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	#15 - Julia Culotta
	Class: SO Height/Weight: 6-1     Hometown: Street, Md. Position: 1B/OF/P     High School: North Harford/Tennessee   Bats: R

2008: Started 52 of 54 games for the Retrievers, primarily at first base and in right field… Batted .222 with 32 hits in 144 at-bats… Hit six doubles, drove in 14 runs and scored 16 times… Posted six multi-hit games on the season… Walked 15 times, the sixth-most ever by a Retriever freshman… Batted .389 (7-for-18) with four RBI, three doubles and three runs scored during a seven-game hitting streak (March 2-14)… Went 2-for-3 with a triple and a career-high three RBI against St. Peter’s (March 15)… Hit her first career home run in the second game of the Georgetown doubleheader (April 2)… Went 3-for-4 with a homer and two runs scored in the first game of the Stony Brook doubleheader (April 12)… Recognized on the America East Honor Roll.

Background: Transferred from 2007 national runner-up Tennessee, where she sat out her true freshman season as a redshirt… Earned Baltimore Sun All-Metro honors in 2005 and 2006, including first team as a junior, when she batted .561 with 32 hits, eight doubles, six homers, four triples, 28 RBI and 19 runs scored… Named the 2005 Harford County Player of the Year… A four-time All-County player … Named the Army Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2006… Participated in the 2006 All-Maryland Old-Line Classic… Member of the All-World Team at the 2005 USSSA World Series… Holds North Harford High School hitting records for career home runs (31), batting average and intentional walks, as well as the pitching mark for career strikeouts… Batted .755 at the 2005 NSFA World Series… Was intentionally walked 48 times during her senior year of high school… Once struck out 17 batters against Havre de Grace High School… Led North Harford to its first-ever regional championship appearance… Also a standout in volleyball and basketball, earning All-County honors in both sports as a junior and senior… Also competed in horseback riding and swimming… An Honor Roll student in high school and a Dean’s List student at Tennessee… Daughter of Darlene and Vince Culotta… Has a younger brother, Vincent IV… Born Aug. 11, 1988… Majoring in history with a minor in secondary education… Hopes to become a teacher or a coach.