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Delene Colburn

Year:
Senior
Pos.:
INF
Hometown:
Auburn, Wash.

2018 (senior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... First-team All-Big Sky Conference ... A two-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week ... A Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team selection ... Winner of Montana’s Grizzly Cup, awarded to department’s top senior student-athlete ... Started all 55 games at shortstop ... Led team in batting average (.363), hits (61), runs scored (39), home runs (9) and RBIs (39) ... Ranked in the top four in the Big Sky in each of those categories ... Struck out just six times in 168 at-bats ... Had a .460 on-base percentage, a .577 slugging percentage, both team highs ... Had 15 multiple-hit games, a team-high 10 multiple-RBI games ... Had three four-hit games, with a 4-for-4 performance in final career game, a loss to North Dakota at the Big Sky tournament in Ogden ... Also went 4 for 4 against Troy in team’s first win of the season at Arizona’s tournament and 4 for 4 in 16-3 victory over Nevada at the Red Desert Classic ... Six more times had three hits in a game ... Had a season-high eight-game hitting streak, reached base safely in 13 consecutive games ... Drove in five runs in one-sided victory over Nevada ... Three other times drove in three runs, all Montana wins ... Earned first Big Sky Player of the Week honor of the season after batting .571 in five games at Arizona’s tournament ... Honored again after road sweep at Southern Utah, when she batted .455, with five RBIs.

2017 (junior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Third-team NFCA All-Pacific Region ... Second-team All-Big Sky Conference ... A two-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week ... A Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team selection ... Played and started all 59 games, 58 games at shortstop, one at designated player ... Led Big Sky in RBIs (58), slugging percentage (.749), doubles (19) and total bases (134) ... Ranked in the top five in seven other categories, including second in home runs (14), and fourth in batting average (.397), on-base percentage (.481) and hits (71) ... Struck out just 13 times in 179 at-bats ... Had 18 multiple-hit games and team-leading 14 multiple-RBI games ... Drove in at least one run in 28 of 59 games ... Reached base safely in 24 consecutive games ... Hit .419 with runners in scoring position ... Finished with 20 more RBIs than any teammate ... Only twice all season went consecutive games without a hit ... Named Big Sky Player of the Week after batting .438 with 12 RBIs in six games as Montana went 5-1 against Maine and Seattle at the Grizzly Classic ... Repeated as winner a month later after three-game home sweep of Northern Colorado ... Batted .600 against the Bears, with eight RBIs and five runs scored ... Went 3 for 3 with two doubles, a home run, six RBIs and three runs scored in home win over Seattle at Grizzly Classic ... Went 4 for 4, also with two doubles, a home run, six RBIs and three runs scored in home win over Northern Colorado ... Went 3 for 3 against Weber State in Big Sky tournament championship game ... Went 5 for 12 in three games to earn all-tournament honors.

2016 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Second-team All-Big Sky Conference ... A Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team selection ... A one-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week ... Started all 56 games at shortstop ... Hit .344 with a .607 slugging percentage ... Led team and ranked second in Big Sky with 63 RBIs ... Had 63 hits, just eight strikeouts ... Tied for second in the league with 12 home runs ... Ranked fourth with 46 runs scored, 111 total bases, 213 plate appearances and 183 at-bats ... Had 18 multi-RBI games to lead the team ... Reached base safely in 28 straight games ... Tied for third in the Big Sky with four sacrifice flies ... Had a .418 on-base percentage ... Hit .727 with a runner on third and less than two out, .500 against left-handed pitchers, .368 with runners in scoring position, .350 with runners on base and .333 with the bases loaded ... Twenty-three two-out RBIs most on the team ... Opened the season on a five-game hitting streak ... Had an eight-game hitting streak in late April ... Went 5 for 11, with seven runs batted in and seven runs scored in three-game series at Southern Utah to earn Big Sky Player of the Week honors ... Hit a pair of home runs and drove in five in come-from-behind 14-13 win at Southern Utah ... Had 19 multi-hit games ... Drove in at least one run in 14 of 15 games between April 6-30 ... Finished with a .953 fielding percentage

2015 (freshman season): Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference … Started all 50 games at shortstop … Hit .383 to rank second on the team and eighth in the Big Sky … Led the Big Sky in doubles with 21 and had the league’s second-highest slugging percentage (.727) … Hit safely in 36 of 50 games … 112 total bases were third in the Big Sky, 10 home runs ranked fifth, 37 runs scored ranked 10th … Ranked second on the team with 38 RBIs … Had a .439 on-base percentage … Hit .455 with runners in scoring position, .533 with a runner on third and less than two outs … Had 15 multiple-hit games … Had four hits against Saint Mary’s on March 6 and Sacramento State on March 28 … Had a 10-game hitting streak and hit safely in 17 of 18 games between March 31 and May 1 … Had a season-high four RBIs against Carroll on April 16.

Personal: A 2014 graduate of Auburn Mountainview HS ... The daughter of Ken and Sally Colburn ... Has an older sister, Deanna … An elementary education major.