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Angie Danca
Position: Outfield
Class: Junior
Hometown: Naperville, IL
High School: Neuqua Valley
2008: UT Chattanooga Frost Classic All-Tournament Team… Danca started the first seven games of the season in center field before suffering a thumb injury in the win against Jackson State… was able to play in all three games of the Tennessee State series as the designated player before being shutdown for the season… was granted a medical redshirt… went 6-for-11 with four runs scored and four stolen bases to earn All-Tournament Team honors at the UTC Frost Classic… was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three stolen bases in the win against Buffalo… EIU All-Time Rankings: ninth in stolen bases.
2007: She played in 49 games and started 34 times, primarily in left field… led the team with six outfield assists for the second year in a row… reached base 32 percent of the time when leading off an inning… collected all five of her RBIs in EIU wins… delivered a two-out, two-run single in win the over Stephen F. Austin… also came through with RBI hits in back-to-back wins against Missouri State and Tulsa… knocked in the game-tying run in the sixth inning of the game one win over Tennessee State… ignited the two-run rally in the series finale win at Samford with a leadoff base hit… had two hits and scored a run in the walk-off win over Ball State… was 3-for-6 with a double and three runs scored in doubleheader sweep of Southeast Missouri… beat out an infield single in the bottom of the seventh in game two of the Illinois doubleheader to send the game into extra innings.
2006: Played in 58 games and started 52 times, primarily in left field… broke the EIU freshman stolen bases record, finishing the year with a team-high 17… scored the game-winning run in the extra-inning victory over Jacksonville State at the OVC Tournament after leading off the top of the eighth with her second hit of the day… four of her five RBIs came with two outs… batted .316 in the month of May, highlighted by a 3-for-10 showing at the OVC Tournament… hit well above her season average in OVC play (.246) and in true road games (.242)… was 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts in the month of May… led EIU with six outfield assists… also led the team in sacrifice hits (9)… hit safely in five of the first six OVC games, punctuated by a three-hit, two-stolen base effort in the rubber game of the Morehead State series… also had three hits early in the season against Jackson State… tripled and scored in the finale of the Austin Peay series as EIU completed the sweep… was successful in 16 of her first 17 stolen base attempts… seven multi-hit games, five coming in OVC play… OVC Rankings: fifth in stolen bases… EIU Single-Season Rankings: 10th in stolen bases.
HIGH SCHOOL: Angela was a four-year letter-winner for coaches Laura McCarthy and Erin Gibler… Upstate 8 Conference position player MVP as a senior... also earned team MVP and hustle awards... Naperville Sun First Team All-Area as a senior... NVHS and ROTC Female Athlete of the Year… team captain in each of her upperclassman seasons… first team all-conference as a junior, honorable mention all-conference both of her underclassman seasons… led the league in stole bases and runs scored... National Honor Society… won summer league state championships twice with the Aurora Raiders and once with the DuPage Wildcats… NVHS was a two-time regional champ.
PERSONAL: No. 1 sports highlight was scoring the game-winning run with a "wrap-around slide" on a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the seventh… her parents have been a major influence on her sports career because "they are always there for me and through all the traveling and cost of playing the game"… most admires former EIU all-conference performer Julie Fonda-Smith because "she was there to help me through a rough time in my career with her enthusiasm and extreme love for the game. She got me started hitting from the left side, too"… her father was a diver at Northern Illinois and her uncle Mark played defensive end for the Chicago Bears… daughter of Rich and Lucy Danca… MAJOR: Sociology.
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