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{{Infobox baseball biography
| name          = Andrea Duran
| team          = USSSA Pride
| number        = 28
| position      = [[Infielder]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1984|04|12|mf=yes}} 
| birth_place   = [[Selma, California]]
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| bats          = Right
| throws        = Right
| debutleague   = NCAA
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| debutyear     = 2003
| debutteam     = [[UCLA Bruins softball|UCLA Bruins]]
| debut2league  = NPF
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| debut2year    = 2010
| debut2team    = [[USSSA Pride]]
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| statleague    = NPF
| statyear      = entire career
|stat1label= [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value= .287
|stat3label= [[Home Run]]s
|stat3value= 24
|stat2label= [[Hits (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value= 200
|stat4label= [[Runs batted in]]
|stat4value= 122
|teams=
* [[UCLA Bruins softball|UCLA Bruins]] (2003–2006)
* [[USSSA Pride]] (2010–present)
|highlights =
* 3× [[Cowles Cup]] Champion ([[2010 National Pro Fastpitch season|2010]], [[2013 National Pro Fastpitch season|2013]]–[[2014 National Pro Fastpitch season|2014]])
* 4× NPF Regular Season Champion (2011–2012, 2014–2015)
* 4× All-NPF Team as 3rd Basewomen (2011, 2013–2015)
* UCLA Female Athlete of the Year (2006)
* [[Pac-12 Conference Softball Player of the Year|Pac-10 Player of the Year]] ([[2006 NCAA Division I softball season|2006]])
* 2× [[Women's College World Series]] champion ([[2003 Women's College World Series|2003]], [[2004 Women's College World Series|2004]])
* WCWS All-Tournament Team ([[2006 Women's College World Series|2006]])
* NFCA All-American (2006)
* NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team (2004)
* ESPN: The Magazine Academic All-Honors (2004)
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Softball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[ISF Women's World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2006 ISF World Championship|2006]] Beijing | }}
}}
'''Andrea Jane Duran''' (born April 12, 1984) is an American, former collegiate [[All-American]], medal-winning [[Olympic Games|Olympian]], professional four-time All-Star [[softball]] player.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nfca.org/awards/awards-history/2006-di-aa-teams-4055 |title=2006 NSCA Division I All-America Teams |location=Nfca.org |date= |accessdate=2021-01-02}}</ref> She played [[college softball]] at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] in the [[Pac-12 Conference]], where she was named to the all-conference team twice, and [[Pac-12 Conference Softball Player of the Year|Pac-12 Player of the Year]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uclabruins.com/documents/2020/2/6/CareerSeasonRecordsTopPerformances.pdf |title=Career Season Records |location=Uclabruins.com |date= |accessdate=2021-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/1208184-2020-softball-media-guide |title=2020 Pac-12 Softball Media Guide |date= |accessdate=2021-03-03}}</ref><ref name="sports-reference">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/andrea-duran-1.html Andrea Duran at Sports Reference]</ref><ref name="usasoftball">{{cite web|url=http://www.usasoftball.com/bios.asp?uid=772|title=USA Softball Andrea Duran|accessdate=2009-10-20}}</ref> She also won two national championships in [[2003 Women's College World Series|2003]] and [[2004 Women's College World Series|2004]], and was named to the All-Tournament team in [[2004 Women's College World Series|2006]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_stats/2003/ucla.htm |title=UCLA WCWS Stats 2003 |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2021-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/softball_wcws_rb/2020/01-General.pdf |title=Division I Championships |location=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2021-03-03}}</ref> She won a silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/athletes/Andrea-Duran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808164226/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/athletes/andrea-duran |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |title=Andrea Duran |location=Teamusa.org |access-date=2021-03-03}}</ref> On the Olympic team she played [[Softball#Third baseman|third base]] and [[Softball#Outfielders|outfield]].<ref name="usasoftball"/>  Duran was undrafted but later played professionally in the [[National Pro Fastpitch]], being named the 2014 Player of the Year and winning three [[Cowles Cup]] championships with the [[USSSA Pride]].

