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Erin Zilka Junior OF/C 5-6 * R/R Benicia, CA Benicia

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2007: Started all 48 games...tied for third in batting average (.224)...second on team in hits (28)...tied for team lead in doubles (6)...tied for second on team in RBIs (15) ...led team in slugging percentage (.344) and finished second on team in homeruns (3).

2006: Named to the 2006 Mid-American Conference All-Freshman Team...Team's Top Newcomer ...led the Bulls with a .303 batting average, highest for a UB player since 2004...hit a team-high seven home runs to tie for third all-time on the single-season record list...started all 52 games she played in...second on the team in hits (44), RBI's (23) and runs scored (22)...had 12 multiple hit games and six multiple RBI games...finished with .952 fielding percentage, making just four errors...perfect 6-6 in stolen bases...had three three-hit performances during the year, including a 3-for-4 day against Miami in the final game of the season.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and one-year captain for head coach Amanda Peterson at Benicia...was an All-Conference first-team honoree in the Southern California Athletic Conference during her junior season...was named to the all-league and all-region team...also named team MVP...was a member of the junior varsity golf and basketball teams at Benicia.

Personal: Born November 20, 1986...plans to major in nursing...parents are Tom and Lisa Zilka...has two brothers, Brannen and James...lists her favorite movie as Tommy Boy...her dream as a college athlete is to go to the NCAA Tournament...was also recruited by East Carolina and Cal State Sacramento...chose UB because of the academics and the coaches...her favorite thing about Buffalo is the weather...lists her greatest athletic experience as going all over the country playing softball and being with family and friends.