#20 Breanne Gleason

 Junior
RHP, R/R
Bristol, Conn. / Bristol Central HS
Major: Management of Sports Industries

2008: Earned Daktronics Second Team All-Northeast Region and Louisville Slugger/NFCA Second Team All-Northeast Region honors ... Named to the 2008 All-ECC Second Team as a utility player ... Named to the NCAA Division II Softball Northeast Regional Championships All-Tournament Team ... Started all 50 games for the Chargers including 29 starts in the circle ... Selected as ECC Pitcher of the Week on 3/24 ... Second on the team with 30 RBIs and a .509 slugging percentage ... Had seven multiple RBI games ... Tied for the team lead with six home runs ... Finished with 13 doubles ... Now has 11 home runs to rank second all-time at UNH ... Had 52 hits and batted .319 at the plate ... Had a eight game hitting streak and 13 multiple hit games during the season ... Led the Chargers with five three-hit ball games ... Second on the team with 27 runs scored ... Collected a 17-13 record and has 38 career wins to rank seventh all-time at UNH ... Pitched a team-high 192.0 innings ... Led the team with a 2.30 ERA and 208 strikeouts ... Has totaled 435 career strikeouts in two seasons for second all-time at UNH ... Had seven games with ten-or-more strikeouts ... Threw 24 complete games with five shutouts.

2007: Named to the 2007 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Notheast Region First Team as a pitcher ... Second Team selection to the 2007 Daktronics Softball All-Northeast Region team ... Started all 45 games with 31 starts in the circle ... Compiled a 21-15 record with a 1.71 ERA ... Her 21 wins ranked her 37th in the nation and her ERA ranked 54th ... Recorded 227 strikeouts which ranks 7th on the career list at UNH ... Career-high 13 strikeouts against Saint Xavier University on March 17 ... Had five or more strikeouts in 27 of her 42 appearances ... At the plate, batted .355 which ranked second on the team ... Led the Chargers with 54 hits, 16 doubles, 5 homeruns, and 85 total bases ... Also led the team with 16 multiple hit games and had a 6-game hitting streak during the season ... Second on the team with 28 runs scored and in slugging percentage with .559 ... Drove in a career-high 3 runs twice against Southern Conn. (3/27) and Bridgeport (4/6) ... Had 3 hits in a game three times ... Totaled 22 RBIs, 14 walks, 49 assists and had a .976 fielding percentage.

High School: Team was state runner-up in sophomore and junior seasons and won the CCC South conference championship in junior and senior seasons ... Named All-State in 2005 and 2006 ... Named All-Conference and All-Academic softball in all four seasons ... Also an all-conference and all-academic swimmer ... Honor roll student.

Personal: Career ambition is to be a softball coach at the collegiate level ... Daughter of Carol and David Gleason ... Has one sister, Kelley.

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