2006 Softball Roster
Rebekah Milian
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- LF
- Height:
- 5-9
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Grand Blanc, Mich.
- High School:
- Grand Blanc
At Michigan ... Second Team All-Great Lakes Region (outfield) (2007) ... All-Big Ten Third Team (outfield) (2006) ... Big Ten All-Tournament Team (outfield) ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 4 first team (2006) and second team (2007) ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2005, '06, '07) ... Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2004, '05, '06, '07) ... Four-time Leo and Edna Drewett Award for Academic Excellence (2004, '05, '06, '07).
Senior (2007) ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 4 second team ... Great Lakes All-Region second team ... named Michigan's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (softball) ... started 59 games in leftfield ... boasted career highs in runs (37), hits (68) and RBI (18) ... batted .353 (6-for-17) in NCAA Tournament play, including a 4-for-7 showing vs. Baylor in the NCAA Super Regional (May 25-26) ... went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored in the regular-season finale vs. Michigan State (May 6) ... named Big Ten co-Player of the Week (April 23) ... notched a perfect day at the plate against Indiana-2 (April 22), going 3-for-3 with three runs and a pair of RBI ... went 3-for-4 at Purdue (April 21), with a pair of runs and two RBI ... went 3-for-5 in Central Michigan doubleheader with four runs scored (April 17) ... batted 2-for-4 vs. her sister, Elizabeth, in Ball State contest (April 10) ... went 2-for-3 with a run scored vs. Western Michigan-1 (April 3) ... went a career-best 4-for-4 with a career-high three RBI vs. Cal State-Northridge (March 16) ... reached base three times and scored twice vs. Florida State (March 16) ... went 3-for-4 and recorded first collegiate home run -- a second-inning leadoff solo shot -- vs. North Carolina (Feb. 24) ... finished a 1-for-2 day with a walkoff base-on-balls vs. Maryland (Feb. 18) ... went 3-for-4 vs. Houston (Feb. 10) with the game-winning RBI ... tallied two runs and two hits vs. Texas-Arlington in season opener (Feb. 9).
Junior (2006) ... ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 4 First Team ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... All-Big Ten third team (outfield) ... Big Ten All-Tournament Team (outfield) ... started 56 games in leftfield ... set career highs in doubles (6), walks (5) and steals (12), while striking out just 17 times in 166 plate appearances (second best on the team) ... ranked fourth on the team in batting (.300), while stealing a team-best 12 bases ... earned 15 multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games ... boasted two wo game-winning hits and five game-winning runs ... stole a career-high two bases and went 2-for-4 vs. #20 Oklahoma in NCAA Regional play (May 21) ... batted 2-for-3 with a two-RBI double vs. #11 Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament championship game (May 13) ... went 3-for-3 while tying a career high with three hits vs. Ohio State-2 (April 22) ... went 3-for-8 with a program-record and career high eight at-bats vs. Central Michigan-2 (April 18) ... hit 2-for-2 with her first stolen base of the season vs. Utah (March 19) ... went 2-for-2 with a run scored and a sacrifice bunt at #13 Georgia (1) (Feb. 27) ... went 2-for-3, scoring a run and registering an RBI vs. Longwood (Feb. 17).
Sophomore (2005) ... Member of U-M's 2005 NCAA Champion team ... Leo and Edna Drewett Award for Academic Excellence ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award recipient ... Started 49 games in leftfield ... collected two hits vs. N.C. State (Feb. 18) ... went 2-4 with a run scored in win at Louisville (March 26) ... singled and scored a run in 8-7 win over #19 Northwestern (May 8) that clinched Big Ten regular-season title ... went 3-3 with a run scored in BTT win over Michigan State (May 12) ... hitting .438 in NCAA Tournament play ... posted a hit in each of the first six games of NCAA Tournament action (May 20-28) ... batted .400 in NCAA Super Regional action against Washington (May 27-28) ... went 2-2 with a pair of singles in NCAA Super Regional win over Washington-2 (May 28) ... went 1-3 with a run scored in 5-2 Women's College World Series Championship Series win over UCLA (June 7).
Freshman (2004) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Leo and Edna Drewett Award for Academic Excellence ... played in 56 games, starting 47 as the team's primary rightfielder ... finished fourth on the team with 11 sacrifices and third with six steals ... collected a career-high three hits and went 3-3 with an RBI in a win over Penn State-2 (April 11) ... went 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored in a win over Valparaiso-2 (March 28) ... scored a run in the 7-3 win over Northwestern-2 (May 2) that clinched the Big Ten title outright ... started all five games of the NCAA Regional in leftfield, going 1-3 with a run scored in the championship win over Oregon State (May 24) ... started both games of WCWS vs. LSU (May 27) and Stanford (May 29) ... went 0-5 in the two games, but did record a sacrifice vs. LSU ... recorded three putouts in WCWS action.
Prep ... Graduated from Grand Blanc High School (2003) ... Academic All-State (2000, '01, '02, '03) ... Two-time Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association Division 1 All-State shortstop (2002-03) ... Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) career leader in batting average (.679) ... Owns the No. 2 (.727, 2002) and No. 4 (.710, 2003) season batting averages in MHSAA history ... Michigan Gatorade High School Player of the Year (2003) ... Ranked No. 4 in Detroit Free Press preseason Top-50 players in state of Michigan (2003) ... Grand Blanc High School Athlete of the Year (2003) ... Three-time All Big 9 (2001-03) ... three-time All-District (2001-03) ... Two-time All-Region (2002-03).
Club/Junior Team ... Compuware (2001-03) placed 9th at 2002 18-and-under National Championship Tournament ... Oklahoma Intensity (1998-2000) placed 9th at 2000 16-and-under National Tournament ... Oklahoma All-Stars (1997) ... Broken Arrow Bad Babes (1994-96).
Personal ... Enrolled in Division of Kinesiology, majoring in physical education ... Born on December 6, 1984 ... Daughter of Ted and Sarah Milian.
