12 Stephanie Frasca 39 #39 Brittany Knudsen 40 #19 Lindsey Marquez 40 #27 Janae Portugal 41 #00 Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario 41

2007 Aztecs

2007 AZTECS Roster by Position 26 2007 Team Photo 26

SENIORS #24 Amanda Beasley 27 #7 Christy Hollingshead 28

JUNIORS #14 Taryin Casillas 29 #20 Megan McDonald 30 #10 Christina Ross 31 #17 Tamani Wells 32

SOPHOMORES #9 Monica Alnes 33 #44 Erin Floros 34 #1 Kasey Mytinger 35 #23 Melissa Owens 36 Sophomore Melissa Owens #8 Dani Sidoti 37 #18 Christine Kulick 38

FRESHMEN #15 Katy Erickson 38 #22 Sydney Fleming 39 #12 Stephanie Frasca 39 #39 Brittany Knudsen 40 #19 Lindsey Marquez 40 #27 Janae Portugal 41 #00 Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario 41

25 Aztec Position-by-Position Roster/Team Photo

OUTFIELDERS INFIELDERS UTILITY Tamani Wells Jr. L/R Monica Alnes So. R/R Amanda Beasley Sr. R/R .289 avg., 31 R, 11 SAC, 9 SB .379 avg., 33 R, 12 2B, 3 HR, 32 RBI, .557 SLG% 24 GP, 17 AB, 6 R, 5 RBI Brittany Knudsen Fr. L/R 2006 All-MWC Christina Hollingshead Sr. R/R Lindsey Marquez Fr. L/R Taryin Casillas Jr. R/R 9 GP, 13 AB, .385 avg., 1 HR, 2 RBI, .615 SLG% Kasey Mytinger So. R/R .285 avg., 3 HR, 29 RBI, 5 SB Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario Fr. R/R Dani Sidoti RS-So. L/R Melissa Owens So. R/R .200 avg., 12 H, 8 R (2005 stats) .283 avg., 21 BB, .410 OB%, 9 SB Katy Erickson Fr. R/R Kasey Mytinger So. R/R Stephanie Frasca Fr. R/R .389 avg., 1 HR, 6 RBI, .611 SLG% (18 at-bats) Lindsey Marquez Fr. L/R Janae Portugal Fr. R/R Christine Kulick So. L/R

PITCHERS

COACHING STAFF THIS IS SDSU INTRODUCTION STAFF COACHING Christina Ross Jr. LHP CATCHERS 17-10, 1.82 ERA, 136 K, 31 BB, 169.0 IP Erin Floros So. R/R 2006 MWC Pitcher of the Year, All-West Region .388 avg., 57 H, 4 HR, 13 2B, .558 SLG %, .467 OB% Melissa Owens So. RHP 2006 All-American, MWC Freshman of the Year 3-0, 1.75 ERA, 37 K, 5 BB, 36.0 IP Megan McDonald Jr. R/R Monica Alnes So. RHP .281 avg., 6 HR, 31 RBI, 21 BB, .403 OB% 3-0, 2.27 ERA, 7 K, 2 BB, 12.1 IP Sydney Fleming RS-Fr. R/R PLAYERS Tamani Wells Jr. RHP Lindsey Marquez Fr. R/R HISTORY REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY

The 2007 San Diego State University softball team: (front row, left to right) Monica Alnes, Megan McDonald, Sydney Fleming, Dani Sidoti, Melissa Owens, Stephanie Frasca, Janae Portugal, Erin Floros, Taryin Casillas. (back row, left to right) Alysha Daigle, Christine Kulick, Christina Ross, Kasey Mytinger, Brittany Knudsen, Christy Hollingshead, Chrissie Markham, Katy Erickson, Amanda Beasley, Tamani Wells, Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario, Lindsey Marquez. 26 2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #24 Amanda Beasley INTRODUCTION THIS IS SDSU COACHING STAFF

