Is expected to see more playing time in the outfield after being used mainlyas a pinch-runner her first two seasons ... Had a good fall season ... Aslap-hitter with tremendous speed ... Is a smart runner on the basepaths ... Hasimproved her offensive abilities in the offseason ... Was the team[apos]s No. 2pinch-runner a season ago ... A scholar-athlete.
HONORS:
Two-Time Academic All-Mountain West Conference (2007-08)
2008 Season: Named to the Academic All-Mountain West Conference team for the secondconsecutive year ... Primarily used as a pinch-runner, but also saw some actionin the outfield ... Appeared in 38 of the team[apos]s 61 games as a pinch-runner,trailing only Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario[apos]s 50 appearances as a pinch-runner ...Set career-highs in runs (15), hits (2), total bases (2), slugging percentage(.500), on-base percentage (.500) and stolen bases (6) ... Six swipes was fifthon the team ... Only stole two bases last season ... Also had two hits in sixat-bats (.333) ... Scored 15 times and added an RBI ... Had three game-winningruns, which tied her for fourth on the squad along with Lindsey Marquez,Quichocho-Rosario and Jen Wisneski ... The three game-winning scores isremarkable considering she was predominantly a pinch-runner ... Had arguably hermost productive day against UC Davis on Feb. 9 when she had an RBI single in heronly at-bat and stole a base ... Stole a base in back-to-back games against UC Davisand Portland State (Feb. 10) ... Scored the first run in the Aztecs[apos] 2-1 upsetover two-time defending national champion Arizona on Feb. 22 ... Added acareer-high two runs against Saint Peter[apos]s on Feb. 29 ... Singled and scored arun against New Mexico State on March 14 ... Had a run in four straight gamesfrom March 14-20 ... SDSU was 28-10 when she played and 13-1 when she scored atleast one run.
2007 Season: Earned Academic All-Mountain WestConference accolades ... Used predominately as a defensive player orpinch-runner ... Appeared in 41 games with 14 starts ... Forty-one games was thefourth-most among all freshmen ... Scored nine runs, also the fourth-highesttotal of all freshmen ... Was a perfect 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts ...Steals came against San Diego (March 7) and Iona (March 18) ... Scored her firstcareer run against North Texas on Feb. 17 and scored another run in the nightcapagainst Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Had her first career RBI in SDSU[apos]s 5-0 winover Loyola-Chicago on March 11 ... Had her first career hit, a single, inSDSU[apos]s 8-0 win over Brown on March 28 ... Also scored two runs in a game for thefirst time in her career against Brown ... Aztecs finished the season 6-2 whenshe scored at least one run.
High School : A four-year letterwinner atFoothill High School in Tustin, Calif. ... Led the Knights to a pair of Sea ViewLeague titles (2003, 2005) ... 2003 squad also advanced to the CIF Division Ifinals ... Named second-team all-league and was a member of the all-Division ISouthern Section team her senior year ... Also won the team[apos]s coaches awardafter her senior year ... Played for Jeff Jordan from 2004-06 and Joe Gonzalesin 2003 ... Named a scholar-athlete all four years ... A three-year letterwinneron the basketball team where she garnered all-league honorable mention honorsafter her senior campaign ... Helped the basketball team to the league title hersenior year and a trip to the CIF Division-II semifinals.
Personal: Katy AnnErickson was born March 2, 1988, in Orange, Calif. ... Is the daughter of Pamand Scott Erickson ... Is majoring in liberal studies with plans to become anelementary school teacher.