Ana Gold

SB NCAA Super Regional vs. Missouri (Game Two)

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

Duke softball sophomore Ana Gold gets a hit during a 2023 home game.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

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Photo by: Thomas Fernandez

Photo by: Charlotte Athletics

Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Ballston Spa, N.Y

Honors:
NFCA All-Region – Third Team (2023)
All-ACC – First Team (2023), Third Team (2022)
ACC All-Freshman Team (2022)
ACC All-Tournament Team (2024)
ACC Player of the Week (3/7/23, 4/4/23)
All-ACC Academic (2024)
ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024)

2024 – Junior: One of six players to start all 61 games … posted a .269 batting average 49 hits, 44 RBI and 47 runs scored … tallied three triples, which ranked tied for first on the team … blasted nine home runs … became the first Blue Devil to send out two grand slams in a single game during Duke’s 18-0 run-rule victory over North Dakota State (2/14) … set a single-game program record after tallying eight RBI against the Bison … set the program’s all-time career home run record with a three-run blast against East Carolina (4/9) … she now owns 38 career long balls … sparked a rally in the ACC Championship game against No. 13 Florida State (5/11), sending a sacrifice fly into center field to bring in Duke’s first run … went 10-for-12 on the basepath … recorded nine multi-RBI games … sent out a solo home run against No. 14 Alabama in the Women’s College World Series.

2023 – Sophomore: Started at third base in all 59 games she played in … hit .313 with eight doubles, 19 home runs, 56 RBI and 10 stolen bases … named to D1Softball’s 2023 D100 Player Rankings at No. 51 … set the school record for single-season home runs with 19 on the year … collected 56 RBI to tie Kristina Foreman’s program-best mark in 2022 … recorded the game-ending RBI single to complete the doubleheader sweep against NC Central … crushed a three-run walk-off home run to push Duke past Notre Dame, 4-3, and secure the series win over the Irish … named ACC Player of the Week on Mar. 7 and April 4 … tallied her second career grand slam against Virginia Tech (April 1) … blasted a solo home run to help lift Duke past George Mason, 2-1, in the NCAA Durham Regional … led the team with 15 multi-RBI games, including two four-RBI games in the same week against NC Central (3/1) and Notre Dame (3/4) … finished the year ranked seventh nationally and second in the ACC in home runs … named Most Valuable Player at the team’s annual awards banquet.

2022 - Freshman: Played in 53 games, making 51 starts as a freshman ... Hit .311 with 10 home runs, 12 doubles, 13 stolen bases and 36 RBI ... Her 10 home runs are the most ever by a Duke freshman ... Named a D1Softball Top-75 Impact Freshman prior to the season ... Tied a Duke single game record in her debut with four runs scored against California Baptist on Feb. 11 ... Hit her first collegiate home run against a ranked opponent in Arizona State on Feb. 12 ... Launched home runs in back-to-back wins over Florida A&M and Louisville ... Hit a grand slam as part of a five RBI game against Georgia Tech Mar. 4 ... Joined a select group of Blue Devils to ever hit two home runs in a single game with three RBI in a win over NC State on Mar. 13 ... Drove in six runs in a series sweep over Boston College, including back-to-back home runs on Apr. 2 & 3 ... Blasted a home run off PAC-12 Player of the Year Megan Faraimo in the NCAA Super Regional against UCLA on May 27.

Prior to Duke: Five year letterwinner in softball, including eighth grade ... Ranked as the No. 39 prospect in the country according to Extra Innings Softball ... Three-time First Team Times Union All-Star ... Three-time First Team Suburban Council ... Two-time Second Team All-State in New York ... Batted .411 with 12 home runs and 33 RBIs as a freshman before improving to .418 with nine home runs and 34 RBIs as a sophomore ... Also lettered two years in basketball as a point guard/shooting guard ... Lady Dukes Lamar ... National Honors Society member ... High Honor Roll ... Member of the student council.

Personal: Born Ana Emily Gold on September 14, 2002 ... Daughter of Eric and Julie Gold ... Has two brothers; older brother Luke and younger brother Joseph ... Father, Eric, played baseball at Tusculum College (Tenn.) ... Mother, Julie, played basketball at Maria College (N.Y.) ... Brother, Luke, was an All-ACC baseball infielder at Boston College before being selected in the fifth round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers.