2007: Forbes hit .291 with three home runs and 29 RBI as a junior, tying for third on the team with nine doubles. A versatile player who started 35 games in right field and 31 more at second base, she powered the Hatters through the stretch run with an outstanding weekend at the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, batting .571 (12-21) with a home run and three RBI en route to the A-Sun Tournament Most Valuable Player Award. Her two-run home run against Gardner-Webb in the first game of the A-Sun finals was the spark that ignited Stetson to a 3-0 win, forcing a winner-take-all game which the Hatters won 6-4 to advance to their first NCAA Tournament. In the opener of an April 21 doubleheader against Belmont, Forbes became the first player in Stetson history to record three doubles in a game; the Hatters went on to win 9-1. She set the school record with 29 sacrifices in a season and ranks third for her career with 40. Forbes also enters her senior year tied for eighth in school history with 24 career doubles.
2006: started in 48 of the 54 games she played ... played the majority of the season in right field ... .294 batting average ... 40 hits, 8 RBI and five doubles ... 1-2 with 2 RBI against Canisius on March 11 ... 2-3 against UCF on February 19 and against St. John’s on March 5 ... hits in last six games jumping her average 32 points to end season with .294 ... chosen to the A-Sun All-Tournament team.
2005: Started in 40 of the 47 games she played as a freshman ... played mostly at first base ... also made four appearances as designated player ... went 3-for-3 against Michigan State on March 12 ... tallied a season-high three RBIs vs Lipscomb (4/15) ... tied for third on the team in doubles (10) ... had first career home run against Florida Atlantic on April 23 ... earned academic all-conference honors.
High School: Played for Tammy Overcash at Walter L. Sickles HS in Tampa, Fla. ... helped lead her team to a 2001 State title ... chosen second-team All-State ... member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Craig and Julie Forbes ... born March 19, 1986 in Tampa, Fla. ... majoring in psychology ... most admires her sister ... favorite pro team is the Tampa Bay Lightning ... favorite movie is "A League of Their Own" ... favorite food is broccoli ... favorite book is The Confessions of Max Tivoli ... favorite time of the year is fall ... favorite TV show is "House."
Career Statistics
Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-A
2005 .242 47-40 128 14 31 10 0 1 16 7 27 0-0
2006 .294 54-48 136 16 40 5 0 0 8 10 23 0-0
2007 .291 66-66 189 30 55 9 0 3 29 16 23 3-5
Totals .278 167-154 453 60 126 24 0 4 53 33 73 3-5
