Freshman (2007): Played
in 18 games and got the starting nod six times ... All starts came at third
base ... Played in five BIG EAST games and started in one ...
2/27 vs. Eastern Michigan (Game Two) - Got her first collegiate start at third
base ... Scored a run after drawing a walk - both career firsts ... 3/10 vs.
Northern Illinois - Tallied her first sacrifice ... 3/21 vs. Princeton (Game
One) - Registered her first career hit and RBI with a run-scoring single up the
middle ... 4/21 vs. DePaul (Game One) - Got the start at third base ...
High School:
Lettered in softball all four years at the Academy of the Holy Names ... Garnered
All-County 3A Player of the Year honors in 2005 ... Named first team all-county
three years (2004-06) ... Was team captain in 2006 ... Also lettered one year in
volleyball ... On President's Honor Roll With Distinction all four years ... Member
of the following: National Honor Society, Beta Honor Society, National Spanish
Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta ... Played club ball for the Tampa Mustangs.
Personal: Full
name is Brittany Allyn Villa ... Born on Jan. 27, 1988 in Tampa, Fla.
... Daughter of Francine Villa and Alan Villa ... Has a brother, AJ, who is nine,
and a sister, Tristin, who is 16 ... Majoring in pre-med at USF.
