Grace Leutele

Class:
Junior
Position:
3B
Height:
5-9
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Sierra Vista, Ariz.
High School:
Buena

At Michigan
• Team co-captain (2006)
• Big Ten Medal of Honor (2006)
• Two-time All-Big Ten First Team (2004, '05)
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2005, '06)
• Two-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2005, '06)
• Tied for second all-time at U-M in home runs (30)
• 10th all-time at U-M in career RBI (127)
• 10th all-time at U-M in career starts (235)
• 10th all-time at U-M in career games played (243)

Senior (2006) ... Team co-captain ... Made 58 starts at third base ... Led the team with nine game-winning hits, while scoring two game-winning runs ... Seven multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... vs. #20 Oklahoma-Region 9 (May 21) - Went 2-for-4 and hit three-run homerun to move into sole possession of second all-time on U-M homeruns list; Hit ninth game-winning shot of the year ... All-Big Ten second team (third base) ... at Michigan State (May 6) - Had a career-best 4-for-4 performance, scoring the game-winning run ... vs. #14 Northwestern-2 (April 30) - Had her sixth game-winning hit of the year on a RBI single in the sixth ... vs. Purdue-1 (April 9) - Slapped a game-winning RBI single in the first frame ... vs. Indiana (April 7) - Moved into sole possession of second place on the U-M home runs list with her 29th dinger of the year ... at #20 Louisville (March 25) - Had a game-winning single in the second inning ... vs. Utah (March 19) - Hit a game-tying sacrifice fly ... vs. Florida State (March 18) - Tied a career high with three runs scored, going 2-for-3 with 2 RBI on a two-run homer ... vs. Western Michigan (March 4) - Homered in the second inning to give U-M its only run of the game ... at #13 Georgia (2) (Feb. 27) - Hit a game-winning two-out three-run homer in the first inning in a 4-2 Michigan win ... vs. Hofstra (Feb. 24) - Went 1-for-2 with three RBI off a two-run single and a sacrifice fly, while also stealing her first base of the year and driving in the game winner ... at Florida (Feb. 19) - Went 2-for-3 and scored a run ... vs. Longwood (Feb. 17) - Drove in 100th run of her career ... vs. #21 DePaul (Feb. 17) - Scored three times on a 2-for-3 performance.

Junior (2005) ... Member of U-M's 2005 NCAA Champion team ... All-Big Ten first team (third base) ... All-Big Ten Tournament team ... career bests in home runs (12) and RBI (49) ... tied for second on U-M with 14 multi-RBI games ... Big Ten Rankings (through Big Ten Tournament): home runs (9th-10), RBI (6th-44) ... fielded the hot corner at a perfect 1.000 rate during Big Ten action in 35 chances ... went 2-4 with a home run and four RBI in a win over South Carolina (Feb. 25) at the NFCA Leadoff Classic ... went 3-3 with a home run and three RBI in over Creighton (Feb. 26) at the NFCA Leadoff Classic ... went 1-3 with a three-run home run in win over No. 11 Texas (March 30) and 1-3 with a home run and three runs scored in win over No. 1 Arizona (March 30) as Michigan claimed Kia Classic title ... went 3-4 with three RBI and a key two-run home run in game of a doubleheader sweep over Minnesota (April 10) ... went 4-7 with four runs, three RBI and two doubles in a doubleheader sweep at Indiana (April 17) ... went 2-3 with two runs, two RBI and a home run in win over Eastern Michigan-1 (April 19) ... hit .571 with three doubles and four RBI in BTT (May 12-14) ... hit .714 with two home runs and four RBI in NCAA Super Regional (May 27-28) ... went 3-4 with a home run and 3 RBI in NCAA Super Regional win over Washington-2 (May 28) ... led U-M in NCAA Regional and Super Regional action (May 20-28) in batting average (.467) and slugging pct. (.933) ... hit a double in Women's College World Series Action against Tennessee (June 5).

Sophomore (2004) ... Played in 55 games, starting 51 at third base ... led the team during Big Ten play in batting (.391), slugging (.674), home runs (4) and RBI (13) despite missing five games ... went 3-5 and drove in the game-winning run to clinch a share of the Big Ten regular-season title vs. Michigan State (May 1) ... hit a game-tying leadoff home run in the bottom of the eighth vs. Northwestern (May 2) to help win the Big Ten regular-season title ... made first appearance in the Women's College World Series with starts against LSU (May 27) and Stanford (May 28) ... hit a two-run home run in the 12th inning vs. LSU (May 27) in the WCWS.

Freshman (2003) ... Played in 57 games, starting 54 as the regular third baseman ... third on the team in home runs (6) ... committed just two errors at the hot corner during Big Ten action ... went 2-3 with two runs scored, two RBI and a double in win over Florida (Feb. 28) ... nearly hit for the cycle when she went 3-3 with a single, double and triple while driving in three runs in win over IPFW (March 22) ... drilled game-tying two-run home run in bottom of the eighth of eventual 6-5 Michigan win over Northwestern in nine innings (March 30) ... went 3-3 with two home runs, including a grand slam, and a career-best six RBI in win over Western Michigan-1 (April 1) ... went 2-3 with a double and third home run of the day vs. Western Michigan-2 (April 1) ... for the doubleheader vs. WMU, she was 5-6 with three home runs, seven RBI and three runs ... went 2-4 with a double in win at Ohio State (April 18) ... went 3-3 in win at Penn State-1 (April 20) ... started all three games of Big Ten Tournament at third base, hitting .364 (4-11), which was the third-best average on the team, to go with a home run and two RBI ... hit safely in all three games, including a two-run home run in the win over Minnesota (May 9) ... went 2-3 vs. Michigan State (May 9) ... started all six games of the NCAA Regional Tournament at third base ... went 3-3 with two doubles, a home run, and four RBI in 8-0 win over Western Michigan (May 15) for the first game of the NCAA Regional Tournament.

Prep ... Buena High School (2002) ... Buena High School Female Athlete of the Year (2002) ... Sierra Vista Herald Regional Female Athlete of the Year nominee (2002) ... all-state second-team selection (2001) ... all-region first-team selection (2000) ... all-region second team (2002) ... led the Five "A" conference in batting average and RBI as a junior (2001) ... two-time all-region honorable mention (1999, 2000) ... also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball (1999-2002) and a two-time all-region first-team selection (2001, '02).

Personal ... Enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology ... birthday Dec. 12, 1983 ... daughter of Saufoi and Siuli Leutele ... mother played one year of volleyball for Baylor University.