| Jenna Merchant |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Sandy, Utah
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 | High School: Sandy
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 | Position: Pitcher
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 | Birthdate: 11/23/1982
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 | B/T: R/R
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2004: America East Pitcher of the Year and All-America East First Team selection after posting a 10-5 overall mark... limited batters to a .205 average, good for second in the conference... second on the team with 69 strikeouts... recorded five shutouts and also totaled nine complete games... second played in Maine history to earn top pitcher award in conference (Deb Smith) struckout eight against UMBC (4/17)... fanned a season-high 12 in a 10 inning 2-0 victory against Boston University (4/28)... named to America East Academic Honor Roll. 2003: Second team All-America East... Maine's top pitcher with a 1.90 ERA, and ranked seventh in America East... second in the conference with 153 strikeouts... recorded a season-high 12 K's in a 9-1 win over Niagara (3/12)... posted seven shutouts... three of her 10 losses were in 1-0 games... earned AE Pitcher of the Week honors in the final week of the season, picking up all four conference series wins over Hartford (5/3-4) with a 0.48 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 29.1 innings pitched... named to America East Commissioner's Honor Roll. 2002: Named to the America East First Team and also to the America East All-Rookie Team... earned America East Pitcher of the Week honors twice and America East Rookie of the Week accolades twice... was 17-11 with a 1.49 earned run average... struck out a team-high 145 batters on the season... led the team with 24 complete games... had eight shutouts.
BEFORE MAINE: Played for Coach Matt Giaridino at Jordan HS... selected All-Region Team and All-Star Team in 2001... named Jordan softball MVP... played for Utah Bulletts and Orange County Athletics.
PERSONAL: Born 11/23/82... a journalism major... daughter of Joy and Munir Merchant.