The Athletic Director and Coach of the women’s softball team at a large public university are trying to decide to which of these two players they will offer an athletic scholarship (i.e., an opportunity to attend the university for free in exchange for playing on the university’s softball team). Take the following steps to determine which player had the better batting average over the two-year period provided in the table, and use your results to advise the Athletic Director and Coach on their decision.

Calculate the batting average of each player for her junior year; then also calculate the batting average of each player for her senior year. Which player would this analysis lead you to choose? Calculate the batting average of each player for her combined junior and senior years. Which player would this analysis lead you to choose? After considering both of your analyses, which player would you choose? Why? Prepare a report on your findings for the athletic director and coach of the college program. Focus on clearly explaining the discrepancy in your two analyses.