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  Jenny Kriech
Jenny Kriech

Player Profile
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.

High School:
Perry Meridian

Height:
5-7

Position:
Rightfield

Birthdate:
09/08/1980

  • Third Team NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American -2001
  • First Team NFCA All-Mideast Region - 2001, 2000
  • Notre Dame Team MVP - 2001
  • First Team All-BIG EAST - 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
  • BIG EAST All-Rookie Team - 1999

    AS A SENIOR: Capped her stellar Irish career by finishing second in career games played (242) and first in most at bats (790) ... other career rankings include first in runs scored (158), first in hits (268), third in doubles (45), first in triples (19), third in walks (66) and second in stolen bases (55) ... became the second Irish player (Jennifer Sharron) to earn first-team all-BIG EAST honors all four years of competition ... ended up with 20 multiple hit games in 2002 and four multiple RBI performances ... tied for the second-best hitting streak on the team with 10 straight games with at least one base hit from March 16 - April 9 ... enjoyed perhaps her best game at the plate in Notre Dame’s first game against Indiana State, going three for four with four RBI, three runs and two doubles ... hit three home runs during the 2002 season after hitting three total from 1999-2001 ... had two four-hit performances during the 2002 season ... enjoyed first career home run at Ivy Field vs. IPFW ... ended up as the leading Irish hitter in the BIG EAST Championship, going eight for 17 (.471) with four doubles and the game-winning RBI in game four against Virginia Tech.

    AS A JUNIOR: One of the top lead off hitters in the nation during the 2001 season ... tied for the nation’s best mark with 10 triples ... earned NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-America (third team) honors ... first-team all-BIG EAST selection, the third of her career ... started 59 games in rightfield and two games in centerfield ... set the school record for triples in a season (10) ... the tablesetter from the leadoff position, scored 17 game-winning runs during the season ... came through with the game-winning RBI on a single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh to knock off #4 Washington at the Holiday Inn Invitational to begin the 2001 season ... earned co-MVP honors of the Holiday Inn Invitational with teammate Lizzy Lemire ... had a three for four performance against Maine in the Morning News Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.), including a walk-off three-RBI triple in the bottom of the fifth inning that ended the game on the eight-run rule ... led off the third inning of the victory over Jacksonville State with a solo home run on the first pitch ... two for three with a sacrifice bunt at Long Beach State ... also went two for three with a run scored in a 4-2 upset victory over #7 Fresno State at the Kia Klassic (Fullerton, Calif.) ... scored the game-winning run in the top of the ninth inning vs. #10 Arizona State, after reaching on a single, stealing second and scoring on a fielding error ... drilled Syracuse pitching in the second game, posting four hits and an RBI ... tripled in two runs, including the game winner, in the second inning of the 8-0 victory over Pittsburgh.

    AS A SOPHOMORE: Earned second consecutive first-team all-BIG EAST selection ... started all 61 games as the Irish lead-off hitter and leftfielder ... posted eight triples (17th nationally) and a team-high 45 runs scored ... had the team’s second-best batting average (.360) ... second on the team in doubles (14) and stolen bases (16) ... recorded a team-best 22 multi-hit games and a 14-game hitting streak (March 26-April 13) ... scored the winning run in 11 games ... started 58 games in right field and three in center ... batted in the leadoff position in all but one game ... earned all-tournament honors at the Boilermaker Invitational after going five for 12 at the plate with three RBI and four runs scored ... also had the game-winning RBI in the team’s tournament win over host Purdue ... opened the season by hitting a perfect three for three with two runs scored, a RBI and two stolen bases vs. Portland State ... hit her second career home run in the team’s upset over #16 Louisiana-Lafayette.

    AS A FRESHMAN: One of six Notre Dame players and the only freshman to be named to the ’99 BIG EAST first team ... also a BIG EAST all-rookie team selection, joining teammate Jarrah Myers ... had four game-winning RBI and scored four game-winning runs ... went six for six in a doubleheader with Boston College with a walk before flying out to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning in game two ... one of three freshmen to start the first game of the season against South Florida.

    PREP & PERSONAL: Four-time letterwinner in softball and two-time letterwinner in cross country at Perry Meridian High School ... National Fastpitch Coaches Association/Louisville Slugger second-team All-American ... ’98 Gatorade player of the year for Indiana ... 1998 Indianapolis Star and Marion Country player of the year ... two-time Hoosier Diamond preseason conference player of the year ... three-time all-league and all-conference honoree ... holds Indiana state records for career batting average (.578), career triples (33) and triples in a season (13) ... two-time state batting champion and three-time state leader in triples ... played travel softball with the Indiana Gators, Magic and Diamonds ... finished high school with a 4.0 grade-point average ... born Sept. 8, 1980, in Indianapolis, Ind. ... graduated from the Mendoza College of Business with an MIS degree in May of 2002.

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