Vanessa Vice Class: Senior Hometown: Sachse, Texas High School: Garland HS Height: 5-4 Position: INF Birthdate: 12/03/1987 Experience: 2L B/T: L/L

Career at Tulsa: A two-year letterwinner and starter ... has played in 110 games, including 105 starts ... possesses a career batting average is .323 ... has scored 46 runs, has 97 hits, 20 doubles, 45 RBI and owns a career .414 on-base percentage ... her career batting average ranks third in school history, while her .410 slugging percentage stands seventh and her on-base percentage ranks second.

Sophomore (2008): Played in all 59 games, started 58, all of which were in the outfield except for one start as the designated player ... hit .321 for the season with 53 hits, 21 runs scored, 16 RBI, eight doubles ... recorded a .429 on-base percentage, which tied for the fifth-highest on-base percentage in school history ... was 1-for-2 in stolen base attempts ... tallied 14 multiple hit games and three multiple RBI games ... against Valparaiso on Feb. 23, she went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two doubles and one triple ... in the second game of a double-header at Southern Miss on March 8, she went 2-for-3 with one RBI, two runs scored and a walk ... in the second game of a double-header at UCF, she went 2-for-3 with two RBI ... in the second game of a double-header against East Carolina she went 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run scored and a walk ... against Memphis on May 4, she went 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run scored and two doubles.

Freshman (2007): Played in 51 games, starting 47 contests, after missing the first part of the season with an injury ... saw the majority of action in center field with 42 starts, and also started at designated player five times ... earned C-USA All-Freshmen Team honors ... posted the second-best batting average by a TU freshman, missing the top spot by one point, with a .326 average ... her average was the eighth-best single-season mark in school history ... set a freshman record with 12 doubles on the year, the second most on the squad ... recorded seven consecutive hits early in the season, the sixth most in NCAA history, including three consecutive doubles ... after starting the season by going 2-for-8 in her first seven games, posted an eight-game hitting streak, going 13-for-23 in the next eight contests ... posted 10 multiple hit games, including a pair of 4-for-4 performances against North Texas and Memphis (4/06) ... recorded six RBI against North Texas, a team-best for the season ... UNT was one of her seven multiple RBI games on the year.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Garland High School ... drove in the winning run for the Owls in the Class 5A state title game ... posted a .468 batting average with 52 hits as a senior, including 21 extra-base hits and 33 RBIs ... was named the District 11-5A Most Valuable Player in 2005, in addition to being named to the all-state, all-area and all-region teams ... earned all-region second team honors as a junior after posting a .490 batting average with 31 RBIs ... helped lead Garland to back-to-back appearances in the state title game and a 68-3-1 record over her final two seasons ... was named to the state all-tournament team after the Owls lost in the state championship game in 15 innings as a junior ... also earned four letters while on the volleyball team and three more as a member of the track team ... earned all-district honors as well as Team MVP honors for volleyball ... was an all-district pole vaulter on the track squad ... played summer ball for the Texas Glory Gold.

Personal: Born Vanessa Victoria Vice on December 3, 1987 in Sachse, Texas ... daughter of Mark and Denise Vice ... has one sister - Danielle, 23 ... her sister played softball at Texas State for three years ... her biggest sports thrill was winning the state championship while she was in high school, and her most memorable moment was playing softball with her sister in high school ... she chose her jersey number because it equals the sum of her initials in Roman numerals ... she played multiple sports and showed her pigs in Future Farmers of America competitions yearly ... major is business and pre-law.

Vice's Career Hitting Statistics

Year       Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2007....  .326  51-47   135   25   44  12   1   0   29   58  .430  14   3  15   1  .396   2   3   2-3     35   1   3  .923
2008....  .321  59-58   165   21   53   8   2   0   16   65  .394  26   5   8   0  .429   0   1   1-2     66   5   1  .986
TOTAL...  .323 110-105  300   46   97  20   3   0   45  123  .410  40   8  23   1  .414   2   4   3-5    101   6   4  .964




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