Andrea Duran

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| name = Andrea Duran

| team = USSSA Pride

| number = 28

| position = Infielder

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|04|12|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Selma, California

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| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NCAA

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| debutyear = 2003

| debutteam = UCLA Bruins

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| debut2year = 2010

| debut2team = USSSA Pride

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| statyear = entire career

|stat1label= Batting average

|stat1value= .287

|stat3label= Home Runs

|stat3value= 24

|stat2label= Hits

|stat2value= 200

|stat4label= Runs batted in

|stat4value= 122

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{{MedalSport | Women's Softball}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2008 Beijing|Team Competition}}

{{MedalCompetition| ISF Women's World Championship}}

{{MedalGold| 2006 Beijing | }}

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Andrea Jane Duran (born April 12, 1984) is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, professional four-time All-Star softball player.{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/awards/awards-history/2006-di-aa-teams-4055 |title=2006 NSCA Division I All-America Teams |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=2021-01-02}} She played college softball at the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pac-12 Conference, where she was named to the all-conference team twice, and Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2006.{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uclabruins.com/documents/2020/2/6/CareerSeasonRecordsTopPerformances.pdf |title=Career Season Records |location=Uclabruins.com |date= |accessdate=2021-01-02}}{{cite web |url=https://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/1208184-2020-softball-media-guide |title=2020 Pac-12 Softball Media Guide |date= |accessdate=2021-03-03}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/andrea-duran-1.html Andrea Duran at Sports Reference]{{cite web|url=http://www.usasoftball.com/bios.asp?uid=772|title=USA Softball Andrea Duran|accessdate=2009-10-20}} She also won two national championships in 2003 and 2004, and was named to the All-Tournament team in 2006.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_stats/2003/ucla.htm |title=UCLA WCWS Stats 2003 |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2021-03-03}}{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2020/01-General.pdf |title=Division I Championships |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2021-03-03}} She won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/athletes/Andrea-Duran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808164226/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/athletes/andrea-duran |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |title=Andrea Duran |location=Teamusa.org |access-date=2021-03-03}} On the Olympic team she played third base and outfield. Duran was undrafted but later played professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch, being named the 2014 Player of the Year and winning three Cowles Cup championships with the USSSA Pride.

Career

Her international competition debut was with the United States women's national softball team in 2006 where they went on to win a gold medal at the 2006 ISF World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=209593.html |last=Battaglia |first=Joe |title=Delving into Duran |date=August 13, 2008 |accessdate=2009-10-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103042440/http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid%3D209593.html |archivedate=November 3, 2009 |url-status=live }}

In 2010 she returned to UCLA to assume a position as director of operations with the coaching staff for the UCLA Softball Team.{{cite web|url=http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/duran_andrea00.html |title=Player Bio: Andrea Duran - UCLA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE |accessdate=2009-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030121342/http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/duran_andrea00.html |archivedate=October 30, 2006 }}

For her career in the NPF she currently ranks top-10 in career RBIs (133) for the league.

Statistics

=[[UCLA Bruins]]=

{{cite web |url=https://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch |title=Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics |website=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2018-06-26}}

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| YEAR

| G

| AB

| R

| H

| BA

| RBI

| HR

| 3B

| 2B

| TB

| SLG

| BB

| SO

| SB

| SBA

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| 2003

| 61

| 160

| 36

| 45

| .281

| 21

| 3

| 0

| 6

| 60

| .375%

| 10

| 23

| 6

| 8

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| 2004

| 56

| 184

| 36

| 60

| .326

| 22

| 7

| 2

| 11

| 96

| .521%

| 11

| 15

| 8

| 9

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| 2005

| 60

| 189

| 40

| 60

| .317

| 27

| 6

| 8

| 10

| 104

| .550%

| 22

| 18

| 10

| 15

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| 2006

| 59

| 197

| 60

| 70

| .355

| 42

| 15

| 7

| 15

| 144

| .731%

| 22

| 22

| 20

| 22

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| TOTALS

| 236

| 730

| 172

| 235

| .322

| 112

| 31

| 17

| 42

| 404

| .553%

| 65

| 78

| 44

| 54

=[[United States women's national softball team|Team USA]] [[Olympic Games]]=

{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Softball/Events/2008/August/12/2008-Olympic-Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809010738/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/events/2008/august/12/2008-olympic-games |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |title=Olympic Games, Beijing China |website=Teamusa.org |date= |accessdate=2018-06-26}}

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| YEAR

| G

| AB

| R

| H

| BA

| RBI

| HR

| 3B

| 2B

| TB

| SLG

| BB

| SO

| SB

| SBA

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| 2008

| 8

| 20

| 4

| 6

| .300

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 8

| .400%

| 5

| 3

| 1

| 1

References

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