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Jessica Coan
12 Jessica Coan
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Duluth, Ga.

High School:
Greater Atlanta Christian

Height:
5-9

Position:
P

B/T:
R/R

As a Freshman (2009): Went 8-5 with a 3.42 ERA in 28 appearances ... Hurled four complete games and one shutout while striking out 102 batters in 88.0 innings ... Allowed 45 runs (43 earned) on 76 hits and 34 walks while limiting opponents to a .228 average ... Tied for third in the ACC and ranked 74th nationally with two saves ... Recorded at least five strikeouts in 11 of her 15 appearances of three innings or more ... Averaged 1.16 strikeouts an inning and 8.1 per seven inning game ... Went 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA at the Atlanta Regional (May 15-17) and drew both starts in the Super Regional against eventual national champion Washington (May 23-24) ... Struck out a career-high 11 batters in the NCAA opening round win over Boston University (May 15) ... Pitched 6.2 innings of scoreless relief work against Virginia Tech for a win in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament (May 9) ... Recorded her first career win with four shutout, hitless innings at Kennesaw State (Feb. 25) ... Fanned seven Owls in that contest ... Hurled a five-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and no walks against Western Carolina (March 17).

High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Judy Tenney ... 2007 Georgia Female Athlete of the Year and Atlanta Journal Constitution Pitcher of the Year ... As a senior, went 29-2 with a 0.32 ERA and 463 strikeouts in 212.2 innings pitched ... She had 18 shutouts and walked just 34 in the circle while also batting .361 with a .459 slugging percentage and 23 RBI ... Finished her career with school records in innings pitched (916.2), strikeouts (1,743), wins (106), ERA (0.34), shutouts (70) and winning percentage (.853) ... According to rivals.com, her 1,743 career strikeouts were the third-most ever in high school at the time of her graduation ... Four-time all-County, all-State, AJC first-team, and Gwinnett Daily Post first-team ... Three-time team MVP and co-MVP for a season while being named Gwinnett County Pitcher of the Year twice ... Helped lead team to three regional championships and two runner-up and two third-place finishes in the state tournament ... Participated in the North-South All-Star game as a senior ... Member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Mission Club and FCA ... Was on the honor roll all four years ... Plays summer ball for the East Cobb Bullets Gold team.

Personal: Born Jessica Lynn Coan on August 5, 1990, in Duluth, Ga. ... Parents are Mark and Lisa Coan ... Has a younger brother, Matthew ... A Science, Technology and Culture major.

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Coan's Career Pitching Statistics
YEAR W-L ERA APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/AVG WP PO A E FLD%
2009 8-5 3.42 28 11 4 1/4 2 88 76 45 43 34 102 17 0 15 .228 17 1 3 1 .800
Career8-5 3.42 28 11 4 1/4 2 88 76 45 43 34 102 17 0 15 .228 17 1 3 1 .800

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