33 Lana Herrmann
33 - Lana Herrmann
Height: 5-11
Year: Fr.
Hometown: Riverside, IL
High School: Riverside-Brookfield
Position: C/1B
Bats/Throws: R/R

Freshman (2016):
Appeared in 49 games and drew 43 starting assignments, 33 at third base, nine behind the plate and as the designated hitter … Ranked second on the team and in the conference and stood 52ndin Division III with nine home runs,  good for a seventh-place tie on the program’s seasonal ladder … Fourth on the team and ninth in the UAA with 31 RBIs …  Hit .278 on the year ... Recorded six multi-hit games and drove in two or more runs on eight occasions … Two-out single scored Ashley Powers with the final score of a three-run first inning and proved to be the game-winning RBI in a 5-2 decision over Berry College (May 14) in the NCAA Mount Berry Regional …  Two-out single in the top of the sixth frame provided the insurance run in a 3-1 victory over Birmingham Southern (May 13) in the NCAA Mount Berry Regional opener … Crossed the plate twice and delivered a solo homer in the top of the fourth that gave Emory a 6-0 lead in an eventual 8-0 outcome over LaGrange (Apr. 23) … Three safeties in four trips to the plate and scored twice in a 12-3 win vs. LaGrange (Apr. 23) … Socked a grand slam as part of a five-run first inning in a six-inning, 12-2 decision over Roanoke (Mar. 26) in the second game of a doubleheader … Ignited a seven-run third frame by hitting a three-run homer in a five-inning, 12-2 triumph vs. Shorter (Mar. 25) … 2-for-2 with a one-out round tripper in the bottom of the sixth that snapped a 3-3 deadlock and gave the Eagles a 4-3 win against Maryville (Mar. 17) in the second game of a twinbill … Clubbed a three-run homer that closed out a six-run first inning in a 9-1 victory vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 16) … Picked up three hits in four trips to the plate and totaled a pair of RBIs in a 13-5 triumph against Brandeis (Mar. 13) in the final game of the UAA Championships … 2-for-2 at the plate and doubled in Janelle Turnquest with the squad’s first run in the second inning in an 8-0 outcome vs. Lake Forest (Mar. 6) … Collected a pair of two-baggers and knocked in one run in a five-inning 8-0 win against Lake Forest … Blasted a two-run homer and scored twice against No. 2 Salisbury (Feb. 28) … First career round tripper was a three-run shot in the bottom of the third inning, staking Emory to a 5-0 lead, in a six-inning 11-3 win vs. Averett (Feb. 20) … Finished with four RBIs, including a bases-clearing double that helped fuel an 11-run fourth inning in a 19-1 triumph vs. Agnes Scott (Feb. 13). 

High School
:
4-year member of the Riverside-Brookfield softball program … Was coached by Doug Schultz and Jame Holt … Played catcher, outfield, third base and first base …Served as team captain her final two seasons … 2015 Suburban Life All-Area MVP … Metro Suburban All-Conference … Socked 13 home runs her senior year and eight as a junior … 2015 Riverside-Brookfield Female Athlete of the Year … Riverside-Brookfield Female Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior …Four-year honoree on the Metro Suburban Conference All-Academic Team … Played volleyball for four years while at RBHS … National Merit Scholar ... Class Valedictorian … Member of National Honor Society. 

Played travel ball for the Oak Park Windmills where she was coached by Josh Baer.

Personal:
Daughter of Andrew and Virginia-Lee Herrmann ... Born Jan. 28.

Quote:
"I chose Emory because I knew it would challenge me both academically and athletically, while providing a great community to experience it with."  


Career Stats

Year G-GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB-ATT AVG
2016 49-43 108 23 30 31 5 0 9 2-3 .278
TOTAL 49-43 108 23 30 31 5 0 9 2-3 .278