Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Career: Career honors include being named to the weekly BIG EAST Honor Roll during the 2019 season ... Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors in 2017 ... Four-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and four-time selection to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Played in 148 games with 84 starts during her Wildcats career ... Batted .221 with a .300 on-base percentage and a .308 slugging percentage ... Tallied 53 hits, including 15 doubles and two home runs ... Had 45 runs scored and 36 runs batted in ... Drew 24 walks, was hit by a pitch five times and struck out only 29 times in 276 plate appearances ... Stole seven bases in 11 tries ... Owned a career .984 fielding percentage with 105 putouts, 15 assists and just two errors in 122 total chances.

2020: One of six players on the team who started in all 27 contests … Started 22 games in right field, two in center field and one at third base … Batted .254 (16-for-63) with a .360 on-base percentage and a .397 slugging percentage … Third on the team with six doubles and fourth with nine walks … Had nine runs scored and seven runs batted in … Hit one home run … Hit by a pitch twice and stole two bases in four tries … Keyed an 11-4 win over San Diego State on March 4 with a season-high three hits, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and two RBI … Tallied three other multi-hit games on the year … Hit her lone home run at UCF … Handled 27 chances in the field with 22 putouts, four assists and one error for a .963 fielding percentage.
 
2019: Played in 49 games with 42 starts on the year … Batted .238 (29-for-122) with a .304 on-base percentage and a .311 slugging percentage as an everyday starter in the outfield … Started 20 games in center field, 12 in left field and eight in right to go along with one start at third base and another as the designated player … Scored 22 runs and had 22 RBI to go along with six doubles, a home run, 11 walks and only 17 strikeouts in 139 plate appearances … Stole three bases in four tries … Ranked second on the team with three sacrifice flies … Tallied five multi-hit and five multi-RBI games … Compiled a seven-game hitting streak from March 9-19 during which she batted .364 (8-for-22) with four doubles and seven RBI … After the streak ended went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, a walk and a stolen base in a win over Seton Hall in the opener of a three-game series … Walked three times and scored two runs in a doubleheader the next day, and was named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll on March 25 following that week … Played flawless defense on the year with 47 putouts, five assists and no errors in 52 chances.
 
2018: Appeared in 32 games with six starts and was 3-for-24 with five runs scored, one run batted in, one walk and four strikeouts … Stole two bases in three tries … All six of her starts came in right field and she had 11 putouts, three assists and one error on the year … Started and was 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI against Army on March 9 … Drew another start the next day against Western Michigan and was 1-for-3.
 
2017: Saw action in 40 games with nine starts as a freshman … Went 5-for-31 (.161) a the plate with three walks and only one strikeout in 36 plate appearances … Scored nine runs, had six runs batted in and hit three doubles … Doubled and drove in two runs in both ends of a doubleheader against Rider on March 23, going 2-for-4 with the two extra-base hits and the four RBI in the twin-bill … Pinch hit with the bases loaded and was hit by a pitch to force in a run in her first collegiate plate appearance against UAB … Started six games in center field, two in right field and one at second base … Played perfect defense with 25 putouts, three assists and no errors in 28 chances.
 
Xavier College Prep: Two-time softball team MVP as a sophomore and a junior, and was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a senior … Selected to the PGF Mountain All-America Team as a senior and was a second team Arizona High School All-Section honoree as a junior … Honors include being a runner-up for the Arizona Central Newspaper Athlete of the Month and being the publication’s High Achiever of the Week her senior year … Batted .416 in 88 varsity games while recording 119 hits, 85 runs scored and 77 runs batted in … High school teammate of fellow Villanova softball student-athlete Caitlyn Dickman … Achieved Honor Roll – First Honors status academically … Inducted to the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born in Phoenix, Ariz. … Daughter of Frances Ducar & Bob Berens and Tim & Liz Ducar … Has seven siblings: Taylor Berens and Dallas, Dillan, Dakota, Elizabeth, Alexndra and Caroline Ducar … Brother, Dakota, played college football at Lake Forest College … Hobbies include bowling, hiking, adventures and exploring new places … Chose to attend Villanova for the opportunity to play softball and to pursue a nursing degree at a top academic university … Nursing major.