2000: Played in 43 games, the most of any first-year player … made 28 starts … recorded 14 hits in 76 at bats … went on a career-long five-game hitting streak … produced one of her best games of the season in a 1-2 loss to Bowling Green … went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run … notched her lone double of the season against Northern Iowa.

Prior to Miami: Garnered all-conference, all-district and all-area accolades three years ... named to the Jon Bob All-Star Team as a senior ... averaged eight strikeouts per game as a senior ... also sported a .480 batting averaged and a .560 on-base average as a senior at Forest Hills Northern ... posted 246 strikeouts during her senior campaign ... a four-year letterwinner in softball for the Huskies ... captained the softball team her senior season ... also earned two letters in basketball ... presented the Gold Circle Award by Forest Hills Northern all four years for maintaining a 3.8 GPA or better ... on the Honor Roll ... graduated as a Distinguished Academic Leader with a 3.8 GPA or better.

Personal: Born March 11, 1981 (turns 20 during season) ... daughter of Kenneth and Shyle Kermode ... zoology major ... sister, Kelly, played softball at Francis Marion University (S.C.).

Kermode's Career Highlights
Hitting Streak	3 games (3/3/00-3/4/00)
Hits		2 vs. Bowling Green (4/25/00)
Runs		1, several times
RBIs		1, several times

Kermode's Career Statistics
YR.  AVG.   G	AB    R	  H   RBI  2B	3B   HR	  BB  SO  SB-SBA
00  .184    43	76    6	  14  3	   1	0    0	  2   13  1-4