Athletes

Laura Brenneman began playing baseball in 2001 in the Eastern Women's Baseball Conference. In 2004, Brenneman started at second base for Team USA and batted leadoff, helping the team to a silver medal at the 2004 World Series in Japan, and a gold medal at the first World Federation for Amature Baseball (IBAF) Women's World Cup in Edmonton. She was named to Team America for the 2002 and 2003 World Series (team finished third in both). At Williams College, Brenneman received her B.A. in 1999, cum laude with honors in astrophysics. While at Williams, she lettered in varsity soccer, basketball and softball all four years, earning all-conference and all-region selections in each sport, as well as academic honors each year. A goalkeeper on the women's soccer team, Brenneman was named to the NSCAA Adidas All-American team in 1998. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate in astrophysics at the University of Maryland. (10/04)