ACADEMIC HONORS:
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2016-17)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2017-18)
WKU Dean's List (Spring 2019)
As a Senior (2019): Second Team All-Conference USA…WKU’s first-ever Conference USA Player of the Week (4/1)…Sand Dollar Classic All-Tournament Team…Started 45 games and appeared in 46, playing all but six games in the outfield…Slashed .339/.453/.461 across her senior season…Tallied 39 hits, 14 RBI and 19 runs scored while drawing 20 walks…Posted eight doubles and two home runs…Delivered four sacrifice hits and stole six bases…Recorded a .969 fielding percentage…10 multi-hit games and a pair of multi-RBI showings…Season-best seven-game hitting streak and 11-game reached base streak…Eight two-out RBI…Hit .593 (16-of-27) when leading off an inning and .333 (12-of-36) with two outs.
As a Junior (2018): One of four Hilltoppers to start all 54 games: 38 in left field, eight at second base, four at first base, two in right field and two at the designated player position…Owned a WKU season best nine-game hitting streak…Posted a season-best 12-game reached base streak…Tallied four two-hit games and a three-hit performance…Recorded four two-RBI showings and two three-RBI outings…Slashed .256/.350/.313 on the year…Went 41-for-160 at the plate with six doubles and a home run…Three-run home run was of the walk-off sort, ending WKU’s 10-0 win over Tennessee State…Scored 23 runs and posted 24 RBI…Drew 20 walks and three hit by pitch…Dropped two sacrifice hits…Went 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts…Went 6-for-10 with the bases loaded on the season…Recorded 87 putouts and 14 assists while working at a .962 fielding percentage.
As a Sophomore (2017) at Louisville: Played in 26 games with 15 starts in right field or at first base...Had a pinch-hit RBI single in the 7-5 win over Virginia (4/28)...Scored two runs in the 13-2 win over CSU Bakersfield (2/10).
As a Freshman (2016) at Louisville: Played in 24 games with 15 starts between first base and right field…Registered a .244 batting average…Tied for the team lead with three triples…Scored six runs, drove in nine…Had a two-run triple in the 5-0 win over N.C. Central (4/16)…Went 3-for-3 with a double, her first collegiate triple and her first collegiate home run - a single shy of hitting for the cycle - in the 9-5 win over North Carolina (4/2)…Registered her first collegiate double, run and RBI in the 7-0 win over Sam Houston State (2/12).
High School/Travel Ball: Played for Mercy Academy...Earned Kentucky All-State Class 3A honors after leading Mercy Academy to the 2015 state playoffs...Gatorade Player of the Year nominee...Posted a .453 batting average...Three-time all-region selection (2013-15)...Four-time all-Catholic and all-district tournament selection...Helped lead Mercy to three region and district titles..As a freshman, she led Mercy to the 2012 Kentucky State Championship and earned tournament MVP honors...2013 all-state second team selection...2014 all-state honorable mention...Also lettered in softball for North Bullitt High School when she was in the seventh and eighth grades...All-region selection and named to the all-district tournament team in 2011....Played for the Louisville Sluggers which finished fourth in the 2014 Colorado Fireworks tournament and a fifth in 2015 as well and posted a ninth place finish in the Junior Olympic Cup.
Personal: Full name is Deborah Jordan Vorbrink...Born October 16, 1996...Daughter of Greg and Sue Vorbrink...Majoring in business...Her dad played football for Louisville.