Utility Senior 3 Letters R-R 5-4 San Diego, Calif. Mount Miguel HS

Valuable contributor off the bench ... Will be looked Longwood (March 19) ... Her double against the FRESHMAN SEASON (2004) upon to provide senior leadership ... One of the Hoosiers was the first of her career ... Had her first Lone freshman on the 2004 Aztec team ... Saw fastest runners on the team. RBI in the Longwood game ... Went 4-for-9 (.444) action in May 4 game against Louisiana Tech, her over a stretch from March 12-April 22 and was 6-of- first since playing in March 7 game versus Cal Poly ... JUNIOR SEASON (2006) 17 (.353) from March 12-April 23 ... Runs came Singled against Syracuse (March 6) and Point Loma Earned four starts and appeared in 22 games in against Longwood (March 19), Georgia Southern Nazarene (Feb. 3) ... Stole a base against Point 2006 ... Started first three games of the season (March 18) and UC Santa Barbara (March 18) ... Loma Nazarene ... Scored against Hawai’i on Feb. 21 against Cal Poly (Feb. 9), Massachusetts (Feb. 11) Recorded her first sacrifice hit against Kentucky on ... Walked against Oklahoma State on Feb. 14. and No. 2 UCLA (Feb. 12) ... Drove in a career-high Feb. 11 ... Eight of her nine starts came in right field five runs ... Also starred defensively, setting career (the other was as a designated player) ... Batted a HIGH SCHOOL bests with 12 putouts and eight assists ... Earned an remarkable .364 when coming off the bench. Played four years for the Mount Miguel High opening game start against the Mustangs (Feb. 9) School Matadors ... Team won the Grossmont South and promptly hit a game-winning three-run double in League championship twice ... Named first-team all- the Aztecs’ 9-4 victory ... Had an RBI single and league ... Earned best defensive player and coaches scored a run against Western Kentucky on Feb. 23 ... award twice ... Coca-Cola Golden Girl Award ... PLAYERS Added an RBI in the second game of a doublehead- Named to www.eastcounty-sports.com's all-East er at New Mexico on April 23 ... Drove in five runs off County second team as a shortstop and pitcher ... her two hits after only recording one RBI her first two Also played for the Matador basketball team that won seasons ... Scored a career-high six runs for the sea- league championships in 2001-02 and 2002-03 and son ... Runs came against Brigham Young (May 13), the Division II championship in 2002-03 ... Played at New Mexico (April 23), at Colorado State (April 21), golf for two years and was named second team all- at Brigham Young (March 31), vs. Oregon (March 5), conference ... Graduated with honors with a 4.3 GPA OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY vs. Western Kentucky (Feb. 23) and against Cal Poly ... All-American student-athlete ... San Diego Union- (Feb. 9) ... Earned a start at Hawai’i on March 16 and Tribune scholar-athlete. had a sacrifice hit ... Appeared in nine games in league play. PERSONAL Amanda Caryn Beasley was born Aug. 23, 1985, SOPHOMORE SEASON (2005) in San Diego, Calif. ... Daughter of Grady and Mary Saw action in 28 games and earned nine starts ... Beasley ... Math major with career plans to be a Batted .250, an improvement of 28 percentage points teacher ... Favorite sports team is the San Diego from her freshman season (.222) ... Had eight hits Chargers and favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant ... and scored three times ... Drew two walks for a Favorite home-cooked meal is mashed potatoes, respectable .294 on-base percentage ... Had a gravy, chicken, veggies and biscuits ... Most prized career-high two hits in her only at-bats in SDSU’s possession is her family ... The title of her autobiog- opening game of a doubleheader against BYU on raphy would be “All About Me.” April 22 ... Had a hit in consecutive games for the first time in her career against Indiana (March 12) and

SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2004 .222 7-2 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .222 1 0 0 0 .300 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 .000 2005 .250 28-9 32 3 8 1 0 0 1 9 .281 2 0 8 0 .294 0 1 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 2006 .118 24-4 17 6 2 1 0 0 5 3 .176 0 0 5 0 .118 0 1 0-0 11 8 3 .864 TOTAL .207 59-15 58 10 12 2 0 0 6 14 .241 3 0 13 0 .246 0 2 1-1 12 8 3 .870 Career Highs: At-bats - 4 (vs. BYU, 4/22/05); Runs: 1 (10 times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/13/06); Hits: 2 (vs. BYU, 4/22/05); Doubles: 1 (2 times, most recent vs. Cal Poly, 2/9/06); RBI: 3 - (vs. Cal Poly, 2/9/06); Stolen Bases - 1 (vs. Point Loma Nazarena, 2/3/04); Game Hitting Streak: 2 (3/12/04-3/19/04)

2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 27 Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #7 Christy Hollingshead

Utility RS-Senior 1 Letter R-R 5-5 San Jose, Calif. Valley Christian HS West Valley College

Will be one of the team’s best pinch-hitters ... A HIGH SCHOOL aspirations of becoming a communication consultant power-hitter ... Can change a game with one swing of Was a four-year letterwinner for Valley Christian or softball coach ... Favorite movie is The Sweetest the bat. High School ... Was team captain her senior year as Thing and favorite television show is Saved By The Valley Christian finished first in the Central Coast sec- Bell ... Admires Nolan Ryan more than any other ath- JUNIOR SEASON (2006) tion, a year after taking second in 2001 ... Was a lete ... Her best non-athletic talent is making people Would have been third on the team in batting with scholar-athlete all four years ... Also played for the laugh ... Would like to hit over .300 once again this a .385 average if she had enough at-bats to qualify ... San Jose Sting, San Jose Sharks and San Jose season. Finished the season with five hits in 13 at-bats ... Had Strikers club teams from 1995-99. she had enough at-bats, her .615 slugging percentage would have been tops on the team and the high- PERSONAL est in a season in school history ... Had a solo home Christina Rae Hollingshead was born on Nov. 3, run, her first as an Aztec, on Feb. 17 vs. Rider ... 1984, in Mountain View, Calif. ... Daughter of Kevin COACHING STAFF THIS IS SDSU INTRODUCTION STAFF COACHING Earned her only start of the season against No. 23 Hollingshead and Victoria Hollingshead ... Three of Oregon on March 5 and went 2-for-3 with a walk ... her club teammates currently play Division I softball Led the team with two pinch-hits and seven pinch-hit ... Also considered Syracuse, Rutgers and Arizona in at-bats, while her .286 batting pinch-hit batting aver- the recruiting process ... Communications major with age was second on the squad ... Was one of three players to be intentionally walked ... Had five hits in