==Career==
Her international competition debut was with the [[United States women's national softball team]] in 2006 where they went on to win a gold medal at the [[2006 ISF World Championship]].<ref name="nbcolympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=209593.html |last=Battaglia |first=Joe |title=Delving into Duran |date=August 13, 2008 |accessdate=2009-10-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103042440/http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid%3D209593.html |archivedate=November 3, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010 she returned to UCLA to assume a position as director of operations with the coaching staff for the UCLA Softball Team.<ref name="ucla">{{cite web|url=http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/duran_andrea00.html |title=Player Bio: Andrea Duran - UCLA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE |accessdate=2009-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030121342/http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/duran_andrea00.html |archivedate=October 30, 2006 }}</ref>

For her career in the NPF she currently ranks top-10 in career [[Runs batted in|RBIs]] (133) for the league.

==Statistics==
===[[UCLA Bruins]]===
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch |title=Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics |website=Ncaa.org |date= |accessdate=2018-06-26}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
| '''YEAR'''
| [[Game|G]]
| [[At bats|AB]]
| [[Softball#Scoring runs|R]]
| [[Hit (baseball)|H]]
| [[Batting average (baseball)|BA]]
| [[Run batted in|RBI]]
| [[Home runs|HR]]
| [[Triple (baseball)|3B]]
| [[Double (baseball)|2B]]
| [[Total bases|TB]]
| [[Slugging percentage|SLG]]
| [[Base on balls|BB]]
| [[Strikeout|SO]]
| [[Stolen base|SB]]
| SBA
|- align=center
| '''2003'''
| 61
| 160
| 36
| 45
| .281
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 60
| .375%
| 10
| 23
| 6
| 8
|- align=center
| '''2004'''
| 56
| 184
| 36
| 60
| .326
| 22
| 7
| 2
| 11
| 96
| .521%
| 11
| 15
| 8
| 9
|- align=center
| '''2005'''
| 60
| 189
| 40
| 60
| .317
| 27
| 6
| 8
| 10
| 104
| .550%
| 22
| 18
| 10
| 15
|- align=center
| '''2006'''
| 59
| 197
| 60
| 70
| .355
| 42
| 15
| 7
| 15
| 144
| .731%
| 22
| 22
| 20
| 22
|- align=center
| '''TOTALS'''
| '''236'''
| '''730'''
| '''172'''
| '''235'''
| '''.322'''
| '''112'''
| '''31'''
| '''17'''
| '''42'''
| '''404'''
| '''.553%'''
| '''65'''
| '''78'''
| '''44'''
| '''54'''
|}

===[[United States women's national softball team|Team USA]] [[Olympic Games]]===
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Softball/Events/2008/August/12/2008-Olympic-Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809010738/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-softball/events/2008/august/12/2008-olympic-games |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |title=Olympic Games, Beijing China |website=Teamusa.org |date= |accessdate=2018-06-26}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center
| '''YEAR'''
| [[Game|G]]
| [[At bats|AB]]
| [[Softball#Scoring runs|R]]
| [[Hit (baseball)|H]]
| [[Batting average (baseball)|BA]]
| [[Run batted in|RBI]]
| [[Home runs|HR]]
| [[Triple (baseball)|3B]]
| [[Double (baseball)|2B]]
| [[Total bases|TB]]
| [[Slugging percentage|SLG]]
| [[Base on balls|BB]]
| [[Strikeout|SO]]
| [[Stolen base|SB]]
| SBA
|- align=center
| '''2008'''
| 8
| 20
| 4
| 6
| .300
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| .400%
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 1
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110208173712/http://andreaduran28.com/ Official website] (archived)
* [https://www.usasoftball.com/roster/andrea-duran/ Andrea Duran] at [[USA Softball]]
* {{Team USA|new_id=andrea-duran-877803|old_id=DU/Andrea-Duran|archive=20220407170534}}
* {{Olympics.com|andrea-duran}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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