Player Profile – #20 – Deutch, Roni L. – 3B

Roni Deutch is known across America as “The Tax Lady”, the tenacious defender of American taxpayers from the Internal Revenue Service. Prior to Roni becoming a top notch tax attorney, owner of the nation’s largest tax resolution law firm – Roni Lynn Deutch, A Professional Tax Corporation – and owner of the nation’s fastest growing tax preparation franchise concept – Roni Deutch Tax Center® – Roni was a tenacious softball player at the University of California, Berkeley.

During her four-year playing career, Roni was known for her timely hitting, fearlessness on the base-paths, and steady glove while playing the hot corner – a/k/a third base. She made her mark in the University of California, Berkeley softball record books by piling up the 2nd most Assists in the team’s history, with 554, and the NORPAC by being named first team All-Conference for all four years of her playing career (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986).

Roni’s most memorable season was in 1986. That year, she helped her Golden Bears roar, becoming one of the best team’s in the nation by season’s end. During the regular season, the team went 43-17, tying for 1st in the NORPAC. In the post season, Roni and her Golden Bears went on a tear, culminating in a trip to the NCAA, College World Series of Softball in Omaha, NE. At the double elimination tournament, Roni and her teammates went 2 – 2, bowing out to the eventual champions, Texas A&M, 1 – 0, and the runners-up, California State University, Fullerton, 3 – 0. Although Roni did not get the championship she wanted, she was recognized for her outstanding play in the tournament, garnering first team All-College World Series.

Below, please find the total record for Roni’s softball teams while playing for the Golden Bears:

Year	W	L	T	%	Conference Play		Place
					W	L
1983	26	21	0	0.553	6	6	4th
1984	27	19	1	0.587	8	4	3rd
1985	35	25	0	0.583	6	4	4th
1986	43	17	0	0.717	8	2	T1st
Totals	131	82	1	0.615	28	16	---

Below, please find some statistics that we were able to collect from Roni’s playing seasons at UC-Berkeley. A special thanks to Mr. Chris DeConna, Assistant Media Relations of the University of California, Berkeley softball team for dusting off their record books, and compiling this information for us.

Year	Games	AB	Runs	Hits	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB	SBA	AVG	SLUG%	SB%
1983	45	129	17	34	2	1	0	11	6	6	6	0.264	0.295	100%
1984	47	141	12	31	4	1	0	9	10	1	1	0.220	0.262	100%
1985	58	180	33	48	5	1	0	4	15	9	9	0.267	0.306	100%
1986	60	183	25	39	3	0	0	12	9	7	8	0.213	0.230	88%
Totals	210	633	87	152	14	3	0	36	40	23	24	0.240	0.272	96%

KEY: GAMES – # games played; AB – # of at bats resulting in a hit or out; Runs – total # of times scoring; Hits – total # of all times reaching base on hit; 2B – total # of all times reaching base on a double; 3B – total # of times reaching base on a triple; HR – total # of times reaching base on a home run; RBI – total # of runs batted in by hit, sacrifice, or making an out; SB – total # of stolen bases; SBA – total # of stolen base attempts; AVG – average of total plate appearances resulting in a hit or out, what percent were hits; SLUG% – slugging percentage (i.e. measure of player’s power); SB% – % of stolen base attempts that resulted in a stolen base