Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics
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Thomas Fernandez
Charlotte Athletics
4 Ana Gold
4 Ana Gold
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Position Infielder
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Height 5-7
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Class Senior
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Hometown Ballston Spa, N.Y
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High School Ballston Spa
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Honors:
NFCA All-Region – Third Team (2023)
All-ACC – First Team (2023), Third Team (2022)
ACC All-Freshman Team (2022)
ACC All-Tournament Team (2024)
ACC Player of the Week (3/7/23, 4/4/23)
All-ACC Academic (2024)
ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
2024 – Junior: One of six players to start all 61 games … posted a .269 batting average 49 hits, 44 RBI and 47 runs scored … tallied three triples, which ranked tied for first on the team … blasted nine home runs … became the first Blue Devil to send out two grand slams in a single game during Duke’s 18-0 run-rule victory over North Dakota State (2/14) … set a single-game program record after tallying eight RBI against the Bison … set the program’s all-time career home run record with a three-run blast against East Carolina (4/9) … she now owns 38 career long balls … sparked a rally in the ACC Championship game against No. 13 Florida State (5/11), sending a sacrifice fly into center field to bring in Duke’s first run … went 10-for-12 on the basepath … recorded nine multi-RBI games … sent out a solo home run against No. 14 Alabama in the Women’s College World Series.
2023 – Sophom*ore: Started at third base in all 59 games she played in … hit .313 with eight doubles, 19 home runs, 56 RBI and 10 stolen bases … named to D1Softball’s 2023 D100 Player Rankings at No. 51 … set the school record for single-season home runs with 19 on the year … collected 56 RBI to tie Kristina Foreman’s program-best mark in 2022 … recorded the game-ending RBI single to complete the doubleheader sweep against NC Central … crushed a three-run walk-off home run to push Duke past Notre Dame, 4-3, and secure the series win over the Irish … named ACC Player of the Week on Mar. 7 and April 4 … tallied her second career grand slam against Virginia Tech (April 1) … blasted a solo home run to help lift Duke past George Mason, 2-1, in the NCAA Durham Regional … led the team with 15 multi-RBI games, including two four-RBI games in the same week against NC Central (3/1) and Notre Dame (3/4) … finished the year ranked seventh nationally and second in the ACC in home runs … named Most Valuable Player at the team’s annual awards banquet.
2022 - Freshman: Played in 53 games, making 51 starts as a freshman ... Hit .311 with 10 home runs, 12 doubles, 13 stolen bases and 36 RBI ...Her 10 home runs are the most ever by a Duke freshman ...Named a D1Softball Top-75 Impact Freshman prior to the season ... Tied a Duke single game record in her debut with four runs scored against California Baptist on Feb. 11 ... Hit her first collegiate home run against a ranked opponent in Arizona State on Feb. 12 ... Launched home runs in back-to-back wins over Florida A&M and Louisville ... Hit a grand slam as part of a five RBI game against Georgia Tech Mar. 4 ... Joined a select group of Blue Devils to ever hit two home runs in a single game with three RBI in a win over NC State on Mar. 13 ... Drove in six runs in a series sweep over Boston College, including back-to-back home runs on Apr. 2 & 3 ... Blasted a home run off PAC-12 Player of the Year Megan Faraimo in the NCAA Super Regional against UCLA on May 27.
Prior to Duke: Five year letterwinner in softball, including eighth grade ... Ranked as the No. 39 prospect in the country according to Extra Innings Softball ... Three-time First Team Times Union All-Star ... Three-time First Team Suburban Council ... Two-time Second Team All-State inNew York ...Batted .411 with 12 home runs and 33 RBIs as a freshman before improving to .418 with nine home runs and 34 RBIs as a sophom*ore ... Also lettered two years inbasketball as a point guard/shooting guard ... Lady Dukes Lamar ... National Honors Society member ... High Honor Roll ... Member of the student council.
Personal: Born Ana Emily Gold on September 14, 2002 ... Daughter of Eric and Julie Gold ... Has two brothers; older brother Luke and younger brother Joseph ... Father, Eric, played baseball atTusculum College (Tenn.) ... Mother, Julie, played basketball at Maria College (N.Y.) ... Brother, Luke, was an All-ACC baseballinfielder at Boston College before being selected in the fifth round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers.
Last updated:August 1, 2024
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