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RANGO ON THE BGSU CAREER LISTS: Hits - FIRST - 261 NOTING RANGO: The only player in BGSU softball history to earn All-America honors on multiple occasions ... a two-time Easton All-American Third-Team pick, after BG had had just one prior All-American in program history ... also, the first Falcon to earn NFCA All-Great Lakes Region honors on more than one occasion ... only two times had a Falcon been named to the all-region first team prior to her arrival in BG, and she was a four-time first-team pick ... additionally, was the first-ever Falcon to be named to the All-MAC First Team in all four seasons ... ended her tenure as the BGSU record-holder in no fewer than 10 offensive career categories ... finished her career ranked second in MAC history in hits (trailing only Leigh Ross), doubles and RBI, sixth in at-bats and eighth in batting average. 2006: An Easton-Bell All-America Third-Team selection for the second-straight year ... named to the All-MAC First Team for the fourth consecutive season ... also named to the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team for the fourth-straight year, shattering a school record ... named to the all-tournament team at the Compass Bank Invitational, hosted by Baylor ... twice named the MAC Player of the Week, on Feb. 27 and May 1 ... played in 57 games, starting all of them at third base ... hit a team-high .366, and hit a school-record 10 home runs ... in addition to those two categories, led the Falcons in hits (67), RBI (32), total bases (113), slugging pct. (.617) and on-base pct. (.423) ... tied for the team lead with 14 doubles, and was second in runs scored (30), and tied for second in at-bats (183) ... had an overall fielding percentage of .952, but had a fielding pct. of .986 in MAC play, with just one error in 74 chances in league contests ... hit an eye-popping .432 in MAC action, with five homers, seven doubles and a slugging pct. of .730 ... had an OBP of .488 in MAC play ... her team-best total of 19 multiple-hit games include three three-hit contests and a pair of four-hit games ... led the Falcons with 10 multi-RBI outings ... overall, led the MAC in hits and finished second in three categories -- slugging pct., total bases and hits per game (1.18) -- and fourth in home runs ... was third in the league in batting average ... tied for third in the conference in doubles, and was fifth in RBI, sixth in on-base pct. ... in MAC games only, again led the league in hits (32), and also was first among all players in batting average and total bases (54 - 2.57 per game) ... tied for second in homers in conference games, and deadlocked for sixth in double (7), eighth in runs scored and ninth in RBI ... was third in both OBP (.488) and slugging (.730) in MAC play ... hit third in the batting order in 43 games, and batted cleanup in the other 14 ... had two-HR games vs. both UAB and Toledo ... in the latter game, her second homer was a walk-off blast in the bottom of the eighth, giving the Brown and Orange a 6-5 win ... had walk-off hits on back-to-back days vs. UT, as she had had a two-run homer and a game-ending single in the previous afternoon's 3-2 win ... her two-homer performance in the second win over the Rockets was part of a 4-for-4 game with three runs scored ... those two games helped her earn her second MAC P-O-W award of the season, as she hit .750 vs. the Rockets and .583 overall that week ... hit .632 (12-for-19) vs. left-handed pitching on the year ... batted a team-best .385 when leading off an inning ... hit an impressive .490 (24-for-49) from the sixth inning on, including a 5-for-8 effort in the eighth inning and beyond ... batted .419 in home games, with five homers and 14 RBI in 13 games at the BGSU Softball Field ... hit .356 in true away games and .343 neutral-site contests ... went 33-for-72 (.458) in the month of April ... went 3-for-4 in opening-weekend wins over both Virginia and UAB ... had a double and a homer, with two RBI, vs. the Cavaliers, and had two solo homers in the UAB contest ... went 10-for-18 (.556) with a slugging pct. of 1.222 in that opening weekend, leading to her initial league P-O-W honor of the year ... went 4-for-5 with two runs scored in a come-from-behind win at Kent State ... in the Ohio game of April 9, had two hits to break the BGSU career record ... her first-inning hit broke that mark and also tied the school record for doubles in a career ... in that same game, also set the career at-bats mark ... had an 11-game hitting streak in mid-April, including five-straight games of two or more hits ... went 3-for-4 at Ball State during that time ... was 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs and three RBI at Miami in an Easter Sunday win. 2005: The 2005 MAC Player of the Year ... named to the Easton All-America Third Team, becoming just the second All-American in BGSU softball history ... was named to the NFCA's All-Great Lakes Region First Team for the third time in as many years ... also an All-MAC First-Team pick for the third consecutive spring ... played in 55 games, starting all ... made 51 starts at third base, two in leftfield and two as the designated player ... led the Falcons with a .366 batting average on the season, and also paced the Falcons in hits (60), triples (five), total bases (82), slugging pct. (.500) and on-base pct. (.432) ... was second on the team in home runs (two), runs batted in (31), walks (16) and stolen bases (15) ... in MAC games only, hit .356 to lead the Falcons ... also led the team in slugging (.508), on-base pct. (.465), walks (11) and stolen bases (seven) ... in all games, led the MAC in triples, and was third in batting avg. ... was fourth in the conference in hits per game (1.09), fifth in total hits and OBP, sixth in RBI, eighth in total bases and tied for eighth in steals ... in league games only, ranked second in OBP and tied for second in walks ... deadlocked for third in the conference in steals and tied for fourth in RBI (14) ... ranked sixth in BA and tied for ninth in hits (21) in conference games ... only five times in school history has a Falcon player been named to the all-region first team, and Rango has done so