth home run while driving in four...3/30 vs. Rutgers (Game One) – Recorded three hits, doubled, hit fifth home run while knocking in a season high five RBIs...4/18 vs. DePaul (Game Two) – Hit first triple of the year...5/9 vs. Louisville (BIG EAST Tournament) – blasted a two-RBI home run that sent the team to the BIG EAST Championship.
Sophomore (2007): Played in 60 games, starting in 59 ... 33 starts came at second base and 24 came at shortstop ... Garnered First Team All-BIG EAST honors ... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on March 19 ... Hit .337 on the year, setting a new personal best while finishing third on the team ... Led the team with 62 hits, 35 runs and 13 doubles ... Tied for fourth with three homers ... 16 extra base hits were the most on the squad ... Third with 23 RBI ... Drew a team-high 23 walks ... Third highest on-base percentage among starters (.423) ... 13 sacrifice hits were the second most ... Tied for the lead with 11 stolen bases ... Hit by five pitches, third most on team ... Hit by 10 pitches in career, ranking her 10th all-time ... Tied for the third-longest hit streak on team, hitting in six straight (4/21-4/29) ... Ranked the following in the BIG EAST: fifth in hits, tied for eighth in runs, tied for first in doubles, fifth in walks, 10th in on-base percentage, tied for fifth in sacrifices ... Batted .341 against righties, third best on team ... With runners on base, batted third highest average of .342 ... Hit .375 (3-for-8) with the bases loaded, fourth best ... Had 15 two-out hits and nine two-out RBI, third most in both categories ... Recorded 16 multi-hit games - 11 two-hit outings and five three-hit outings - tying for second on the team ... Five three hits games most of any player ... Posted four two-or-more RBI games, tying for third ... One of four players to have a four-RBI outing ... Played and started in all 20 BIG EAST games ... Finished second with a .397 average, 12 RBI, two homers, .474 on-base percentage, .544 slugging percentage and five stolen bases ... Led the team with 27 hits and 16 runs ...Tied for second with four doubles ... Ranked the following among the BIG EAST in league games: ninth in batting average, seventh in on-base percentage, fifth in runs, fifth in hits ... 2/9 vs. Arkansas - Got the start at shortstop and registered her first hit of the season ... 3/4 vs. Central Michigan - Hit her first home run of the season - a two-run blast ... 3/13 vs. LIU - Scored a season-high three runs ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in a run ... 3/16 vs. Dartmouth - Knocked in the game-winning run with a single through the left side ...Recorded her first three-hit game, going 3-for-4 ... 3/17 vs. Ball State - Drove in the go-ahead run off a bunt single ... 3/30 vs. Rutgers (Game One) - Hit a walk-off grand slam home run to win the game for the Bulls ... First-career grand slam ... Went 2-for-4 ... 4/7 vs. Louisville (Game One) - Went 3-for-5 and tallied an RBI double in the ninth inning to pull the Bulls within one ... 4/13 vs. Pitt (Game One) - Batted 1.000, going 3-for-3 at the plate ... Stole a base and scored a run ... 4/22 vs. Notre Dame (Game One) - Went 2-for-4 and scored two of USF’s three runs ... 4/22 vs. Notre Dame (Game Two) - Drove in the game-tying run with a single up the middle ... Tallied second multi-hit game of the day ... 4/27 vs. Providence (Game Two) - Had three hits in the game (3-for-5), scored a run and stole two bases ... 4/29 vs. UConn (Game One) - Batted 2-for-4, registering two doubles ... Drove in two runs... 5/5 vs. St. John’s (Game Two) - Was 2-of-3 at the plate and scored two runs ... Made a tremendous defensive play in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the game for USF ... 5/6 vs. Seton Hall (Game One) - Hit a two-run home run to put the Bulls ahead in the sixth inning ... Went 2-for-4 and scored two runs ... 5/10 vs. Pittsburgh (BIG EAST Tournament) - Had a three-hit day, netting two singles and a double ... 5/11 vs. Louisville (BIG EAST Tournament) - Led off the first inning with a single and came around to score USF’s only run of the game.
