2008 Softball Roster
Roster
Hess, Amanda
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Jersey Number 17
Amanda Hess
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tucson, Ariz.
- High School:
- Sabino
Bio
COLLEGIATE CAREER: 2007 (Junior at Creighton) ? Pitched in 24 games, making 21 starts ... Finished second in the MVC and 24th in the NCAA in strikeouts per seven innings pitched (8.8), as she fanned 151 in just 120.1 innings of work ... Her 151 strikeouts rank seventh in CU single-season history ... Went 13-5 with a 2.39 ERA, including 6-1 with a 3.50 ERA in MVC play ... Struck out a Bluejay season-high 15 batters in her Creighton debut against Central Arkansas (Feb. 17) ... Picked up a three-inning save against Central Arkansas on Feb. 18 ... Hurled her first shutout of the year against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 24), fanning nine Panthers ... Honored on the Holiday Inn Tulsa Festival All-Tournament Team ... Struck out 10 in just five innings at Northern Colorado (March 10) ... Carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning against Bradley (May 5), and hurled her only complete game in MVC play with 10 strikeouts and just one hit allowed against the Braves ... Made her only relief appearance in MVC play on May 6 against Bradley, her first relief appearance since March 7 ... Walked four times and had no hits in eight plate appearances.
2006 (Sophomore at Mesa Community College) ? Named NJCAA First-Team All-American, first-team all-region and first-team all-conference ... Led the Thunderbirds to a 42-19-1 overall record, including a second-place conference finish (behind Central Arizona) at 23-9 in the ACCAC ... Set a school record and led the conference with 277 strikeouts ... Also led the ACCAC with 26 wins, going 26-7 with a 1.30 ERA ... Batted .360 as well.
2005 (Freshman at Northern Iowa) ? Led the Panthers in wins, appearances, games started, complete games, innings pitched and strikeouts ... Went 12-12 with a 2.99 ERA, 113 strikeouts in 27 games, 24 starts and 17 complete games in 154.1 innings pitched ... Also batted .228 with 26 hits in 114 at bats, including three doubles, a triple, three home runs and 14 RBI ... Started 16 of 27 Missouri Valley Conference games while pitching close to 60 percent of the Panthers’ MVC innings ... Tossed 12 of her 17 complete games in conference play ... Named MVC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 14 after hurling 15 innings without allowing an earned run to start her collegiate career ... Started two games and pitched 17 innings in three games against Creighton (April 2-3) ... Picked up her first career win with a nine-strikeout complete game against Green Bay (Feb. 11) ... Also struck out nine against Rhode Island (March 12) ... Fanned 14 Wichita State hitters in 14 innings (April 16-17).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Sabino ... Hit a team-leading .440 her junior year and led her team to a first place tie atop the 5A Southern Division of Arizona, regarded as one of the toughest high school leagues in the country ... Batted .347 with three home runs and 39 RBI her senior year ... Played ASA ball for the Arizona Roadrunners ... Logged a combined high school and ASA ERA of 0.94.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Helen and Steven Hess, Amanda was born on April 18, 1986 in Tucson, Ariz. ... Public relations major ... Youngest of four children; Paul (29), Susan (27) and Katie (25).
2006 (Sophomore at Mesa Community College) ? Named NJCAA First-Team All-American, first-team all-region and first-team all-conference ... Led the Thunderbirds to a 42-19-1 overall record, including a second-place conference finish (behind Central Arizona) at 23-9 in the ACCAC ... Set a school record and led the conference with 277 strikeouts ... Also led the ACCAC with 26 wins, going 26-7 with a 1.30 ERA ... Batted .360 as well.
2005 (Freshman at Northern Iowa) ? Led the Panthers in wins, appearances, games started, complete games, innings pitched and strikeouts ... Went 12-12 with a 2.99 ERA, 113 strikeouts in 27 games, 24 starts and 17 complete games in 154.1 innings pitched ... Also batted .228 with 26 hits in 114 at bats, including three doubles, a triple, three home runs and 14 RBI ... Started 16 of 27 Missouri Valley Conference games while pitching close to 60 percent of the Panthers’ MVC innings ... Tossed 12 of her 17 complete games in conference play ... Named MVC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 14 after hurling 15 innings without allowing an earned run to start her collegiate career ... Started two games and pitched 17 innings in three games against Creighton (April 2-3) ... Picked up her first career win with a nine-strikeout complete game against Green Bay (Feb. 11) ... Also struck out nine against Rhode Island (March 12) ... Fanned 14 Wichita State hitters in 14 innings (April 16-17).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Sabino ... Hit a team-leading .440 her junior year and led her team to a first place tie atop the 5A Southern Division of Arizona, regarded as one of the toughest high school leagues in the country ... Batted .347 with three home runs and 39 RBI her senior year ... Played ASA ball for the Arizona Roadrunners ... Logged a combined high school and ASA ERA of 0.94.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Helen and Steven Hess, Amanda was born on April 18, 1986 in Tucson, Ariz. ... Public relations major ... Youngest of four children; Paul (29), Susan (27) and Katie (25).
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