three times ... just a junior, she has already placed her name at the top of several BGSU career records lists, including homers, RBI, batting avg. and slugging pct. ... named the MAC Player of the Week on April 18 after hitting .667 (10-for-15) the previous week ... that week began with a 6-for-6 day at Oakland ... went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBI in the day's first win ... that was part of a stretch in which she reached base in a whopping 13 consecutive plate appearances ... went 2-for-2 in the nightcap of the Oakland DH ... set the career RBI record that day ... had three-hit games against Purdue (3-for-4) and in back-to-back contests vs. Toledo and Detroit ... vs. UT, was 3-for-3 with a homer, a walk, a pair of runs and three RBI ... also 3-for-3 vs. UDM with a run, an RBI and a walk ... UT game began a 20-game hitting streak, the longest by a BG player in at least nine years ... hit .564 (31-for-55) during that streak, with 13 runs and 19 RBI ... had a three-run homer in her only at-bat at Akron ... had five stolen bases in a three-game span, including two-steal games at Northern Illinois and Valparaiso ... had a total of 16 multiple-hit games on the season. tops on the team ... tied for the team lead with nine multiple-RBI games ... batted third in 25 games and cleanup in 30 others ... hit .393 with runners on base and .469 (30-of-64) with runners in scoring position ... hit a whopping .538 (7-for-13) in the seventh inning of 2005 games ... batted .435 (10-for-23) in the sixth inning ... hit .372 in home games, .375 in road contests and .354 in neutral-site affairs ... batted .476 in the Falcons' 29 wins in 2005. 2004: Put together one of the top statistical seasons in BGSU history ... earned All-Great Lakes Region First-Team honors for the second-straight season (BGSU's first-ever two-time all-region pick) ... an All-MAC First-Team pick for the second consecutive year, and also was named to the league's all-tournament team ... started all 64 games, at third base ... led the Falcons with a .372 batting average ... compiled school-record totals of nine homers, 18 doubles and 42 RBI ... had an on-base pct. of .429 and a slugging pct. of .608 ... ranks second on the school single-season lists for batting avg., slugging pct., hits (74) and total bases (121) ... hit .389 with a .681 slugging pct. in league games ... batted an even .500 (7-for-14) with six walks in the MAC Tournament ... led BG with 21 multiple-hit games and 11 multi-RBI contests ... those totals include five games of three hits or more, and six contests with three or more RBI ... went 3-for-3 in league tourney win over Central Michigan ... named the MAC Player of the Week on March 22, after hitting .647 with a slugging pct. of 1.294 at the Georgia Tech Buzz Classic ... was 4-for-4 with three runs scored and six RBI in the Georgia State game, setting BG season bests in hits and RBI ... in two games on that day (March 20), was a combined 7-for-8 with five runs and eight RBI ... that was part of an eight-game hitting streak in which she batted .593 (16-for-27) ... named to the all-tourney team at the Buzz Classic ... tied the school record with two homers in a win over Northern Illinois ... homered in each of the first two innings ... was 2-for-3 with four RBI in that game ... two hits (a double and a homer) and three RBI in win at Eastern Michigan ... had five game-winning RBI, second on the team ... has started all 117 of BGSU's games during her career ... with 14 homers in two years, already owns a share of that school career record ... hit .450 (45-for-100) with runners on base, and had a .492 average (30-for-61) with runners in scoring position ... batted .472 over the final 26 games of the year, going 34-for-72 in that time ... had an 11-game hitting streak in April in which she batted .563 (18-for-32). 2003: A Great Lakes All-Region First-Team pick, just the third in school history ... BG's lone All-MAC First-Team selection ... one of the top newcomers in the MAC ... was named BGSU's offensive MVP ... started all 53 games, 52 at third base and one as the DP ... led the Falcons in hitting, with a .364 batting average ... also paced the team in runs (34), hits (60) and total bases (88), while finishing second in at-bats (165), doubles (13), homers (five), RBI (27), slugging percentage (.533) and on-base pct. (.401) ... total of 60 hits ties her for the second most in a season in school history, while her total of five homers deadlocks her for fourth on that single-season list ... had a team-high 18 multiple-hit games, including five three-hit contests ... went 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs scored and two RBI in her collegiate debut, vs. San Jose State ... that same weekend, was 3-for-3 with a double, a homer and three RBI vs. Southwest Texas ... for those efforts, was named to the all-tournament team at the New Mexico State tourney ... hit .400 with a slugging pct. of .867 in her initial collegiate weekend ... had four-straight two-hit games in early March ... had four hits, including a homer, and five RBI in a DH at Morehead State ... was 6-for-11 in three-game sweep at Ball State ... had a double, a homer, two runs and three RBI in middle game of that series ... scored three runs vs. Toledo, and scored two runs in six other games ... hit .338 in MAC action, good for second on the team, and had 16 runs and 12 RBI in the 24 games ... had a pair of hits, including a homer, and drove in two runs in MAC Tournament win over Northern Illinois. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for Boardman High ... a four-time all-state pick, and earned All-Steel Valley Conference honors every year as well ... helped the Spartans to four league championships in her four years ... Boardman won the Division I state title her junior year after posting a runner-up finish the previous season ... team lost in extra innings in the state semifinals her senior year ... a four-time All-Northeast Ohio selection. PERSONAL: Daughter of Carl and Mona Rango ... born Nov. 8, 1983 ... criminal justice major ... has an older brother ... has played summer ball with the Ohio Bandits.
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