Brittany Sims

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Lafayette
Hometown:
Lexington, Ky.

As a senior (2016): Team co-captain
• Played in 51 games with 50 starts
• Posted a .302 batting average
• Second on the team with 10 doubles and third on the team with 31 RBIs
• Started the 2016 season at shortstop after serving as the Cards’ starting second baseman last season - returned to second base against Dayton (3/11)
• Had two hits in the 4-3 loss at No. 5 Florida State (5/8)
• Went 2 for 3 and scored two runs in the 8-3 win over Notre Dame (5/1)
• Scored a run in the 2-1 loss to No. 11/11 Kentucky (427)
• Had two hits including a double and drove in three runs in the 6-2 win over Syracuse (4/24)
• Hit her first career triple in the 12-3 win over Virginia Tech (4/9)
• Hit a solo home run in the 9-5 win over North Carolina (4/2)
• Went 2 for 2 with three RBIs in the 12-9 win over NC State (3/25)
• Went 2 for 3 with two RBIs in the 12-3 win over Georgia Tech
• Named to the A.D. honor roll and Dean’s Scholar in the fall
• Named to the ACC All-Academic Team

As a junior (2015): Played in 45 games with 43 starts at second base... Posted a .325 batting average with five home runs and nine doubles... Scored 27 runs and drove in 15... Scored a career-high three runs in the 12-0 win over Pitt (5/2)... Drove in the game-winning run in the 1-0 upset of No. 8/10 Florida State (4/11)... Missed the Syracuse series due to injury... Went 2 for 3 with a home run in the 14-4 win at Ohio State (3/18)... Third on team with five home runs... Went 2 for 2 with a home run, a double, two runs and two RBIs in the 8-0 win over Ball State (3/8)... Hit her first career home run in the 6-1 win over Georgia Tech (2/28) - and the next day hit her second career homer in the 15-2 win over the Yellow Jackets (3/1)... Went 3 for 3 in the 3-2 win over UMKC (2/13)... Scored two runs in the 10-2 win over Bakersfield... Named to Capital One All-District 2 academic team... Selected to the All-ACC Academic team...Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring… Dean’s Scholar in the fall… Named to the Dean’s List in the spring.

As a sophomore (2014): Played in 24 games with 15 starts in the outfield... Scored six runs and drove in seven... Her two-run single in the seventh inning tied the score at 4-4 in the 5-4 win over Ohio State... Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring... Dean’s Scholar in the fall.. Dean’s List in the spring... Earned American Athletic Conference all-academic team honors.
As a freshman (2013): Played in 10 games with two runs and two RBIs... Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll and was a Dean’s Scholar in the fall and spring... Earned NFCA All-Academic Team honors... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic team.

High School/Travel: Lettered for five years at Lafayette High School where she was coached by Shane Weaver... Played for the Louisville Lady Sluggers... Selected to the All-State team... Earned All-Region and All-District honors... Received the Lady General Award... Named Region II MVP and Section 3 Player of the Year... Academic All-State selection.

Personal: Full name is Brittany Sims… Nickname is B-Sims... Daughter of James and Kristi Sims… Birthdate is May 20, 1994… Major is chemistry.