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| Class:
Junior
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| Hometown:
Vicksburg, Mich.
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| High School:
Vicksburg
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| Bats/Throws:
Right/Right
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| Height:
5-6
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| Position:
Outfielder
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Bulldog Career: Updated Career Statistics.
2007 Season (Junior): Game-By-Game Statistics
2006 Season (Sophomore): A GLIAC All-Academic Team selection . . . Started in 33 of 47 outings, exclusively in right field . . . Hit .195 on the year with eight base hits in 41 official plate appearances . . . Tallied 13 runs scored and four RBI . . . Notched a .971 fielding percentage with 32 putouts and one assist while committing only one error . . . Registered a three-game hitting streak twice (3/4-5) and (3/26-29) . . . Batted .500 with four hits and a RBI in second three-game hitting string . . . Lone multi-hit game was in game one at Cornerstone (3/29) with a pair of singles in three at bats . . . Knocked in a single run on four occasions - vs. Philadelphia (3/5) and South Dakota (3/9) at the Florida Rebel Spring Tournament, against Findlay (3/25) at the Wayne State Invitational, and at Calvin (4/10) . . . Garnered a season-best four putouts three times - vs. Gannon (3/14), at Ashland (4/22), and in game one against Hillsdale (4/29) in the team's regular-season finale two-game series.
2005 Season (Freshman): Started in 10 games as a rightfielder and appeared in 20 contests . . . Posted a .219 batting average with seven hits in 32 at bats . . . Compiled two RBIs with six stolen bases and six runs scored . . . Had two hits and drove in a pair of runs in collegiate debut against California, Pa. (3/5) in a Florida Rebel Spring Tournament contest . . . Recorded a three-game (3/19-20) hitting string and batted .333 (3-for-9) during that period . . . Smacked a double and scored a run versus St. Francis, Ill. (3/19) at the Lewis Tourney . . . Produced a single apiece against Northwood (4/1) and Cornerstone (4/19) . . . Had a season-high two putouts in encounters against St. Cloud State (3/8) at Florida Rebel Spring Tourney and versus St. Francis, Ill. (3/19) . . . Hit .143 in five conference outings with one hit in seven official plate appearances.
High School: A three-time (2002-04) All-Wolverine Conference pick at Vicksburg High School . . . Graduated in 2004 . . . Coached by Lynn Brown . . . Four-year (2001-04) all-district team selection . . . Garnered all-region accolades as a pitcher during senior season . . . Honored twice as both the squad's Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Player . . . Helped guide the Bulldogs to four district championship titles in her prep career . . . Also competed in basketball and volleyball . . . Two-year National Honor Society member. 
Personal: Daughter of Michael and Cara Brink . . . Born 3/16/86 in Kalamazoo, Mich. . . . Both parents are Ferris State graduates . . . Father is a mechanical contractor and mother works at an elementary school . . . Interests include watching movies, playing sports and exercising . . . Nickname is "Meggie or Meg" . . . FSU Letters: Two . . . Diagnostic Medical sonography major.
On Deck With Brink:
Why I chose Ferris State: I liked the distance from my hometown to campus, the sonography program, and softball
The motto I live by: Always do your best because you never know who's watching
My favorite music group: Keith Urban
If I could meet anyone in history, it would be: My grandmother Joyce and my great grandfather Reed
My pregame ritual is: eating a good breakfast
What has been the most thrilling moment of your life outside of sports?: My brother being born
Something unusual about me is that: My left foot is 1/2 inch bigger than my right foot
If I could change one thing about softball, I would: Have the season in the fall when it's not as cold and rainy
My pregame ritual: Go to bed on time, don't sleep in and eat a good breakfast
My advice to youngsters is: always try your best. Aim for the moon because even if you miss, you'll land amongest the stars
My role model: my parents
My first softball memory is: wearing Barbie shoes in T-Ball
My favorite movie: Shrek I and II, Benchwarmers, The Notebook
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