Amber Kirk

Year:
Senior
Position:
Third Base
Height:
5-4
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
Hamilton, Va.
High School:
Loudoun County

2009 as a senior: All-Tournament selection at the 2009 CAA Championships...Started all four games of the Cathedral City Kickoff at third base for the Dukes...Went 4-for-15 with two runs scored, four RBIs and a home run in the tournament...Started all five games of the College of Charleston Classic at third base...Went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base against Howard...Went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored against the College of Charleston...Recorded a hit in all four games of the Gamecock Invitational, going 6-for-11 with a double, a triple, a home run, three runs scored, six RBIs, two walks and a stolen base...Against North Florida, she drove in three runs including hitting a two-run home run...CAA Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 22...Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in game two against Lafayette...Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in game two against Rider...Had a triple, two runs scored and an RBI in three starts against Delaware...Went 4-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in JMU's doubleheader sweep against George Washington...Picked up two hits, including a double and three runs scored in two starts against Radford...Collected a hit in all three games against Georgia State, going 5-for-10 with a run scored and an RBI...Collected three hits and two walks in three starts against Towson...Had a hit and an RBI in game two against Drexel...Went 1-for-3 with a single in game three against Drexel...Started at third base against Georgetown...Went 2-for-2 with two walks and a run scored in game one against UNCW...Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in game three against the Seahawks...Recorded a hit in all three games against George Mason, including a double, while also scoring a run...Went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in JMU's 2-0 win over Hofstra at the CAA Championships...Went 2-for-2 with two singles in JMU's 1-0 win over Towson at the CAA Championships...Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in JMU's 11-1 win in the CAA Championship game.

2008 as a junior: All-CAA first team...NFCA All-Mid Atlantic Region second team...Commissioner's Academic Award recipient...Went 1-for-3 with an RBI double and a run scored against UMBC (2/17)...Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against Elon (2/23)...Walked twice, scored a run and had an RBI against Binghamton (2/24)...Went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI against Eastern Michigan (2/29)...Went 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI against CSU Bakersfield (3/1)...Went 2-for-4 with two singles against Fresno State (3/2)...Named CAA Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 25-March 2...Went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run, three RBIs, and a run scored against Maryland (3/5)...Went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run against USC Upstate (3/8)...Went 1-for-3 with an RBI double against Virginia (3/12)...Had two hits, including a double, and an RBI against Akron (3/15)...Went 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored against Pittsburgh (3/15)...Had a two-run home run in the Dukes come-from-behind win over Canisius (3/16)...Went 1-for-3 with an RBI double in game two against Hofstra and 2-for-3 with a home run in game three (3/21-22)...Had three hits and an RBI in the doubleheader against Radford (3/26)...Went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in game one against Georgia State (3/29)...Had two hits, three RBIs and two runs scored in doubleheader against Georgia State (3/30)...Had four hits, including a home run in game one against Towson (4/5)...Had a hit and an RBI in game one against Drexel (4/12)...Was hit by a pitch a school record three times in game one against UNC Wilmington (4/19)...Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBIs in game three against UNC Wilmington (4/20)...Picked up two hits and three runs in the series with George Mason (4/26-27)...Went 8-for-10 with two runs scored, two doubles and four RBIs in series sweep of Delaware (5/3-4).

2007 as a sophomore: All-CAA second team... Started all five games of the College of Charleston Tournament at third base for the Dukes... 2-for-3 with two RBIs against Binghamton (3/2)... 2-for-2 with an RBI against Vermont (3/3)... 2-for-4 with two RBIs in second game against Norfol State (3/7)... Hit two solo home runs in game two against Coastal Carolina (3/10)... CAA Player of the week for the week of March 5-13... 2-for-3 against Hofstra (3/25)... 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored against Virginia (3/28)... 2-for-3 with a three run home run in game one against George Mason (4/7)... 3-for-7 with three RBIs and a home run (4) in doubleheader against Mount St. Mary’s (4/18)... 3-for-3 with and RBI and two runs scored in game two against UNCW (4/28).

2006 as a freshman: Made JMU debut at third base against Wichita State (2/17)... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Prairie View A&M (2/17)... went 3-for-4 with three runs scored against UMES (3/5)... scored twice while adding two hits against Mount St. Mary's (3/8)... went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI against Niagara (3/10)... hit the game tying home run in the top of the seventh against Villanova to send the game into extra innings (3/19)... led off game two against Villanova with a solo home run (3/19)... combined to go 5-for-9 at the plate in a doubleheader against Liberty (3/22)...went 1-for-4 with a run scored against Towson in game two (3/25)... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in game two against George Washington (3/29)... went 2-for-3 with a run scored in game three against UNC Wilmington (4/2)... went 2-for-4 with a run scored in game one against St. Francis (4/5)... went 2-for-5 with an RBI in game two against Georgia State (4/9)... went 1-for-3 with a run scored in game three against Hofstra (4/23)...went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a double in game two against Delaware (4/29)... ended the Drexel series going 4-for-6 with two runs scored (5/6-5/7).

High School: Three-sport competitor in basketball, softball and volleyball... started every game in four-year high school career... two-time team MVP... two-time all-district and all-region once... four-time Washington Post All-Met and All-Extra selection.

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Rana Kirk... elementary education major... enjoys watching movies, listening to music, spending time with friends and family and shopping.