Danah Merck
Senior - Second Base/Outfield
R/R - 5-3
Burleson, Texas
Mansfield HS/Mary-Hardin Baylor
#4

2004: Started 50 games for the Lady Rams at both second base and the outfield ... she was named first-team all-conference for the second season in a row ... led the team for the second straight season with a .364 batting average ... also was tops on the team with 15 doubles and 38 RBIs ... finished the season going 7-for-9 in stolen base attempts ... hit .444 with runners in scoring position ... went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a season-high four RBI in a victory over Howard Payne (3/25-2) ... stole a season-high two bases versus conference-rival Northwood (3/30-2) and Texas College (5/7) ... registered a home run and three RBI in a victory over Texas College (4/20-2).

2003: Started all 42 games for the Lady Rams at second base ... led the team with a .354 batting average and 46 hits while producing 12 doubles and 23 RBI in 130 at-bats on her way to being named co-conference player of the year and first-team all-conference ... went 3-for-4 with three doubles and three RBI in a 5-4 victory over Bacone College (3/28-1) ... hit her only home run of the season while registering three RBI at Hillsdale Baptist (4/1-2) ... tallied two runs scored and two RBI, while going 3-for-5 versus UT-Permian Basin (4/9-1).

Prior to Wesleyan: A one-year letterwinner for Don Sheppard at Mary-Hardin Baylor ... played in 33 games, starting 27 of them at second base for the Lady Crusaders ... hit .253 with 11 runs, 21 hits, six doubles, one home run and 17 RBI in 83 at-bats ... help lead team to a 25-17 record and a third place finish at the American Southwest Conference tournament.

Prep: A two-year letterwinner for Glenda Kramer at Mansfield High School ... named honorable mention all-conference in both her junior and senior seasons ... she was also named Who's Who Among American High School Students.

Personal: Born Danah Lynn Merck on May 19, 1983, in Fort Worth, Texas ... daughter of Bobby and Judith Merck ... has one brother, Cory ... majoring in business administration.