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2006 Honors/Awards
Honda Award Finalist. First-Team All-American at third base. First Team ESPN The Magazine All-American. Pac-10 Player of the Year. First-Team All-Pac-10. First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic. First-Team Easton All-America. All-Women's College World Series Team selection. Pac-10 Player of the Week for Feb. 28, April 11 and May 2. ESPN.com National Player of the Week for April 11 and May 2. NFCA National Player of the Week for April 12 and May 3. Selected for the 2006 U.S. Women's National Team.
2006 (Senior)
Tripled and scored in UCLA's WCWS opener against Tennessee. Tripled and homered in the Bruins win over Alabama at the WCWS. Had in inside-the-park home run to score UCLA's first run against Texas at the WCWS. Homered on the first pitch of the game in UCLA's 3-1 win over South Florida. Tripled and scored UCLA's second run of the day in the fifth inning. Drew a leadoff walk and came around to score the game-winning run in the top of the first inning in UCLA's first game of the Super Regional. Scored three runs and hit .417 at Regionals, going 5-for-12 with a double and three RBI. Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored against Missouri State. Went 2-for-4 including a leadoff single the next day against Long Beach State. In UCLA's Pac-10 clinching win over Cal on May 11, led off the fourth inning with a single and came around to score the game-winning run. Hit .429 at Oregon and Oregon State, notching a triple against the Ducks and two doubles against the Beavers. USA Softball/ESPN.com, NFCA/Louisville Slugger and Pac-10 Player of the Week for May 2. Hit .368 in a five-game Pac-10 week including a split vs. Washington, a two-game sweep of ASU and a win over Arizona. In the Arizona win, had a two-home run game including her first career grand slam. Helped generate 11 of UCLA's 21 runs over that five-game span. Added five runs scored, eight RBI and a .737 slugging percentage for the week. Went 2-for-2 with a sac on senior day Scored UCLA's second run in the 3-2 loss vs. Washington on April 26. Had an RBI single and a run scored in the nightcap. Singled, stole a base and scored a run at Washington on Apr 14. USA Softball/ESPN.com, NFCA/Louisville Slugger, Pac-10 Player of the Week and UCLA/MetRx Student-Athlete of the Week for April 10. During that week against the Arizona schools, Duran hit .545 going 6-for-11 with five runs scored, a double, three home runs, four RBI and a 1.455 slugging percentage and was perfect defensively on eight chances. Led off the April 7 ASU win and the April 9 win at Arizona with home runs. April 7 game at ASU was Duran's first multi-home run game of her Bruin career. Had a solo home run for UCLA's third and final run against Cal on April 1. Opened Pac-10 play with a hit in all three of the Bruins opening -weekend games. Hit .611 (11-for-18) at the Winsberg Tournament, scoring 13 of UCLA's 49 runs in that tournament. Opened tournament play going 8-for-8 at the plate over three games. Was 4-for-4 vs. Cal Poly in the opening game of the Mar. 3 DH before going 3-for-3 in game two with an intentional walk in her final plate appearance. Also became the first Bruin to record three stolen bases in a single game since Natasha Watley in the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Duplicated that feat the following weekend in UCLA's win over Mercer at the Long Beach State Tournament. Pac-10 Player of the Week for Feb 20-26. Hit .400 for that week, going 6-for-15 with five runs scored, three doubles and four RBI. In Palm Springs, had five runs scored, a double and a leadoff home run with three walks and a stolen base. Went 2-for-2 with two doubles, a sac fly and two RBI at UC Riverside on Feb. 21. Led the Bruins with eight RBI at the Campbell/Cartier Tournament. Went 8-for-17 with seven runs scored, two triples and a home run at that tournament. Home run was to leadoff the UC Santa Barbara game on Feb. 10, the first Bruin to hit a leadoff home run since Caitlin Benyi did so on Feb. 13, 2005, against Syracuse at the Kajikawa Classic. Two triples at the Campbell/Cartier gave her 12 career triples, putting her into fourth place on UCLA's career triples list, passing four U.S. Olympians (Christie Ambrosi and Dot Richardson had 10, Amanda Freed and Sheila Cornell had 11).
