SDSU Career Rankings: 3rd in win percentage (.645), 3rd in solo shutouts (14), 4th in wins (40), 4th in saves (4), 4th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.74), 5th in strikeouts (337), 5th in lowest opponents average (.227), 7th in total shutouts (14), 8th in games started (58), 8th in complete games (41), 8th in innings pitched (397.2), 9th in fewest walks allowed per seven innings (1.58), 10th in appearances (77)
An All-American candidate ... A crafty lefthander who throws a variety of pitches anywhere in the count ... Will be the ace of the pitching staff.
2007 NCAA Rankings: 33rd in wins (23)
2007: SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-2nd in solo shutouts (9), 3rd in wins (23), 3rd in strikeouts (201), T-3rd in games started (33), 4th in appearances (45), 4th in innings pitched (228.2), 5th in total shutouts (9), T-5th in saves (2), 6th in complete games (25), 7th in win percentage (.657)
Ace of the pitching staff for the second consecutive year ... Arguably had a better season statistically than 2006 when she was named an NFCA all-West Region second-team pick and MWC Pitcher of the Year ... Improved from 17 victories in 2006 to 23 in 2007 ... Also saw improvements in appearances, games started, complete games, shutouts, innings pitched and strikeouts ... Earned all-MWC honors for the second straight season ... Led the league in ERA (1.90), innings pitched (228.2), wins (23) and appearances (45) ... Was second in opposing batting average (.229), strikeouts (201), games started (33) and saves (2) ... Posted nine shutouts, eclipsing her previous two-year total of eight (three at Kansas in 2005, five at SDSU in 2006) ... Had the first known perfect game in SDSU history, when she struck out six over five innings and did not allow a ball out of the infield in the Aztecs[apos] 8-0 win over Brown on March 28 ... Earned MWC Pitcher of the Week honors for the effort, her second weekly award of the year ... Did not allow an earned run in 19 of her 44 appearances ... Gave up five or less hits in 19 of her 33 starts ... Had 201 strikeouts in 228 2/3 innings (6.15/7 innings) after fanning 136 in 169 innings (5.63/7 innings) in 2006 ... Completed 25 of the 33 games she started (75.8 percent) after doing so 64 percent (16-of-25) of the time the previous year ... Was 7-6 with a 2.23 ERA in 88 innings in MWC play, despite having to play most road games at elevation ... In fact, she was 7-3 with a 2.10 ERA in road games ... Her teammates combined to go 0-5 with a 6.00 ERA in away contests ... Was 11-1 with a 1.49 ERA under the lights ... Was 2-1 with a microscopic 0.41 ERA against MWC foe Utah where she struck out 14 against two walks in seven innings ... Had a 1.27 ERA in 22 innings against UNLV ... Earned a complete game shutout in SDSU[apos]s 1-0 win over No. 6 Oregon State on Feb. 8 ... Allowed just two hits and two walks in a shutout win at No. 10 Texas on Feb. 16 ... Followed that up with a five-hit shutout over North Texas ... Struck out six and two-hit Minnesota on March 2 ... Struck out six and allowed five hits in a 5-0 Aztec win over Loyola-Chicago in the consolation game at the Stanford Invitational on March 11 ... Struck out a career-high 11 in SDSU[apos]s victory over Fordham on March 16 ... Followed that up with eight strikeouts against Fairfield (March 17) and a new career-high 12 against Miami (Ohio) on March 18 ... Tossed 5 2/3 innings of hitless ball against Miami (Ohio) before a bloop single in the sixth ended the no-hit bid ... Took a no-hitter into the seventh against BYU on April 5 before Emi Snow[apos]s single to center ... The hit ended a 12 2/3 inning hitless streak (1.2 at CS Fullerton, 5.0 vs. Brown, 6.0 vs. BYU) ... Three-hit UNLV and tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts on April 21 ... Had 11 strikeouts in SDSU[apos]s 1-0 loss to UNLV on May 6 ... Struck out 38 over four games and 28 innings (9.5 K/7 innings) from March 16-21 ... Aztecs were 21-11 when she earned the start in the circle and 11-13 when she didn[apos]t.
2006: SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-4th in solo shutouts (5), T-5th in saves (2), T-6th in wins (17), 7th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.39), 8th in strikeouts (136), 9th in winning percentage (.630), T-10th in opponent batting average (.224)
NFCA all-West Region second-team selection ... MWC Pitcher of the Year ... All-MWC selection ... Named to MWC all-tournament team ... Led the league in ERA (1.82) ... Was second in the conference in opponent batting average (.224), third in wins (17), fourth in innings pitched (169.0) and fifth in strikeouts (136) ... Did not allow an earned run in 15 of her 32 appearances including 10 of her 24 starts ... Completed 16 of the 25 games she started ... Went 8-2 with a 1.55 ERA in 67 2/3 innings of MWC play, and struck out 60 batters, while walking 10 ... Earned MWC Pitcher of the Week honors on April 4 ... Went 29 innings without giving up an earned run to start MWC play, her longest scoreless streak of the season ... Also had a 17-inning scoreless streak (Feb. 23-March 4) and a 11 1/3 inning streak to start the season from Feb. 9-Feb. 12 ... Did not allow an opposing runner to reach third base on four occasions ... Was 9-4 with a 1.20 ERA in home games; and owned an impressive 6.64 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Even more remarkable was her success on the road in Mountain West Conference regular season games, despite playing at elevations of 5,000 feet (New Mexico), 4,800 feet (Colorado State), 4,553 (Brigham Young), 4,500 (Utah) and 2,030 (UNLV), Ross went 5-0 with a 1.35 ERA on the road against MWC foes. Five of the six runs she allowed came in a windy game at New Mexico ... Without that game out, she boasted a 5-0 record with a microscopic ERA of 0.26 ... In 31 1/3 innings at MWC schools, Ross struck out 27 batters and walked just four ... The Aztecs also were 18-3 when she struck out three or more batters.
2005 (University of Kansas): Was the Jayhawks[apos] top pitcher with a 12-9 record and 1.93 ERA ... Led Kansas to a 31-24 overall record, its best season since 1999 ... Season culminated with a trip to the NCAA Regional tournament ... Started 25 of the 36 games she appeared in and registered 11 complete games ... Struck out 111 batters and held opponents to a .229 batting average ... Tossed three solo shutouts and was part of two others ... Finished the season ranked among the Big 12 leaders in several categories including seventh in games started, eighth in shutouts, ninth in complete games, ninth in appearances and 10th in ERA ... Was a scholar-athlete.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Valencia High School in Valencia, Calif. ... Earned All-Foothill League honors four consecutive years and led her team to four league championships ... A three-time league MVP, Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year and Los Angeles Times Area Player of the Year ... Named to the Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team three straight years ... A four-time scholar-athlete ... Recipient of the Gatorade Will to Win Award ... Set league strikeout record as a senior ... Also played for the OC Batbusters club team ... Was named most valuable player of the 2004 Canada Cup.