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Honors
Big Ten Player of the Week (3/27/06)
First Team All-Great Lakes, 2005
Lion Career
2007: A force behind the plate, has started every game this season... hit a two RBI double in win at North Carolina (2/11)... had two hits, including an RBI double against Washington (2/24)... hit a single and a double in victory over Bethune-Cookman (3/3)... smacked an RBI double in close loss to Colorado State (3/9)... had two hits and two RBI in win over BYU (3/10)... went a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI in upset win over No. 8 Texas (3/16)... had three hits, including a double, in two game sweep of St. Francis (3/28)... hit an RBI double in 8-3 win over Wisconsin (3/31)... belted her first homerun of the season in 3-0 win over Kent State (4/11)... hit first grand slam of her career and also had an RBI single to tie the school record for RBI in a game with five against Illinois (game 2-4/22)... tallied two doubles and two RBI in sweep of Maryland (5/2).
2006: The Lions' starting catcher, she earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors on March 27 after her outstanding performance at East Carolina's Pirate Invitational where she batted almost .450 over a five-game stretch, including a dramatic game-winning homerun to lift Penn State over host East Carolina, 2-1, late in the game on March 25... Haines batted .467 and slammed home six RBIs in 15 at-bats, going 7-for-15 with one of her RBI coming on her second homerun of the weekend, a solo blast in the sixth inning that lifted the Lions above East Carolina and preserved a then-16 game win-streak... one of only six Nittany Lions to be named Big Ten Player of the Week... started 55 games, racking-up 40 hits... had five homeruns, second best on the team, and three doubles... second on the team with 25 RBIs, including five game-winning RBIs... had seven multiple-hit games... had three three-RBI games: vs. Kent State (3/24), vs. St. Francis (3/29) and Bucknell (4/11)... against Bucknell (4/11, game 2) has two hits, three RBIs, one homerun and scored two runs... went 2-for-6 in the St. Francis series, driving home four RBI, including two homeruns... was 2-for-2 with two RBIs vs. Detroit Mercy (3/8)... batted .400 (6-for-15) with two RBIs in NCAA action, including a 2-for-3 performance vs. Long Island (5/20) and a 3-for-5 outing at Hofstra (5/21)... had an eight-game hitting streak from March 24-31.
2005: Named Great Lakes All-Region along with three other Lion teammates... Penn State's Defensive MVP... started all 59 games at catcher... notched four game-winning RBIs this season... one of five players with 25 or more RBIs... earned 16 extra base hits... drove six homeruns over the wall... Penn State defeated No. 1 Michigan (4/22) when at the top of the seventh Haines pounded a hit over the left field wall to bring in the game-winning RBI and defeat eventual NCAA champion Michigan, 2-1, in Ann Arbor... against Eastern Kentucky (3/4), Haines went 3-for-3 in the 8-0 win, driving in five runs including the game-winner when her single in the top of the first brought in Jen Williams... also hit the game-winning runs against Kent State (4/6) and Illinois (4/16)... Haines hit 10 doubles, two of them against Michigan State (3/6)... she hit two homeruns against Akron (4/29) to guide the Lions to a 9-1 victory over the Zips... drove in a season total of 36 RBIs, second most for the Lions.
High School
Earned four varsity letters at Martin Luther King... team captain for two years... two-time first team all-county and two-time second team all-county selection... her team captured three consecutive league championships from 2002-04... helped her team to a C.I.F. Division 3 championship in 2002... during her club career, was the MVP of the national qualifier in 2001... was also named all-California at catcher.
Personal
The daughter of Lee and Denise Haines, her full name is Hollee Anna Haines... she looks to major in journalism... has an older brother Josh [26]... born August 11, 1986 she likes movies and concerts.
Coach's Quote
"Hollee is coming off an off-season injury. She did not play this fall and that reignited a spark in her. Hollee learned a tremendous amount watching from the dugout and is ready to anchor us behind the plate again this season. She is a great field general and we are anxious to have her back in the lineup and be a force for us offensively."
