Norfolk State University Athletics

2012 (Senior Year): Played in seven games with two starts, one at second base and one at designated hitter … Had two hits in eight at bats with one walk … Finished in a tie for sixth all-time at NSU with 19 sacrifice hits … Hit a pinch hit single in her final collegiate at bat May 5 in a 4-0 win against Hampton on Senior Day … Also had a hit in two at bats March 14 in a 6-5 victory at North Carolina A&T.

2011 (Junior Year): Started all 48 games at second base … Hit .184 with eight runs, 19 hits, four doubles, 14 RBI and seven walks … Led the team defensively with 73 assists … Had five multi-hit games on the season … Opened the season with a pair of two-hit games, going 4-for-7 with two runs, three RBI and two doubles in a twinbill sweep of North Carolina Central … Batted 2-for-4 with a run and three RBI in Game 1 at UMES April 27 … Went 1-for-3 with two RBI against Monmouth Feb. 26 … Posted two hits and two RBI in Game 2 against North Carolina A&T April 30 and two hits and two runs scored at North Carolina Central May 8 … Hit an RBI groundout in the top of the seventh to cap a four-run rally in a 6-5 win April 28 in Game 2 of a DH at Hampton.

2010 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in 42 games and started 41 … Had 39 starts at third base and two at second base … Batted .158 with 12 hits in 76 at bats … Also had six runs, one home run, four RBI, six walks and eight sacrifice hits … Finished in a tie for third in the league in sacrifice hits … Led the team with 92 assists in the field … Tied the school record for assists by an infielder with seven from her third base position against Winston-Salem State May 8 … Hit a solo home run, her first collegiate long ball, in the second game of a doubleheader at Longwood March 20 … Recorded her lone multi-hit game of the year with a 2-for-4 performance with one run scored in Game 2 at UMES April 22.

2009 (Freshman Year): Played in 45 games and started 44 … Hit .229 with 25 hits in 109 at-bats … Finished the season with 11 runs and 15 RBI … Led the team with 75 assists and seven sacrifice bunts and was second on the team in fielding double plays (seven) … Went a combined 4-for-8 in the Feb. 20 doubleheader against N.C. Central with two runs, three RBI and one stolen base … Followed that performance by going 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against Coppin State Feb. 22 … Hit .500 (1-for-2) against Binghamton and drove in two runs … Had a season-long four-game hit streak in doubleheaders against George Mason March 10 and UMES March 11 … Was 1-for-3 against Howard March 18 with a season-high three RBI … Batted 2-for-5 and scored three runs in the April 17 doubleheader against North Carolina Central.

High School: Was a four-year starter at Montclair for Coach Eric Holladay … Hit .259 in 22 games in 2008 … Named to the Mount Baldy League First Team her freshman and sophomore years … Earned second-team honors her junior year … Hit .413 with eight doubles, three triples and had a .563 slugging percentage as a junior … Attended high school with Spartan teammate Elizabeth Castaneda and played with former Spartan teammate Jeanette Sauceda on the travel softball team CA Rage.

Personal: Full name is Candice Marie Vasquez … Born on June 24, 1990 … Daughter of Joseph and Julie Vasquez … Has an older brother and older sister, Chris and Vanessa … Majoring in sociology … Wants to become a psychiatrist for Kaiser Permanente … Enjoys shopping, going to the beach, hanging out with family, getting her nails done and playing softball.