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Tamani Wells Season 2007

#17
PositionOUTFIELD
Height5-5
ClassJunior
HometownConcord, Calif.

SDSU Career Rankings: 7th in runs (74), T-7th in batting average (.301), T-9th in sacrifice hits (30), 10th in stolen bases (26)

One of the fastest runners in the Mountain West Conference ... Always seems to keep the ball in play ... A solid fielder.

2007 NCAA Rankings: 6th in toughest to strikeout (1K/29.5 at-bats), 35th in sacrifice hits per game (0.27)

2007: SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-3rd in triples (4)
Made a dramatic improvement for the second straight season ... Was the sixth-toughest to strikeout in the nation with just six fans in 177 at-bats, or one strikeout every 29.5 at-bats ... Also was 35th in the country with 0.27 sacrifice hits per game ... Set career highs in almost every offensive category, including batting average (.333), games played (56), games started (56), at-bats (177), hits (59), doubles (4), triples (4), RBI (16), total bases (73), slugging percentage (.412), walks (8), on-base percentage (.360), sacrifice flies (1), sacrifice hits (15) and stolen bases (14) ... Her four triples were tied for the third-most in a single season at SDSU and the most by an Aztec since 2002 ... Led the league with 15 sacrifice hits and tied for tops with four triples ... Also among the leaders in stolen bases (7th) and hits (9th) ...Was the only Aztec to start all 56 games ... In fact, dating back to the 2006 campaign, Wells has started the last 80 games for SDSU (San Diego State is 49-31 (.613) in those games), the longest such streak on the team (next highest is Monica Alnes[apos] 43 consecutive starts) ... Had 15 multi-hit games, which tied her for first on the squad with Brittany Knudsen ... Led the team with seven game-winning runs ... Was a part of a game-winning play (run or RBI) 10 times, one behind Knudsen for tops on the team ... Her .341 home average was the highest on the squad ... Batted .400 (10-for-25) against nationally ranked teams ... Hit a team-best .417 (5-for-12) against MWC foe Utah to lead the team (next highest was .273) ... Batted .571 (8-for-14) against Colorado State ... Had a hit in six consecutive at-bats against the Rams on April 28-29 ... Also had four RBI and three runs scored over the two contests ... Had a career-long nine-game hitting streak from March 10-21, where she batted a remarkable .516 (16-for-31) over the stretch ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, run and RBI against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Feb. 17 ... Had two hits apiece against No. 25 Oregon and Long Beach State in back-to-back games in February ... Had a five-game hit streak from March 3-9, where she was 6-for-17 (.353) ... Went 7-for-12 with six runs in a three-game stretch from March 10-13 ... Had two hits and scored twice in the first game of a doubleheader at Colorado State on April 13 ... Tallied five hits over two games at New Mexico from April 14-15 ... SDSU was 20-3 when she scored a run, 8-3 when she drove in a run and 10-5 when she recorded two or more hits.

2006: NCAA Rankings: 16th in toughest to strikeout (1K/20.2 at-bats)
Showed dramatic improvement in her second season on Montezuma Mesa ... Improved in every statistical category including batting average, runs, hits, sacrifice hits, stolen bases and fielding percentate ... Was tops on the team and 16th in the nation in toughest to strikeout after fanning only six times all season or one time every 20.2 at-bats ... Led the Aztecs with 11 sacrifice hits ... Tied with Melissa Owens for second on the team with nine stolen bases ... Third on the squad in runs (31), just one run shy of the top 10 in Aztec single-season history ... Committed only one error in 37 chances for a fielding percentage of .973 ... Had four assists, most of any outfielder on the team ... Named to the Mountain West Conference all-tournament team after batting .438 (7-for-16) with four runs scored and three RBI from her No. 2 spot in the batting order ... Also stole a base in her only attempt in the tournament ... Her six stolen bases and five sacrifice hits in MWC action was the most on the team ... Hit .371 (13-for-35) with a team-high 13 runs in the month of April ... Had a hit in 14 games of a 17-game stretch from April 9-May 13 ... Batted .362 (21-for-58) with 17 runs scored over the 17-game stretch ... Had a career-long eight-game hitting streak (10-for-21, .476) from March 4-31 ... Stole a career-high two bases in the second game of a doubleheader against Colorado State on April 9 ... Scored two runs in a game on nine occasions ... Threw out a runner from the outfield in consecutive games against New Mexico (April 23) and UNLV (April 29) ... Scored a run in nine of 11 games from April 9-May 4 ... Hit .500 (9-for-18) and scored six times in five games against UNLV, tied with Monica Alnes for the highest average on the team ... Batted .327 (18-for-55) with runners on base and .385 (10-for-26) with runners in scoring position ... SDSU was 19-3 when she scored a run.

2005: Appeared in 47 games and earned 17 starts ... Made 17 appearances as a defensive replacement or as a pinch runner, most on the team ... Scored 13 runs despite having only 61 official at-bats ... The 13 runs scored were the sixth highest on the squad ... Her three stolen bases were the fourth most of all Aztecs ... Swipes came against Southern Utah (March 4), Saint Mary[apos]s (Feb. 6) and UC Riverside (Feb. 5) ... Had three multiple-hit games ... Scored a pair of runs in two contests ... Recorded hits in consecutive games four times ... Scored a run in six of the first seven games she had a plate appearance ... SDSU was 4-1 when Wells hit second in the lineup ... Was 4-for-13 (.308) as a pinch-hitter, second best behind Amanda Beasley (.364) for those with at least 10 pinch-hit at-bats ... Had two hits in the nightcap of a doubleheader versus BYU on on April 22 ... Was 2-for-3 against Longwood on March 19 ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in SDSU[apos]s 10-1 rout over Southern Utah on March 5 ... Also had her first double in the victory over the Thunderbirds ... Recorded her first hit and RBI in an Aztec 9-1 win on Feb. 6 against Saint Mary[apos]s ... Also scored two runs in the game.

High School: Played two years for Holy Names High School ... Two-time first-team all-league performer and was named the Bay Shore Athletic League MVP in 2003 ... Team MVP in 2003 and 2004 ... Also lettered in track ... Previously played for Clayton Valley High School in Concord.