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	#25 - Kaela Mason
	Class: So. Height/Weight: 5-10     Hometown: Bel Air, Md. Position: 1B/DP     High School: Harford Tech   Bats: R

2009: Selected to the America East All-Rookie Team after batting .255 with 13 hits, including two doubles and a homer, in 51 at-bats… Led the Retrievers with six pinch hits… Recorded nine RBI and scored five runs… Saw action in 37 games and made 12 starts, including eight at first base… Batted .318 (7-for-22) with runners in scoring position… Collected her first career hit against Fairleigh Dickinson (March 6)… Picked up her first career RBI against Marist (March 8)… Drove in three runs and clubbed her first career double in the Howard doubleheader (March 11)… Named America East Rookie of the Week on March 30 after batting .375 (3-for-8) with a double, a home run and five RBI in four games… First career home run was a pinch-hit three-run shot in the series opener against Maine that tied the game in the sixth inning (March 28)… Had a hit in six of seven games from March 28-April 8, batting .429 with four RBI during that stretch.

BACKGROUND: Led the state of Maryland in batting average two years in a row, hitting .622 as a junior and .633 as a senior… A four-time All-County honoree… Finished her high school career with 21 home runs… A two-time First-Team Upper Chesapeake Bay Conference All-Star… Named team MVP all four years… Led the Cobras to the 2005 conference title, going 3-for-3 with two triples and two RBI in a 3-2 victory… The all-time home run (34), slugging percentage (.776) and on-base percentage (.648) leader for her club team, the Churchville Lightning… Batted .500 in the 2005 World Series, leading the Lightning to a ninth-place finish out of 74 teams… Also an accomplished equestrian… A member of the National Honor Society at Harford Tech… Chose UMBC over Towson, Cornell, Delaware and Stevenson… Born Sept. 19, 1990… Daughter of Marc and Jeannine Mason… Has an older brother, Brandon, and a younger brother, Bryan… A biology/pre-veterinary major who hopes to be an equine veterinarian or an equine trainer.