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#25 Jennifer R. Gilbert
Position: Pitcher/Outfield
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Year: Junior
Hometown: McKinney, Texas
High School: McKinney
Experience: 2 Letters
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Jennifer Gilbert
Courtesy: Ball State Athletics
Release: 08/20/2010

Career Statistics
2012 Game-by-Game Statistics 
2011 Game-by-Game Statistics

Career Notes Entering 2013 Season:
• 2012 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year
• 2012 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team
2012 First Team All-MAC
2012 CollegeSportsMadness.com MAC Field Player of the Year
2012 CollegeSportsMadness.com MAC All-Conference First Team
2011 Second Team All-MAC
2011 MAC All-Freshman Team
Four-Time Career MAC West Division Player of the Week (March 1, 2011; May 10, 2011; April 10, 2012; April 17, 2012)
Two-Time Career CollegeSportsMadness.com MAC Player of the Week (April 17, 2012 and May 1, 2012).
In Ball State's Career Records: home runs (33, second), batting average (.350, third), doubles (34, third), RBI (115, third), total bases (281, fifth) and runs scored (105, sixth)
• In Ball State's Single Season Records: home runs (18 in 2012, first), doubles (19 in 2012, first), runs scored (64 in 2012, first), RBI (63 in 2011, first), total bases (147 in 2012, first), hits (70 in 2011, fifth) and at bats (195 in 2012, ninth) - highest listing only

2012 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State ... helped guide the Cardinals to just their third Mid-American Conference regular season title in program history with a 40-15 (17-3 MAC) record ... MAC Player of the Year ... NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team ... All-MAC First Team ... 2012 CollegeSportsMadness.com MAC Field Player of the Year and MAC All-Conference First Team ... two-time MAC West Division Player of the Week (April 10 and April 17) ... two-time CollegeSportsMadness.com MAC Softball Player of the Week ... started all 55 games in left field ... posted a .338 batting average with 66 hits in 195 at bats ... 41 multi-base hits, including Ball State single season records for home runs (18) and doubles (19), as well as four triples ... also posted Ball State single season records for runs scored (64) and total bases (147) ... her 52 RBI were third-best single season total in BSU annals, while her 66 hits ranked sixth and her 195 at bats were ninth ... ranked fifth in the nation with a 1.15 runs-per-game average, while her 18 home runs were the 19th-best total among all NCAA Division I players ... logged 17 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games ... tied a career-high with six RBI in the win over Belmont (Feb. 24), going 4-for-4 with two home runs and a double, while also scoring a career-best four runs ... her second home run of the game was her second career grand slam, while her first drove in the eventual game-winning run ... tallied four RBI in doubleheader openers versus Ohio (April 6) and Purdue (April 12), both wins for the Cardinals ... tallied three hits in six games, while recording three RBI in seven contests ... tied a career-high with four runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Miami, going 2-for-2 at the plate with a triple and home run, while drawing three walks ... reached base safely in 25 consecutive games from March 9 (at Stetson) to April 20 (vs. Eastern Michigan - Game 2), raising her batting average from .258 to .363 during the streak ... posted at least one hit in 41 games, at least one run in 43 games and at least one RBI in 24 games ... turned in a .975 fielding percentage in left field with 115 putouts and four outfield assists, while logging just three errors.

2011 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State ... All-MAC Second Team ... MAC All-Freshman Team ... two-time MAC West Division Player of the Week (March 1 & May 10) ... started all 58 games, with 55 starts as the designated player and three starts in left field ... set the BSU single season record for RBI (63), while belting a then-school record 15 home runs ... hit .361 for the season with 70 hits in 194 at bats ... her 70 hits rank fifth on BSU's single season charts ... finished the season with 32 multi-base hits including 15 doubles, the fifth-best single season total in program history, and two triples ... scored 41 runs, which is the eighth-best single season mark in BSU annals ... posted BSU's longest hitting streak of the season at 15 games from Feb. 20 (Austin Peay) through March 11 (Long Island) ... also reached base in the two games prior to the streak to reach base safely in a BSU season-best 17 games ... also reached base safely in the final 15 games of the season ... smashed a pair of home runs in the second game of a doubleheader versus Western Michigan (May 6), while driving in a career-best six RBI and tying a season-high with three runs scored ... also scored three times in the second game versus Dayton (March 24) ... tallied five RBI versus Tennessee State (Feb. 26) and at Miami (April 9) ... four of her RBI versus the RedHawks came on her first career grand slam ... ranked first on the team with 27 multiple RBI games and second on the team with 22 multiple hit games ... posted three hits in five games, while adding four-or-more RBI in four games ...  ... named to the Phyllis Rafter All-Tournament Team.

CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE

2012 CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM: Named to the Canadian Women's National Team for the Title IX 40th Anniversary Celebration Game against the United States (June 23 at 6:00pm CDT) and the 2012 US World Cup of Softball VII (June 27 to July 2), which will both take place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

2011 CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM: Member of the 2011 Canadian Junior Women's National Team ... played in a pair of international competitions ... ... helped lead Team Canada to a fifth-place showing at the ISF IX Junior Women's World Championship in Cape Town, South Africa (Dec. 6-17) ... hit .411 at the event with 14 hits in 34 at bats ... recorded four multi-base hits with two doubles, a triple and a home run ... belted her second grand slam in international competition versus New Zealand ... turned in a 3-for-4 day at the plate versus South Africa with a double, triple and three runs scored ... helped guide Team Canada to the silver medal at the Scotiabank Canadian Open Fastpitch Futures Gold (U19) International Championship in Surrey, British Columbia (July 11-17) ... posted a .474 batting average in the event, tallying 18 hits in 38 at bats ... scored 14 runs, while driving in 13 RBI ... had six multi-base hits, with two doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs ... blasted a grand slam in the championship game to give Team Canada a 5-0 lead, unfortunately, Canada eventually lost the game 8-7.

2010 CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM: Member of the 2010 Canadian Junior Women's National Team ... Helped guide Team Canada to a silver medal at the III Pan American Softball Championship in Bogota, Colombia (August 6-15) ... recorded hits in 10 of the 12 games, finishing the event with 17 hits ... collected seven triples in the tournament, including two in the playoff round.

2009 CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM: Selected to the 2009 Canadian Women's U16 National Team ... member of the squad which competed in the Easton Foundation Youth World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic (Aug. 10-16) ... recorded at least one hit in all eight games, with a pair of doubles ... recorded a team-best three hits, including a double, in Canada's 11-10, 11-inning loss to Puerto Rico in the first round of the event's playoff round ... finished the event with 12 hits.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Jeremy Greenway at McKinney ... four-year letterwinner ... named to the DFW Dream Team in the Utility position for the most homeruns (11) during her senior year ... as a junior, earned All-Area, State Honorable Mention and Big Stick Award ... played for the Texas Glory Gold club team under the direction of Jason Foutch for three years as a pitcher/outfielder ... earned All-Academic honors all four years.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Richard and Jeri Gilbert ... born Feb. 3, 1992, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ... intends to major in exercise science.

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