2005 Honors/Awards
First-Team All-Pac-10. First-Team District 8 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America ...Third-Team Easton All-America
2005 (Junior)
Set a new UCLA single-season record with her eighth triple of the season in the second game of the NCAA Championship Series against Michigan. It was an RBI triple, scoring UCLA's first run of the game. Had hits in all three games of the Championship Series. In G2 of UCLA's Super Regional series with Georgia, led off the third inning with a solo home run to spark UCLA's three-run rally that cut the Georgia lead to 4-3. Opened the season as UCLA's leadoff hitter while Caitlin Benyi was out of the lineup due to injury. Returned to the leadoff spot to stay on Apr. 29 vs. Cal. Had four triples in the first seven calendar days of the 2005 season, exceeding UCLA's 2004 total as a team (3). In G2 of the Utah State doubleheader, went 4-for-4 with three runs scored, including a lead-off double to start UCLA's game-winning rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. Went 2-for-2 with a run scored, two doubles, two RBI and two walks in UCLA's run-rule victory at Cal State Fullerton on Mar. 29 ...Homered in the first game of the Oregon doubleheader on Apr. 2 to score the Bruins only run of the game. Doubled in the nightcap against the Ducks. Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in UCLA's 2-1 win over Cal on Apr. 10. Scored from first base on an Emily Zaplatosch double to plate UCLA's second run in that game. Hit .556 against the Arizona schools in mid-April, going 5-for-9 with three runs scored, two doubles and an RBI. In the final weekend of the regular season, hit .556 going 5-for-9 against Oregon and Oregon State. Slugged 1.111 over that weekend with a triple, a home run, six RBI and two runs scored.
USA Softball (2004)
Played with USA Softball's Schutt Elite Team at the Canada Cup and Champions Cup in July. Hit .313 with three doubles, a triple and eight runs scored. Started all nine games for the USA's Gold Medal team at the World University Games, leading the team with a .400 BA, 10 hits, four runs and three RBIs with a .982 fielding percentage on a team-high 57 chances.
2004 Honors/Awards
First-Team District 8 Academic All-America. Honorable Mention All-Pac-10. Second-Team Easton All-America. All-Tournament at UCLA's NCAA Regional.
2004 (Sophomore)
Provided all of UCLA's scoring in its 2-0 win over Louisville at NCAA Regional 2. Had a solo home run in the second inning and an RBI double in the sixth. Started all of UCLA's 56 games at third base, the only player to field that position for the Bruins. Moved to the hot corner after starting in LF as a freshman. Scored twice in UCLA's 8-2 win over Stanford in its WCWS opener. Also had a double in the Bruins extra-innings win over the Cardinal three days later. Went 4-for-4 with a double and two runs scored, including the game-winner, in UCLA's 3-2 win over Arizona on May 14 at Easton Stadium. Only 2004 Bruin with a four-hit game . Led the Bruins in steals for the season with eight. Was only thrown out once in `04. Team leader in sacrifice bunts with 18. Ranked 24th in the NCAA Division I standings with 0.32 sacrifice hits per game.
USA Softball (2003)
Played with Team USA on the silver medal-winning Junior World Championship team in October 2003. Hit .350 (7-for-20) during the tournament with five runs scored, a triple, a home run and two stolen bases. Tripled in the opener against The Netherlands.
2003 (Freshman)
Had a critical sacrifice bunt in UCLA's dramatic 2-1 WCWS second semifinal win over Texas that put the Bruins in the NCAA Championship Game. Played 56 of a possible 61 games in left field. Other games were at third base (4) or first base (1). Hit ninth in the lineup for the final three months of the season ...Previously hit seventh. Only exception was a return to the seven spot on Apr. 4 against Arizona State. That was also her only appearance at first base. Had nine extra-base hits including three home runs and five doubles.
High School
Lettered in softball (4), basketball (3) and volleyball (2) for a total of nine varsity letters during her high school career. Named a High School All-American by American -Student Sports Magazine. Fresno Bee All-Valley Team. Four-time First-team All-League selection. Holds CIF Central Section records for career batting average (.558); career (206), single-season (63) and single-game hits. career (149) and single-season (53) runs scored and career stolen bases (154). Played ASA travel softball with Batbusters, winning the 18-U Gold Nationals in 2002. Two-time first-team ASA All-American at third base at the Gold National Tournament.
