Junior - 2008: Earned All-Sun Belt Conference First Team honors ... Hit .272 while playing in all but two games ... Committed only nine errors while playing third base ... Her 115 assists were the second most on the team ... Finished fourth on the team with 29 hits and fifth in runs scored with 30 ... Had a very productive game against Harvard, going 3-for-4 while driving in four runs and scoring three with two doubles ... Hit one of four home runs against South Alabama as part of a three RBIs day ... Perhaps her biggest hit came with her first career home run, a grand slam in a 14-5 win over Eastern Tennessee.

Sophomore - 2007: Has a solid year for the Golden Panthers as she made the transition from second base to third ... Started in 54 games ... Her 11 strikeouts were a team-low among regular starters ... Was tied for second on the team with 14 walks, including a team-season high three vs. UNC-Wilmington (3/3).

Freshman - 2006: Ranked second on the team with an .875 stolen base percentage ... Had a hot bat at the beginning of the season, collecting seven hits over her first four collegiate games (.636 BA), including a 2-hit performance at home against then-No. 10 Georgia (2/11) and a three-hit game against Arkansas (2/11) in which she drove in three runs, scored one run, and stole a base ... Her eight strikeouts in the season were a team-low amongst regulars.

Prior to FIU - Cooper City High School: Received All-Broward County accolades by both the Miami Herald and Sun-Sentinel after her junior and senior seasons at Cooper City High School ... Batted .350 from her freshman through junior years, and followed that with a .400 batting average and 1.000 fielding percentage as a senior ... Her teams captured district titles in 2002, 2003 and 2005, as well as regional championships in 2002 and 2005 ... Named a scholar-athlete all four years with a GPA over 3.5 ... Also played on the Cowboys’ volleyball team for four years.

Personal: Born October 17, 1986 ... Daughter of Bert and Diane Bell ... Has two sisters, Kim and Karole ... Enjoys thrift store shopping, going to the beach and skim boarding ... Majoring in criminal justice with plans on entering the fire academy after college.

BELL’S CAREER STATISTICS

Year     Avg     GP      GS       AB        R        H       2B       3B       HR       RBI      BB       SO     SB-SBA

2006     .234      38       27        77        16       18        3         0          0          6        10         8          7-8

2007     .212      54       54       137       11       29        4         0          0          2        14        11         5-8         .

2008     .272      61       60       180       30       49       11        0          4         26        14        17         1-3

TOTAL .244      153     141      394       57       96       18        0          4         34        38        36       13-19