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14  Brittany Cervantes
Brittany Cervantes

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Chatsworth, Calif.

High School:
Chaminade College Prep.

Height:
5-9

Position:
Catcher/Infield

Experience:
3VL

Bats/Throws:
R/R


05/19/2012

Five-Run Second Enough to Power Kentucky Past Valpo

Rachel Riley gets ninth win on season, Chanda Bell picks up fourth save

05/18/2012

Kentucky Suffers Heartbreaking Walk-Off Loss in NCAA Opener

Wildcats rallied for the lead in the top of the seventh, before Michigan answered

05/10/2012

Seventh-Inning Rally Falls Short in SEC Tournament

Wildcats unable to overcome six-run hole, plate three in final frame

05/09/2012

Three Named All-SEC, Cervantes a First-Team Selection

Trio earn All-Conference honors, Dill a repeat performer; Joiner All-Freshman team

05/09/2012

Wildcats Set for Fourth Consecutive SEC Tournament

Kentucky meets Georgia on Thursday at 5 p.m. ET on ESPNU

05/16/2012

Cervantes not lacking confidence entering NCAAs

Brittany Cervantes leads UK into its fourth NCAA Tournament in a row beginning on Friday.

05/13/2012

Cervantes excited about tourney trip

UK was selected to the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night.

04/14/2012

SB highlights vs. Georgia

Cumbess' First-Career No-Hitter Clinches Series Over Georgia; Wildcats clinch series vs. UGA for just the second time in school history and first since 2000

02/15/2012

Cervantes on shedding underdog perception

Brittany Cervantes talks about building on last season's trip to the Super Regionals.

05/20/2012

SB vs. Louisville, 052012

Softball's Season Concludes in Tourney Thriller; Riley works six scoreless innings in relief; Joiner hits two-run homer

05/20/2012

SB vs. Valparaiso, 052012

Five-Run Second Enough to Power UK Past Valpo; Rachel Riley gets ninth win on season, Chanda Bell picks up fourth save

05/18/2012

SB vs. Michigan, NCAA Tournament, 051812

Kentucky Suffers Heartbreaking Walk-Off Loss in NCAA Opener; Wildcats rallied for the lead in the top of the seventh

05/06/2012

SB vs. LSU, 050612

Bell's No Hitter Clinches Sweep of No. 22 LSU; Bell tosses fifth-career no hitter, O'Brien drives in game-winning run

04/24/2012

SB vs. Morehead State, 042412

Softball Grabs Victory Behind Riley, O'Brien; O'Brien hits first homer of season in win

  • 2011 NFCA All-Region Second Team
  • 2009 All-SEC Freshman Team Member
  • Two-time SEC Weekly Award Winner

Junior (2011): Broke UK single-season records with 55 runs scored and 48 walks ... Also had career-highs in batting average (.329), home runs (15), on-base percentage (.490), slugging percentage (.677) and RBI (52) as a junior ... Started all 56 games for UK, splitting time at third base and at catcher ... Totaled six game-winning hits ... Recorded 12 multiple hit games and led the squad with 13 games with more than two RBI ... Posted a career-long eight-game hitting streak ... Scored twice after reaching base with walks in the upset victory of No. 22 Ohio State ... Matched a career high with four RBI in the win over FIU ... Blasted a three-run home run and also added an RBI double in the win ... Plated the game's winning run with a double in the come-from-behind win against DePaul ... Drove in the game's winning run with an RBI double in a win over North Florida ... Scored a career-best three times while also providing a pair of hits in the win over Middle Tennessee State ... Struck for two homers for the second time in her career with a pair in the second victory over Georgia Southern ... Opened the FSU win with a two-run home run to mark three straight at-bats with a homer ... Went 4-for-4 at the plate for a career-high four-hit performance in that victory ... Homered for the fourth time in three games in a win over Colorado State ... Extended her career-long hitting streak to eight games with a single in the loss to Stanford ... Tied the game with a two-run RBI in the top of the seventh and then scored the winning run in the eighth in a come-from-behind win over North Dakota State ... Scored twice and had a pair of hits in a win over Southern Illinois ... Smacked a solo home run in a win over SIUE ... Reached base in all four plate appearances which included a double in the upset of Tennessee ... Blasted a two-run homer in the opening win over Arkansas ... Posted a three-RBI day which included a solo homer in the win over LSU ... One of four players to homer in the opening win over Mississippi State ... Was walked six times in the series with the Bulldogs and scored five runs ... Homered and drove in five runs in the series sweep of No. 5 Florida ... Matched a career-high with three runs scored on the day she hit her 11th home run of the season in a rout of Austin Peay ... Had an RBI single in every game of the Georgia series ... Matched a game-high with four RBI and a pair of homers in the sweep of Marshall ... Doubled and drove in a run in a win over Tennessee Tech ... Drove in two with a home run in a win over EKU ... Plated two scores in a win over Louisville ... Walked three times in a win over Auburn ... Hit a two-run homer in a win over Notre Dame to match the UK career record for long balls ... Was walked six times in the NCAA Tournament and scored four times ... Set the new single-season standard for runs scored ... Plated a score, singled and tapped home in a win over Cal in Supers.

