Danica Maher Class: Senior Hometown: Arvada, Colo. High School: Arvada West Position: C Bats/Throws: Left/Left

1999: Appeared in 22 games, starting 15 ... collected nine hits in 44 at-bats for a career-high .205 average ... had three doubles and six RBI ... went 2-for-2 against Liberty (2/20) with two doubles ... collected three RBI against St. Mary’s, Calif. (3/26).

1998: Played in 19 games, mostly as a pinch-hitter and catcher … helped the Boilermakers defeat Loyola (Ill.) by leading off the third inning with a single … went 2-for-2 against Loyola (Ill.) as Purdue managed only four hits … tied for the team’s highest fielding percentage (1.000) with 31 chances.

1997: Played in 21 games, primarily as the backup catcher ... earned first collegiate hit against Texas Tech with a single ... one of three players on the team with a 1.000 fielding percentage with no errors in 25 chances and three assists ... batted four times in Big Ten play and had two hits (.500 avg.) ... underwent successful surgery in the fall of 1997 to repair a damaged rotator cuff in her left shoulder (throwing shoulder).

High School: Led the Arvada West High School (Colo.) softball team to three consecutive state championships as a sophomore, junior and senior ... member of the National Honor Society ... named the team captain of the junior varsity softball team as a freshman which won the league title.

Personal: Given name is Danica Christine Maher...born May 22, 1978 ... public relations major ... daughter of Veronica and Robert Maher ... has one younger brother, Kenneth ... engaged to Josh Kirkpatrick, member of the Purdue football team.

Statistics
1997	AVG.	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B
	.143	19-4	21	0	3	1	
        3B	HR	RBI	BB	S0	SB-ATT
         0	0	1	0	3	0-0
1998	AVG.	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B
	.148	19-6	27	1	4	0
        3B	HR	RBI	BB	S0	SB-ATT
       	 0	0	3	2	8	0-0
1999	AVG.	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B
	.205	22-15	44	2	9	3	
        3B	HR	RBI	BB	S0	SB-ATT
         0	0	6	2	8	0-0
Career	AVG.	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B
	.174	60-25	92	3	16	4	
        3B	HR	RBI	BB	S0	SB-ATT         
         0	0	10	4	19	0-0

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