Monica Harrison Class: Sophomore Hometown: Garden Grove, Calif. High School: Pacifica HS Height: 5-4 Position: INF Experience: 1V Bats/Throws: R/R

2008
Harrison 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 freshman 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 ... undecided on a major.

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