Sophomore •  Third Base  •  5-7 

As a freshman (2008): Displayed her strong swing by finishing second on the team with six homers despite missing the final 17 games of the season due to an injury…started in all 35 games in which she appeared and ended the season with a .323 batting average…led the team with a .606 slugging percentage, clubbing 32 hits, eight doubles, a triple, and her six homeruns…drew 10 walks and struck out just 12 times while compiling 60 total bases…committed just four errors for a .952 fielding percentage…named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Week on March 24 after belting three home runs in four games this weekend at the Salem Tournament… hit over .600 from the plate in the four-game stretch and finished the weekend 9-for-14 with three home runs and seven RBIs…after being limited to just one at-bat in two games on the first day of the tournament, she came back to hit the game-winning grand slam in a 10-6 victory over Glenville State and then went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI against West Liberty State…belted home runs in consecutive at-bats against Alderson-Broaddus and was 2-for-2 with a walk against West Virginia State…hit a team-leading five home runs and drove in 15 runs through the first 23 games of the season…finished 2-for-3 with home run, 3 RBIs and two runs in an 8-4 victory over West Chester on April 8.

Before Shippensburg: Was a four-time letter winner for the Cougars in the Bull Run District under head coach Gerry Campbell…laced 145 hits in 259 at-bats for a career batting average of .560…smacked 30 home runs, 41 doubles and 139 RBI at third base…struck out 782 batters in 521 innings pitched over her career…recorded 51 wins and a 0.94 ERA for her career…named First Team All-District four times and was a District Player of the Year three times…earned First Team All-Region honors three times and was a two-time Region B Player of the year and was a three-time All State Second Team selection…recognized by the Washington Post as a Second team All-Metro selection in 2007…holds the Virginia high school record for hits in one game (six) as well as season records for home runs (12) and runs in a season (40)…also holds career records for home runs (30) and RBI (139)… hit more than one homer in a game seven times, including two home runs in an inning…was a two-time regular season and tournament champion and was a member of a regional championship squad in her freshman season…also played volleyball and basketball, and received Second Team All-District in volleyball and basketball as a senior…graduated fifth in her class of 149 from Manassas Park High School.

Personal: Full name is Courtney Diane Steele … born on May 27, 1989 in Prince William County, Virginia … is the daughter of Trish and Eddie Steele … plans to major in elementary education...her older sister Jennifer was a four-year letter winner at Longwood University and is now the head coach of Randolph College.