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2001: Returned from injury to pitch in 10 games, making seven starts…She won her first start of the year, an 8-0 decision over Eastern Michigan on March 6, as she went five innings and allowed just two hits in the shutout victory…Finished the season with a 2-3 record and one save to go along with a 3.24 earned run average…She also made 21 at-bats during the season, posting a .143 average…Top offensive outing came as she went 2-for-3 against Coastal Carolina on March 24…Had the top fielding percentage among Tech pitchers, as she did not commit an error in 15 chances…ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2000: Sat out the 2000 season with a medical redshirt following offseason shoulder surgery.
1999: Made an immediate impact as a pitcher with a record-setting season by leading Tech with a 13-26 record...Tied for second in school history with 13 victories in a season...Set school season record for innings pitched at 240.2...Placed second in the Tech season record book with 26 complete games and 123 strikeouts...Finished with a 2.70 ERA and .287 opponent batting average during the year...Won her first collegiate contest against Georgia Southern after scattering five hits and three walks in a 5-2 decision and entered the seventh inning with a shutout...Threw the team’s only shutout of the year with a two-hit performance against East Carolina...Also fired a two-hitter against Towson and struck out a season-high eight in a 3-1 win...Also struck out eight in a 5-4 win against Virginia Tech...Registered a 3-2 win against NCAA participant Kansas...Scattered five hits and struck out six in a 5-1 win at UNC Charlotte...Notched a 6-2 win in the ACC Tournament against North Carolina after allowing just five hits and two unearned runs...Batted .204 in 54 plate appearances with 11 hits, including two doubles.
High School: Lettered four years in basketball and three in softball at Carson High School...Started three years in basketball and was a team captain her senior year...Played for the ASA Valencia Choppers Gold Team in 1997-98...Team finished eighth in the National ASA Gold Tournament...Went to the 1996-97 ASA National Gold Tournament with the Grapettes Gold Team...Was a pitcher and designated player for both teams...Won four academic letters at Carson and ranked 14th in her graduating class...National Honor Society member...Student Body Secretary.
Personal: Mary Elisabeth Utt...Born September 8, 1979...Majoring in public policy...Parents are John and Linda Utt.
UTT’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS: Year W-L SV ERA App/GS CG IP H R ER SO BB 1999 13-26 0 2.70 43/38 26 240.2 274 146 93 123 88 2001 2-3 1 3.24 10/7 1 41.0 42 20 19 9 8 Career 15-29 1 2.79 53/45 27 281.2 316 166 112 132 96
