Junior (2007): Played
in 55 games and started in 42 ... 35 starts in left field and seven in center
field ... Saw action in the circle in one game ... Eighth among starters with a
.252 batting average ... Fourth with 21 runs scored ... Tied for sixth with two
home runs ... Seventh with 15 RBI and eighth with 30 hits ... Tallied seven RBI
with a runner on third and less than two outs ... RBI is tied for fourth most
... Four two-out RBI ... Tied for the team high with 11 stolen bases ... One of
seven players to draw 10-plus walks ... EIght-game hit streak (2/18-2/27)
second longest on team ... Hit .467 (7-for-15) against lefties, third highest
average ... Led team with seven hits against lefties ... Batted 1.000, going
4-for-4 with the bases loaded ... Four bases-loaded hits tie for first and
perfect average best on team ... Batted .600 (3-for-5) as a pinch hitter ...
Hit .379 with runners in scoring position, third best on team ... Five
multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games
... One of four players with a four-RBI outing ... Played in 13 BIG EAST games, starting in nine ... Hit .300, with six
hits, four runs and two RBI ... One of seven players to bat .300 or better ...
Stole four bases in as many chances in league contests ... 2/9 vs. Western
Kentucky - Got her first start as a Bull in center field ... 2/9 vs. Arkansas -
Had a 1-for-4 outing and scored a run ... 2/10 vs. Virginia - Tallied her first
multi-hit and multi-RBI game,
knocking in two runs off of two base hits ... 2/17 vs. FAMU - Went 2-for-4 and
scored two runs ... 2/23 vs. Drake - Drove in a run off a single ... Posted
third-straight game with a stolen base (2/18-2/23) ... Drove in the first tying
run of the game off a single to center field ... Drew two walks ... 2/27 vs.
Eastern Michigan (Game One) - Hit a game-ending grand slam home run to end the
contest 8-0 in the fifth inning ... 2/27 vs. Eastern Michigan (Game Two) -
Extended hit streak to eight games (2/18-2/27) with a single ... 3/9 vs.
Western Michigan - Pitched for the first time, seeing two-thirds an inning of
relief ... 3/17 vs. Wisconsin - Homered for the second time of the season - a
solo shot ... Knocked in another run off a single to center field ... Went
2-for-3 ... 3/30 vs. Rutgers (Game One) - Knocked in the game tying run in the
seventh with a bases-loaded walk ... Drove in another run with a single up the
middle in the sixth ... 5/5 vs. St. John’s (Game Two) - Batted .500 with a
1-for-2 effort at the plate ... 5/6 vs. Seton Hall (Game One) - Went 2-for-3,
with a double and a run scored ...
Golden West Community
College (2004-06): Played in 2004, took a redshirt season in 2005 and
returned in 2006 ... Batted .350 in 2004 and improved to .360 in 2006 ... Earned
second team all-conference honors and was named to the Golden West
All-Tournament Team both seasons ... Was on the Dean's List all three years.
High School:
Attended Futaba High in Japan ... Played softball all three years ... Started
every game in high school ... Helped lead team to a fourth-place finish in
Fukushima her freshman season.
Personal: Full
name is Aya Nakajima ... Born on March 24, 1985 in Fukushima, Japan ... Daughter of
Takeshi and Midori Nakajima ... Has a brother, Tohru, 23, and a sister, Moe, 16 ...
Majoring in business.
