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Team Usa

Led team in appearances during the summer with eight and six starts for a 5-0 record and 0.23 ERA
Gold medalist at Pan American Games - Made one appearance, a combined no-hitter, at the Pan American Championships.
Accounted for 11 of 12 outs in the 4.0 innings pitched, all strikeouts.
World Cup Champion - Posted a 1-0 record; worked 11.0 innings with 18 strikeouts, allowing only four hits and one walk.

Gold medalist at ISF World Championships - Made two appearances with one start and one win, posted nine strikeouts in 9.0 innings pitched.
World Cup Champion - Pitched three innings of relief where she recorded six strikeout
Against the Houston Thunder in exhibition, recorded 12 strikeouts in 5.2 innings in first appearance after having son, Ace.

Member of the USA Blue Team that won the gold medal at the Pan Am Qualifier in Maracay,Venezuela.
Posted a 2-0 record, a perfect game versus Guatemala, with a 0.00 ERA and 27 strikeouts.
Placed fifth with USA Blue at the Canada Cup in Surrey, B.C., Canada.

Finished the 2009 season with a 7-2 record and two saves in 49 innings pitched... Posted a 1.76 ERA after allowing just 12 earned runs on the season... Struck out 61 hitters and walked just 23... Ended the campaign with a .212 batting average, collecting seven hits in 33 at-bats... four of seven hits went for extra bases, including three home runs.

Jennie was with the USA Olympic Team this season on the "Bound for Beijing Tour." She was in attendance for the Chicago Bandits' Olympic Day (June 15) as the Bandits took on the Canadian Olympic Team. Jennie signed autographs for lucky fans and enjoyed the action of her NPF team. Earlier in the summer, Jennie signed a three-year extension with the Bandits and she will return to pitch in 2009 for the Bandits to help Chicago defend its 2008 NPF Championship.

Posted 7-2 record with a minuscule 0.11 ERA... in 66.2 innings, allowed 16 hits and four runs, only one earned... struck out 119 batters... walked 10, allowed one double and no triples or home runs.

Jennie competed for both the Bandits and the National Team... ended the season at 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA, fanned eight... tallied a .300 average with one run, three hits, two RBIs, one double and a slugging mark of .400 in just 10 at bats.

Member of the All-Star team... Co-Pitcher of the Year... pitched a .88 ERA with 144 strikeouts... allowed 46 hits in 95 innings... earned a .309 batting average going 25 for 81 with 22 RBIs, two doubles, three triples and six homeruns.

Honda Award Winner - Nation's Best Player
Top 3 finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year
NFCA First-Team All-American
Helped team reach the NCAA Women's College World Series, where it finished second
Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
First-Team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region
Two-time Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week
Extended NCAA record for consecutive wins to 60
UA's co-winner of the Ruby Award, presented to the outstanding female senior student-athlete

Honda Award Winner - Nation's Best Player
Helped her team win the NCAA Women's College World Series
Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year
Finished the season 32-0, the NCAA record for wins in a season without a defeat
NFCA First-Team All-American
First-Team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region
NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week
Finished the season with a streak of 40 consecutive victories - No. 2 in the NCAA record book.
Struck out a career-high 14 twice, against South Carolina and Stanford, plus had back-to-back 13 K games against the Cardinal
Struck out 10 or more in one seven-start stretch
The first baseman or designated player when not pitching, she had a batting average of .309.
Hit three grand slams and had 11 home runs
Drove in nine runs in one game against Oregon, which tied for the second-best single-game figure in NCAA history and matched former UA slugger Laura Espinoza's record

NFCA First-Team All-American (29-2 with 0.79 ERA, 16 home runs and .327 average)
First-Team All-Pac-10
NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player (3-0, including no-hitter, with 0.35 ERA)
Helped secure team's appearance at NCAA Women's College World Series
As first baseman she recorded a .983 fielding percentage in 287 chances
Led the team at the plate in Pac-10 play with a hitting average of .370
Had a hitting streak of 14 games

Honorable Mention All-Pac-10
Helped team advance to NCAA Women's College World Series
NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player (3-0, including no-hitter)
24 pitching victories in 1999 is second only to teammate Becky Lemke's 25 (1998) among Arizona freshman performances
Led the team with 14 doubles and 21 extra-base hits
Led the team most of the year and finished second with seven home runs
Turned in a .990 fielding percentage in 192 chances at the bag
Threw a no-hitter vs. Southwest Texas State in NCAA Regional play, plus had a one-hitter vs. Kansas and a two-hitter vs. Maryland in the same tournament, earning NCAA Region 2 Most Outstanding Player honors
Hit .353 with four doubles, a home run and six RBI to help the Cats win the Regional
Had multiple hits in 12 games

La Mirada High School, La Mirada, CA
Career record of 50-12, with six perfect games, 13 no-hitters, 14 one-hitters, 0.15 ERA and 784 strikeouts
Three-time First-Team All-Suburban League, All-CIF Division II and team MVP
Four-time Suburban League Champions
Two-time League MVP (1997-98)
School's Female Athlete of the Year 1998, as well as Athletics Director's Female Athlete of the Year 1998
Chosen by Jump Magazine as the No. 1 high school recruit
Earned four softball letters for four different coaches, two in basketball and two in volleyball... Pitcher, first baseman and shortstop in softball
Team captain her senior year in softball, senior year in volleyball and last two years in basketball...
Basketball team MVP final two years
Softball honors include three-year team MVP award, Suburban League MVP final two seasons, first-team All-Suburban League three years, All-CIF Division II, three years, Whittier Daily News All-Area three years, Long Beach Press-Telegram Softball Dream Team final two years and Press-Telegram's Player of the Year in 1998.

Member of National Championship teams at 12 &under (1993), 14 &under (1995) and 18&under Gold (1997), plus a No. 2 finish in 1998 and a fourth-place in '92
Member of the Team USA for inaugural Junior Superball international competition - gold-medal winners over Australia in June 1998