Overview:
The Braves top returning hitter, she was one of the leading run producers in the nation last year as she broke the Valley’s season record with 55 RBI ... A key bat in the lineup she has a chance to become Bradley’s career leader in both home runs and RBI.
2004 Season (Junior):
Broke the Missouri Valley Conference season record with 55 RBI ... Also, led the Valley in doubles (17) while tying a Bradley season record with eight home runs ... Hit .303 on the year with 23 runs scored and a team-best .521 slugging percentage ... Drove in a Valley record 23 runs during conference play ... Hit .727 (8-for-11) with the bases loaded and drove in 20 runs with two outs ... Had 17 multi-hit games, including a 5-for-6 outing against Jackson State when she had a school single-game record of seven RBI ... Drove in two or more runs in a game 12 times, including nine outings with three or more RBI ... Ended the season with a five-game hit streak, going 8-for-21 with four doubles and five RBI ... Ranked 10th in the nation in RBI at 0.95 per game ... Earned second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors and was voted a first-team Valley Scholar-Athlete ... Her 17 doubles rank as the third best season total in school history and her eight home runs tied Natalie Quinn’s school season mark ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Bulldog Round Robin after hitting .391 with eight runs and 11 RBI in Bradley’s first six games of the season.
2003 Season (Sophomore):
One of two players to start all 51 games, she ranked second on the team with 15 RBI ... Moved from third to first base where she had a Bradley season record 426 putouts and owned a .987 fielding percentage ... Hit .209 on the year with three doubles, one home run and nine runs scored ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Metrodome Classic, hitting .444, scoring four runs and driving in four in six games ... Committed just one error in her final 330 chances of the season.
2002 Season (Freshman):
Hit .246 on the season, starting 37 games ... Tied for second on the team with six extra-base hits (five doubles, one home run) and 11 RBI ... Started 23 games in conference play and hit .239 with three doubles, one home run and team-high eight RBI ... Came on late, hitting .297 (22-for-74) in the final 23 games of the year with eight RBI, four doubles, one home run and five runs scored during that stretch.
High School:
Helped lead Santa Margarita to the California Interscholastic Federation quarterfinals in both 1999 and 2001 ... A four-year letterwinner, she hit .390 her senior year and was selected to the 2001 Orange County All-Star team ... A first-team all-league selection as a senior, Mynsberge was also a member of the California Scholastic Federation Honor Roll ... Coach at Santa Margarita was Bud Clard ... Played summer ball with the Southern California Firecrackers and coach Fernando Morales.
Personal:
The daughter of Steve and Kim Mynsberge, Brittany was born March 18, 1983 ... Majoring in health science ... Member of the Braves Council, the student-athlete advisory committee each of the past three years ... Has one younger brother, Matt (20) ... Earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the 2004 Fall semester and has been named to the Bradley Athletic Director’s Honor Roll each of the past six semesters ... Has already been accepted into Northwestern University’s Doctorate program for Physical Therapy.
