Amanda Zakeri

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Class: Senior Hometown: Toledo, OH High School: Ottawa Hills

Height: 5-4 Position: OF (B-T: L-R) Major: Exercise science

Enters the season ranking second all-time at GW with 43 career steals and 10th with a .331 career on-base percentage.

2012: Saw action in 49 games and made 40 starts, primarily as designated player ... Stole a school single-season record 27 bases in 31 attempts, ranking third in the Atlantic 10 ... Batted .282 (29-for-103) and scored 17 runs on the season ... Ranked third on the team in on-base percentage (.351) and fourth in average ... Stole two bases in a game seven times, including twice at the A-10 Championship ... Batted .500 (6-for-12) during a five-game hitting streak from March 17-20 ... Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases at George Mason (April 11) ... Had multiple hits in three of four games from April 28-May 5, including a 3-for-3 effort against Charlotte in the A-10 Tournament ... Recognized on the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll in both semesters and named an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2011: Played in 39 games with 18 starts in center field ... led the team withe 14 stolen bases ... got hits off of Winthrop and La Salle.

2010: Saw action as a pinch runner in 24 games ... stole two bases ... got five starts in the outfield.

High School: As a member of the Ottawa Hills Green Bears, recorded the fourth-best batting average (.667) as a junior in Ohio high school fastpitch softball history ... named first-team all-conference and all-division, won most improved player, coaches and captain's awards ... played for the Ohio Peppers club team from 2006-07 and the Ann Arbor Gold in 2009 ... member of the National Honors Society, an AP scholar, won Ottawa Hills High Award for Sociology, Lucas County Education award winner for Outstanding Performance in History.

Personal:Born Amanda Sahar Zakeri on August 17, 1990, in Buffalo, NY ... daughter of Jacquelyn and Ahmad Zakeri ... has two brothers Charles Bartlett and Brandon Zakeri and one sister, Fallon Zakeri ... member of the Iranian Culture Society...majoring in exercise science with a concentration in pre-health professional studies.