Freshman (2006): Saw action in 65 games, getting the start in 63 ... Started 57 games at second base, one as shortstop and five as the DP ... Finished the season tied for fourth in batting (.277), fourth in runs scored, fifth in hits (53), third in doubles (13), third in sac flies (2), fourth in homers (3) and sixth in RBI (18) ... Stole 12 bases in 12 attempts, which was the fourth highest total on the team ... Fell one double shy of tying the rookie record of 14 ... Tied fellow classmate Jessica Landau for the new freshman record in hit by pitch (5) ... In BIG EAST games, she finished third in hits (18), tied for first in doubles (6) and home runs (2), third in RBI (8) and second in total bases (30) ... Tied for fourth among BIG EAST players with her six doubles ... Recorded 15 multi-hit games - fifth highest total on team - including a four-hit outing against Notre Dame (4/29/06) ... Notched five multi-RBI games ... Batted mostly in the leadoff spot ... Hit .314 with runners on and batted .400 (2-for-5) with bases loaded ... Advanced runners 47 percent of the time ... Tied the single-game record with four runs scored against Northern Illinois (3/15/06) ... Only player to steal three bases in a game all year (against UCF 4/12/06) ... Involved in turning nine double plays - fourth highest total on team ... Helped USF to be ranked 20th in the nation in double plays per game (0.4) ... 2/10/06 vs. Western Kentucky - Got her first collegiate start at second base ... 2/10/06 vs. Jacksonville - Scored her first-career run after getting on base by drawing a walk ... 2/12/06 vs. Western Kentucky - Tallied her first collegiate hit, which was a two-RBI double ... Also stole her first-career base ... 2/18/06 vs. Temple - Showed patience at the plate, drawing two walks in the game ... 2/24/06 vs. Siena - Went 2-for-4 in the game, tallying two doubles ... Recorded an RBI off her second double in the game ... Posted her first-career multi-hit game ... 2/26/06 vs. Siena - Hit a two-RBI double in the game ... Got the start at second base ... 3/4/06 vs. Long Beach State - Tallied her second-multi-hit game of her career, going 3-for-3 ... 3/9/06 vs. Georgia Tech - Posted her second-straight multi-hit game, netting two ... Stole two bases ... Extended her hit streak to three games (3/5-3/9) ... 3/15/06 vs. Northern Illinois - Hit her first-collegiate home run, a two-run shot to left field ... Scored four runs in the game and went 3-for-3 ... Tied the single-game record for runs scored ... 3/17/06 vs. Purdue - Recorded her third-straight multi-hit game, going 2-for-3 ... 4/2/06 vs. St. John’s (Game One) - Went 1-for-3, hitting a double, and drove in a run off her first-career sac-fly ... 4/5/06 vs. Stetson (Game Two) - Had a solid effort at the plate, going 2-for-3 ... Knocked in a run off her second-career sac fly ... 4/9/06 vs. Providence (Game Two) - Extended her hit streak to four games in a 2-for-4 effort at the plate ... 4/12/06 vs. UCF - Stole three bases and drew two walks ... 4/15/06 vs. Louisville (Game Two) - Hit a three-run home run...Went 2-for-4 in the game ... 4/29/06 vs. Notre Dame (Game Two) - Set a new career mark, going 4-for-4 in the game ... Tallied three RBIs in the game... Scored a run ... 5/7/06 vs. Rutgers (Game Two) - Put USF’s only run on the board thanks to a solo homer to left field ... 5/13/06 vs. Pitt (BIG EAST Tournament) - Went 1-for-3, drew a walk and stole a base ... 5/19/06 vs. North Carolina (NCAA Regional) - Went 1-for-3 and scored a run after getting on base by a hit by pitch ... 5/27/06 vs. UCLA (NCAA Super Regional) - Led off the game with a single to right field ... 5/28/06 vs. UCLA (NCAA Super Regional) - Went 1-for-3 and got hit by a pitch.
High School: Earned four letters in softball at Bartow High ... Helped lead her team to four-straight state and district championships (2002-05) ... Member of the No. 1-ranked team in the nation in 2003 as named by the USA Today Poll ... Was a first team all-state shortstop sophomore through senior year ... Florida Sports Writers Association selected her to the 2004 all-state first team and the 2003 all-state second team ... Honored as the team’s Best Overall Player her entire high school career ... Has a career batting average of .410 while at Bartow High ... Holds the school record in career stolen bases, tallying 100 in only four years ... Was nominated for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award her senior year ... Played for the state all-star team in 2005 ... Named the Kissimmee Klassic Offensive MVP in 2003 ... Also lettered four years in soccer ... Member of National Honor Society and graduated with honors
Personal: Full name is Britta Denise Giddens ... Born on April 26, 1987 in Kissimmee, Fla. ... Daughter of Glenn and Kelley Giddens ... Her father was a Navy Seal ... Has a sister, Rachael, 17, and a brother, Martin, 14 ... Majoring in criminology.
