Dionne Streete

Position:
1B/3B
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Pembroke Pines, Fla.
High School:
Flanagan

Working toward a double major in biology and psychology with a minor in chemistry ... Team captain in her sophomore and junior seasons ...

2003: As a junior, started 62 games at third base ... Led the conference with a .421 batting average in ACC games ...Hit the game-tying home run in the top of the seventh inning against Maryland in the ACC Tourament (May 10) to send the game into extra innings ... Named All-Tournament at the Hokie Invitational (April 15-16) after hitting .455 with four RBIs and three doubles ... Went 5-for-7 in final double-header of the season, at Maryland on April 26

2002: As a sophomore, started 63 games and played in all 64 ... Her starts came at second (33), shortstop (25) and third (four) ... Had five two-hit games and two three-hit games ...Went 3-for-3 against Elon on March 22 with a triple and three RBI ... Against Mercer on March 24, she went 3-for-3 with one RBI ... Was 2-for-3 with an RBI in the ACC semifinal win over Florida State

2001: As a freshman, started 53 games and played in 54 ... Her starts came at second (38), third (14) and designated player (one) ... In the ACC Championship game against Florida State, hit a two-run home run over the left field fence to put UNC up 4-1 in the top of the sixth inning ... Was 6-for-9 at the plate in the ACC Tournament's three games ... Recipient of the team's Hustle Award.

At Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Fla.: All-state, all-county and MVP of the Broward County All-Star Game as a senior ... Named her team's Best Offensive Player in her junior and senior seasons ... Flanagan's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior

Personal: The daughter of Douglas and Yvonne Streete ... Born Dec. 13, 1981, in Kingston, Jamaica ... Lived in Jamaica until she was 8 ... Has a younger sister, Kamille (18)

More on Streete: Favorite pastimes are watching movies, shopping and "couching, which is sledding by means of an old, beat-up couch" ... After graduating from UNC, hopes to attend medical school and become an emergency room physician ... Favorite class at UNC has been The Black Experience, an African-American studies class, because "it was an awesome class that inspired you to think about how to live your life in a meaningful way" ... Favorite thing about being a UNC student-athlete is meeting other athletes ... Started playing softball at age 8 after her family saw a banner about registration ... Has worn jersey No. 11 since that first team ... Has several pregame rituals: She wears the same white Nike t-shirt under her uniform for every game and shaves her arms before every game. On her left arm she wears a wristband and underneath that a piece of tape on which she has written a quote from Bob Marley: "My fear is my only courage" ... Says the word that best describes her is "demanding, in the way that I expect a lot from myself and those around me" and the word that best describes this year's team is "driven" ... Her favorite moment of last season was getting the bid to NCAA Regionals, and the greatest moment of her career has been winning the ACC Tournament her freshman year

Streete's Career Statistics
YEAR	AVG.	G-S	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	TB	SLG	BB	SO	S-A	PO	A	E	Fld %
2001	.248	54-53	153	17	38	14	2	0	2	46	.301	7	27	0-1	123	81	13	.940
2002	.193	64-63	146	19	28	12	3	2	0	35	.240	9	40	4-7	145	135	10	.936
2003	.235	63-62	166	15	39	16	6	3	3	60	.361	11	34	4-6	86	137	16	.933
Totals	.226	181-178	465	51	105	42	11	5	5	141	.303	27	99	8-14	354	353	48	.936