Sophomore (2010): Named SEC Player of the Week on Feb. 15 ... Appeared in all 59 games for the Wildcats ... Totaled 10 home runs on the season to move into third place all-time in UK allure with 20 career bombs ... Blasted her 10th home run of the season while driving in three runs in a UK win over Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament ... Singled in the loss at the SEC Tournament ... Led the team with a .444 average in the Ole Miss series ... Doubled and drove in two runs in a loss at No. 2 Michigan ... Was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI in the series with Austin Peay ... Drove in a pair of runs with her ninth round tripper of the season in a win over WKU ... Singled in a loss to Louisville ... Doubled in a win against Mississippi State ... Blasted her first career grand slam for a career-best four RBI performance against Georgia ... Had a career-long five game hitting streak ... Was 4-for-8 at the plate with two home runs and five RBI in the series with Arkansas ... Charted her second consecutive game-winning three-run home run this time to down Morehead State ... Belted the game-winning three-run home run to upset No. 5 Alabama ... Doubled and drove in two runs in a win over Jacksonville State ... Earned a base three times on walks in a win over Evansville ... Had a double against No. 11 Cal ... Became the first UK player since 2006 to hit two long balls in a single outing with two homers and three RBI against Western Michigan ... Hit the first home run of the season in the upset of No. 5 Arizona State.

Freshman (2009): Led the team with 10 home runs in her first season ... The home run bombs began in her first collegiate game as she knocked a three-run homer in UK's opening day win over Oregon ... Had a two-run single against UCLA ... Doubled and scored a run in the win over San Diego State ... Made her first career start behind the plate while positing a two-run single against UConn ... Walked twice and stole a base in the upset win over LSU ... Doubled and scored a run in a loss to the Tigers ... Had another double in the come from behind win over Morehead ... Tripled and then knocked in the series-ending three-run home run to seal a sweep of Auburn ... Went 5-for-11 with two home runs, five RBI and four runs scored in the series with Arkansas ... Tripled in a win over Kent State ... Smacked two home runs in the series with Tennessee, including a two-run bomb in the bottom of the seventh in UK's upset win over the Lady Vols ... Recorded UK's lone extra-base hit in the series when she doubled in a loss to Florida ... Plated a score with a single in a loss to Alabama ... Posted a three-run home run to seal the game for Kentucky over EKU ... Had two home runs in the series against Mississippi State, including the walk-off two-run bomb to complete the sweep ... Doubled and scored a run in the series-clinching victory over South Carolina ... Smacked a solo home run in Kentucky's win over BYU in the NCAA Tournament.

High School: A four-year letterwinner for a squad that won the Mission League Championship three times in her career ... Chaminade also claimed the 2006 and 2007 CIF Championship Division IV ... As a senior, Cervantes charted a .532 batting average and brought in 29 RBI ... Named the 2008 Mission League MVP and was an All-CIF Southern Selection team member ... Also named Chaminade's most valuable player ... As a junior she batted .412, and was named to the All-CIF Southern Section team, Mission League first team and was the 2007 Chaminade Offensive Player of the Year ... Tabbed to the LA Daily News second team as a sophomore, while winning the Chaminade HS Female Athlete of the Year for the freshman class in 2005 ... A starter on the girl's basketball team in 2007 ... Selected by the school's athletic director to serve on the Student Athletic Council in her junior and senior years.

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