Presbyterian College

2008: Started all 47 games while batting .355 ... Picked up 50 hits, 11 of which went for extra bases ... Had a .489 slugging percentage ... Led the team with 18 steals ... Recorded a .971 fielding percentage ... Went two-for-three with a homerun and two RBI in the win over North Greenville ... Was three-for-three with an RBI in the win over Western Carolina ... Garnered a four-of-four performance with a double and two RBI against Charleston Southern ... Had a double in a four-for-four performance against Savannah State, also scoring four runs in the game ... Notched a season-high 11 putouts in the contest ... Was three-for-four with a homerun and two RBI in the win over Mercer.

2007: Tops on the team in almost every major offensive category ... Led team in batting average (.329), slugging percentage (.548), runs scored (36) and hits (48) ... Tate also ended season first in doubles with 12 and total bases with 80 crossed over during the season.

2006: Finished first year at PC batting .302 ... Hit for seven ex­tra-base hits, including six doubles ... Concluded season with 14 RBI.

High School: Lettered under head coach Brooke Parris at Dorman High School ... Hit .350 at the plate with a .980 field­ing percentage and led team in doubles and triples ... Averaged 17 RBI per season ... Five-year letterwinner earned all-region honors as a senior and was named her school’s Wendy’s Heisman Award winner ... Won county’s homerun derby in 2004.

Personal: Laura Marie Tate was born January 3, 1987 in Spartanburg, S.C. ... Daughter of Don and Theresa Tate ... Majoring in biology.