Brittany Gooch Class: Junior Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. High School: Wilson Central HS Height: 5-4 Position: OF Experience: 2L B/T: L/L

HONORS

Two-time C-USA Academic Honor Roll

Three-time Tiger 3.0 Club

Career: Her .917 career stolen base percentage ranks first all-time at Memphis...Ranks fourth all-time in the program's history with 11 stolen bases.

2007 (Sophomore): Started 33 of 43 games played...Made 31 starts at right field and two in center...Hit .293 with runners in scoring position and reached base 38 percent of the time when leading off an inning...Went 3-for-4 with runners on third and less than two outs...Second on the team with six stolen bases and was a perfect 6-for-6 in steal attempts...Had five multi-hit games...Had a career best six-game hitting streak, the team's third longest of the season...Suffered a leg injury on April 18 and missed three weeks before returning against Tulsa as a pinch runner in the C-USA Championship...Scored the tying run in the C-USA Championship against Tulsa (5/10) in the seventh inning on a wild pitch...Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against East Carolina (4/14)...Hit in a run against Alcorn State (4/12)...Made two outfield assists against Tulsa (4/6)...Had a career high four at bats against Middle Tennessee (4/4) and had two hits in the doubleheader...Went 3-for-6 in a two-game series against Southern Miss...Knocked in the game-winning run against UT Martin (3/28) in the third inning...Went 2-for-3 against Belmont with two runs scored...Made a career high four putouts against Cal State Northridge...Knocked in a RBI against Lipscomb (3/14)...Tied a school record with three stolen bases against Mississippi Valley State (2/23) and had a career high three runs scored with an RBI in a 2-for-2 performance.

2006 (Freshman): Started 12 of 40 games played...Hit .154 in 26 at bats with nine runs...Stole five bases in six attempts...Played 11 games in the outfield and eight as the designated hitter...Came in to pinch run 25 times...Scored five runs as a pinch runner and had three stolen bases in four attempts...Entered the game as a pinch hitter twice...Scored two runs and was 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two walks in a 10-1 victory over Grambling State (2/12)...Went 1-for-2 and scored a run in the second game of a doubleheader with UTEP (3/18)...Scored a run in both games of a doubleheader against Grambling State (3/22) and went 2-for-4 in the two games...Scored the Tigers' only run in a 3-1 loss to Marshall (4/30).

Prep: AA four-year letterwinner and starter in the outfield at Wilson Central High School for Coach Ashley Putman-Serbian...Was an All-District 9-AAA honoree as a senior...Served as the lead-off hitter for the team as a freshman...Selected as the team captain as a junior...Led the team in batting average as a freshman...Presented the Lady Wildcat Award in 2003-04...Was a member of the National Honor Society and the BETA Club...Was also a Tennessee Scholar and listed among Who's Who Among American High School Students...Also a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and tutored students in math.

Academic Highlights: Made the 2006 and 2007 C-USA Academic Honor Roll...Named to the Tiger 3.0 Club for the fall 2005, fall 2006 and spring 2007 semesters...Majoring in exercise science at Memphis.

Personal: Full name is Brittany LaShell Gooch...Daughter of Rodney and Felicia Gooch...Born Aug. 15, 1987 in Nashville, Tenn.

STATISTICS

        AVG   GP-GS   AB   R    H   2B  3B HR  RBI
2006   .154   40-12   26   9    4   0   0  0   4
2007   .275   43-33   80   15   22  0   0  0   5
Total  .245   83-45   106  24   26  0   0  0   9