Angie Funston
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Angie Funston

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Saint John, Ind.
High School:
Lake Central
Height:
5-9
Position:
UT
Bats/Throws:
R/R

2010: Capped her career with her best all-around season yet, both at the plate and in the pitching circle...despite not having started a game since 2007, emerged as the staff ace and led the team with 11 wins, 10 complete games, 92.0 innings and 56 strikeouts...batted .296 with eight homers and 31 RBI...finished her career ranked tied for first in Loyola history in RBI (93) and tied for fourth with 14 home runs...posted nine multi-hit performances...made her first pitching appearance since 2008 and tossed a four-hit shutout, while also hitting a pair of home runs and driving in four in an 8-0 win versus Wagner...went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBI in an 8-0 victory over No. 24 Notre Dame...registered two hits, a home run and four RBI, and hurled a complete game in a 5-1 win over UIC...had three hits in game two of a doubleheader versus Saint Louis...pitched 4.1 innings of one-hit ball in a victory over Bradley...fanned a season-high eight batters in a 9-1 win against Detroit...named Loyola's Most Valuable Player...member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2009: Started 36 contests and appeared in 49 games overall...batted .344 with four homers and 16 RBI in Loyola's wins...had five multi-hit games...belted four home runs over a three-game stretch, March 4-6...in the season opener versus Pittsburgh, went 2-for-2 with a RBI, a run scored and a stolen base...notched two hits and had five RBI and a pair of roundtrippers in a victory at Central Florida...smacked a two-run home run in a win versus Evansville...went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI in a victory over Minnesota...tallied a pair of hits in an 8-0 victory against Detroit at the Horizon League Championship...member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2008: Had a breakthrough season in which she led the team with 34 RBI and nine doubles and earned Second Team All-Horizon League honors...one of three Ramblers to start all 48 contests...batted .424 (28-for-66) with 27 RBI and a .500 on-base percentage in Loyola's wins...hit .304 (17-for-56) with 13 RBI in League play...drove in two or more runs on 10 occasions...registered 12 multi-hit games...had a six-game hitting streak, March 8-29...went 2-for-5 with three RBI and a home run in a 12-11 win at UNLV...doubled, drove in three runs and swiped a pair of bases, in a win at Loyola Marymount...went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI in a victory at Cal State Fullerton...in a doubleheader versus Youngstown State on March 29, went 4-for-4 with six RBI and three runs scored...drove in four runs in a 6-1 win over Youngstown State...in four games versus Detroit, batted a whopping .538 (7-for-13) with six RBI...member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2007: Made the most of her 10 hits, driving in a total of 10 runs...started 32 contests...had a pair of two-hit outings...went 2-for-2 with a RBI in game two of a season-opening doubleheader at UC Riverside...drove in a run in three straight games, March 27-31...singled, drove in a run, and stole a base at Wisconsin...knocked home a pair of runs in a 5-3 win at Detroit...scored a run and drove in a pair in an 8-0 victory over UIC...posted a RBI in both games of a doubleheader at Green Bay...went 2-for-2 with a RBI and a stolen base in a 2-1 win at Cleveland State...made her first pitching appearance in game two of the season opener at UC Riverside...tossed a scoreless inning and did not allow a hit versus Long Beach State.

High School: As a senior, owned a 17-4 record with a 0.55 ERA and 10 shutouts, including 149 strikeouts in 152 innings of work...also batted .342 with 33 runs scored, six doubles, four triples, 14 RBI and nine stolen bases...ranks second in Lake Central history in stolen bases and fourth in hits...two-time first team all-conference and all-state selection...voted Best Senior Female Athlete in 2006...team MVP in both basketball and softball as a senior...played third base as a sophomore on Lake Central's state championship team...during her four years, Lake Central compiled a 118-15-1 softball record...team won 47 straight games over a two-year span...graduated summa cum laude...as a junior, batted .392 and had a staggering 0.26 ERA...named to the ICGSA Academic All-State Team for both softball and basketball in 2006...played for the Homer Hawks (formerly the Crete Quest).