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2009
Harrison started 55 games at shortstop, hitting .299 with 10 home runs, which was fourth on the team ... earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors ... placed second with eight sacrifice bunts and tied for fourth with 30 runs scored ... had 29 runs batted in and a .531 slugging percentage ... tied for fifth among Pac-10 players with five sacrifices ... became the first UCLA player to hit three home runs in one game on April 26 at Arizona State, driving in and scoring four runs ... produced game-winning RBI's six times, which ranked second on the team ... had 10 multiple-hit games ... recorded three hits at Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 25) and had eight two-hit contests ... notched six multiple-RBI games, knocking in four three times ... belted a pair of homers, a three-run shot and a solo bomb, against South Dakota State on Feb. 15 ... went 2-for-3 with four RBI and a home run at Stanford (March 27) ... had three RBI, going 2-for-3 with a homer at UNLV on Feb. 13 ... drove in two and had a home run against North Carolina State (Feb. 21) and FIU (March 6) ... left the yard against Missouri in the NCAA Super Regional Game 3 on May 24 ... scored multiple runs in a game six times ... hit .357 during Pac-10 games ... named honorable mention All-Pac-10 Academic.
2008
Started the last 55 games of the season at shortstop ... recorded a .234 batting average with one home run, 16 runs batted in, 19 runs scored and seven doubles ... named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference Freshman first team ... hit a walk-off home run, her first collegiate bomb, against Arizona on May 2 ... had seven multiple-hit games, including a pair of three-hit contests versus South Carolina (Feb. 15) and Cal State Northridge (March 13) ... posted two-hit efforts against Massachusetts and Georgia on Feb. 22, driving in a pair, including the go-ahead run in a win over UMass ... also had two-hit games versus San Diego State (March 1), California (April 5) and Nevada (May 17), scoring twice against the Wolf Pack ... registered three multiple-RBI games ... crossed home plate twice, drove in three runs and stole a base against Oregon on March 30 ... had two RBI against Rutgers on March 8 ... also stole bases against Massachusetts and California (April 6).
SUMMER 2007
Helped the USA Softball Junior Women's National Team to gold at the ISF Junior Women's World Championships in June ... hit .520 (13-for-25) with nine RBI and seven runs scored ... also helped her ASA team, the OC Batbusters, to a runner-up finish at Gold Nationals in August ... recorded six runs batted in, including a grand slam in the championship game.
PACIFICA HIGH SCHOOL
Harrison was a four-year letterwinner at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, Calif. ... named a second-team All-American as a senior ... was a four-time All-Empire League recipient ... also earned All-CIF and all-county honors three times and was twice named all-state ... helped the Mariners to CIF titles in her freshman and senior seasons ... hit .406 in her senior season with 11 home runs and 42 runs batted in.
PERSONAL
Born Monica Diane Harrison on March 15, 1989 in Newport Beach, Calif. ... parents are Rita and Scott Harrison ... has two sisters, Maria and Andrea, who is a sophomore outfielder on the softball team ... favorite academic class is english ... chose UCLA because of its rich tradition ... biggest thrill of her athletic career was winning the 2006 ASA Gold National Championship ... favorites include actor Denzel Washington, the movie "Remember the Titans", singer Kanye West and baseball player Albert Pujols ... hobbies include reading, running and writing ... majoring in anthropology.
Monica Harrison's Career Statistics
| YEAR | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB-ATT |
| 2008 | .234 | 55-55 | 158 | 19 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 47 | .297 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .287 | 1 | 0 | 3-4 |
| 2009 | .299 | 55-55 | 147 | 30 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 78 | .531 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .380 | 0 | 8 | 0-0 |
| Totals | .266 | 110-110 | 305 | 49 | 81 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 125 | .410 | 24 | 7 | 30 | 2 | .332 | 1 | 8 | 3-4 |
| AT-BATS | 4, 17 Times (last at Oregon, 4/18/09) | RUNS SCORED | 4, at Arizona State (4/26/09) | HITS | 3, Four Times (last at Arizona State, 4/26/09) | RUNS BATTED IN | 4, vs. South Dakota State (2/15/09) 4, at Stanford (3/27/09) 4, at Arizona State (4/26/09) |
DOUBLES | 1, 11 Times (last vs. Long Beach State, 5/15/09) | HOME RUNS | 3, at Arizona State (4/26/09) | WALKS | 3, vs. Northwestern (2/13/09) | STOLEN BASES | 1, vs. Massachusetts (2/22/08) 1, vs. Rutgers (3/8/08) 1, vs. California (4/6/08) |
HIT BY PITCHES | 1, Seven Times (last at Arizona State, 4/25/09) | SACRIFICE HITS | 1, Eight Times (last vs. Stanford, 5/9/09) | SACRIFICE FLIES | 1, vs. Oregon State (3/28/08) |