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	#3 - Amanda Damiano
	Class: Jr. Height/Weight: 5-4     Hometown: Tamaqua, Pa. Position: OF     High School: Marian Catholic   Bats: R

2010: Saw action in 17 games with a start in the second game of the Delaware doubleheader (March 9)… Served primarily as a pinch runner… Did not collect a hit in three at-bats… Scored four runs on the season and was 2-for-2 on the base paths… Missed the final six weeks of the season with an injury… Recognized on the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2009: Saw action in 39 games and made four starts… Collected one hit in nine at-bats and scored eight runs… Ranked second on the team with four steals in five attempts… Made her first career start in the season opener at USC Upstate (Feb. 20)… Scored twice against College of Charleston (Feb. 22)… First career steal came in the second game of the George Washington doubleheader (Feb. 24)… Collected her first career hit in the first game of the Howard doubleheader (March 11)… Recognized on the America East Honor Roll.

BACKGROUND: Selected to the All-Schuylkill League First Team as a senior and the Second Team as a freshman and sophomore… Led the Fillies to the league division championship in 2005, 2006 and 2008… Was a four-year starter for Marian Catholic High School… A career .409 batter with a .507 on-base percentage, 50 RBI, 72 runs scored, four homers, 39 steals and 35 walks… Led the Fillies in every offensive statistic as a senior, including a .423 batting average, a .536 on-base percentage, 18 RBIs and 11 stolen bases… A team captain as a senior… An Honor Roll student… Chose UMBC over Marist, Fairfield and Caldwell… Has two younger brothers, Anthony and Joseph… Daughter of Bonita and Anthony Damiano… Born Jan. 21, 1990… Majoring in psychology with a minor in early childhood education… Hopes to become a teacher and a coach.