Michelle Weatherdon

Class:
Senior
Position:
OF
Height:
5-5
B/T:
L/R
Hometown:
Marquette, Mich.
High School:
Marquette

Senior (2008) ... Appeared in 39 games, starting two as the designated player ... Boasted a career-high 14 runs scored ... Scored a run in fourth inning vs. Notre Dame in the NCAA Regional (May 17) ... Tallied game-tying run in U-M's seventh-inning rally vs. Northwestern-2 (April 27) ... Scored five other runs vs. Big Ten Conference competition -- at Ohio State (April 19), at Wisconsin-1 (April 11), vs. Illinois (April 6), at Purdue-1 (March 30), at Indiana (March 28) ... Crossed the plate in three consecutive games at the Louisville Tournament (March 14-16) ... Scored that game-winning run against North Carolina State (March 1) ... Collected two hits against Maryland in her only game at the plate (Feb. 8).

Junior (2007) ... Played in 42 games, starting four in rightfield and one at designated player ... Michigan's primary pinch runner ... boasted career highs in runs (10) and RBI (2) ... scored a pair of runs in NCAA Regional competition (May 18-20) ... stole a base in each Big Ten Tournament game (May 11) ... boasted a career-high two hits and recorded the game-winning RBI vs. Eastern Michigan (May 1) ... stole a base and scored a run vs. Florida State (March 16) ... tallied her first-career RBI on a fifth-inning, two-out single vs. Jacksonville (March 2) ... tallied the game-winning run against Maryland (Feb. 16) ... scored game-tying run vs. Florida Atlantic (Feb. 17) and Ole Miss (Feb. 9).

Sophomore (2006) ... Appeared in 43 games, primarily as a pinch runner ... started two games at designated player ... stole a career-high four bases ... scored a run as a pinch runner vs. #5 Tennessee in the NCAA Super Regional (May 28) ... scored a run in every game of the Big Ten Tournament, crossing home plate against Michigan State (May 12), Indiana (May 13) and #11 Northwestern (May 13) ... scored the game-winning run as a pinch-runner at Penn State-2 (April 23) ... scored the game-winning run and took first at-bat of the season vs. Florida State (March 18).

Freshman (2005) ... Member of U-M's 2005 NCAA Champion team ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... played in 35 games without a start ... primarily served as a pinch runner, but hit .417 (5-12) ... made Women's College World Series debut as a pinch runner, scoring in a 3-0 win over DePaul (June 2) ... appeared as a pinch runner and scored in an NCAA Super Regional ... came off the bench as a pinch hitter to deliver a single in an NCAA Regional win over North Carolina (May 22) ... went 1-2 with two runs scored in a win over Eastern Michigan-2 (April 19) ... registered first career hit vs. South Florida (March 4) and scored first career run in a win over Pittsburgh (Feb. 18) ... win over Washington-2 (May 28).

Prep ... Graduated from Marquette Senior High School (2004) ... MSHS Best Offensive Player (2003, '04) and Most Valuable Player (2003, '04) ... Great Northern Conference First-Team Honorable Mention (2003, '04) ... Broke school record for hits in a season (2003) ... All-Academic team (2003, '04) ... Three-year varsity basketball letterwinner.

Personal ... Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in English and film ... Born on January 23, 1986 ... Daughter of Brian and Debra Weatherdon.