PLAYERS her first 10 at-bats (.500) to start the season ... Singled in her first at-bat against San Diego on Feb. 15 ... Also recorded singles against Indiana State (Feb. 26) and had two versus Oregon (March 5) ... Aztecs were 4-0 when she had a hit.

REDSHIRT SEASON (2005) Used her redshirt season after tearing her rotator cuff.

WEST VALLEY COLLEGE (2003-04) Led West Valley College to a No. 1 ranking in the state for two consecutive years ... Team advanced to the California state championships both seasons and finished fifth and third, respectively ... Was selected to the all-state tournament team in 2004 ... Had a .500 batting average in each of her trips to the championships ... Finished 2004 with 15 home runs ... Named a scholar-athlete in both 2003 and 2004. HISTORY REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2006 .385 9-1 13 1 5 0 0 1 2 8 .615 1 0 4 0 .429 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 TOTAL .385 9-1 13 1 5 0 0 1 2 8 .615 1 0 4 0 .429 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 Career Highs: At-bats - 3 (two times, most recent vs. Oregon, 3/5/06); Runs - 1 (vs. Rider, 2/17/06); Hits - 2 (vs. Oregon, 3/5/06); Home Runs - 1 (vs. Rider, 2/17/06); RBI - 1 (two times, most recent vs. Colorado State, 4/9/06); Game Hitting Streak: 2 (two times, most recent 2/26/06-3/5/06)

28 2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #14 Taryin Casillas INTRODUCTION THIS IS SDSU COACHING STAFF

Infielder 2006 MWC All-Tournament Team MWC Player of the Week (Feb. 8, 2005) Junior 2 Letters R-R 5-7 San Diego, Calif. Grossmont HS

SDSU Career Rankings: T-8th in home runs (7) FRESHMAN SEASON (2005) PERSONAL SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-7th in home Taryin Michelle Casillas was born Jan. 4, 1986, in A clutch hitter ... Plays the game hard ... Keeps runs (4) La Mesa, Calif. ... Daughter of Steve and Mary Ann improving year-to-year. Tied Megan McDonald for the team lead with four Casillas ... Major is physical education ... Her favorite home runs, despite playing in only 41 of the Aztecs’ place to hang out in San Diego is by her pool in the SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006) 57 games ... Four homers were tied for the sixth-most summer ... Her biggest athletic thrill was winning the Named to the Mountain West Conference all- in a single season in SDSU history ... Led the squad MWC championship last season ... Her most prized tournament team after batting .556 (5-for-9) with a with a .410 slugging percentage ... Tied for second on possession is her health ... Her hobbies include danc- home run and a team-leading eight RBI ... Tied with the team with seven doubles and was third in RBI ing, washing her car and playing over the line with four others for first on the team with her seven multi- (16) ... Batted .254 (31-of-122) with 15 runs scored ... her mom ... When she’s not playing softball, she is RBI games ... Third on the team with 29 RBI ... Also Had eight multiple-hit games and four multi-RBI hanging out with her family. was third in doubles (8) and home runs (3) ... Started games ... Aztecs were 5-3 when she had at least two 46 of the 48 games she appeared in, fourth most on hits and 3-1 when she had two or more RBI ... SDSU the team ... Had three games with three or more RBI was 8-4 when she batted No. 3 in the lineup ... Hit (the most she had in one game in her freshman sea- .324 (12-for-37) from the three spot with five doubles PLAYERS son was two) ... Went 3-for-5 with a career-high five and eight RBI ... Had four-game hitting streaks on RBI in SDSU’s 21-5, five-inning win over New Mexico three occasions including the first four games of the on April 23 ... Also homered and scored two runs ... year (Feb. 4-6) and the last four games of the season Was 5-for-6 on stolen base attempts ... Hit .450 (9- (May 8-13) ... Hit safely in 11 of her first 14 games ... for-20) during a career-long six-game hitting streak Batted .341 (14-for-41) with 10 RBI in the month of from Feb. 23-March 1 ... Had two hits apiece in three February ... Was 4-for-13 (.308) with two RBI in the consecutive games (vs. Colorado State - 4/9/06, vs. Mountain West Conference tournament ... Went 3- OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY UNLV - 4/15/06, and vs. UNLV (game two) - 4/15/06) for-3 and added two RBI in a 3-0 Aztec victory over ... Batted .400 (14-for-35) in night games, the second New Mexico on May 6 ... Recorded her first career highest night batting average on the team ... Was 11- three-hit game against BYU on April 22 ... Had two for-32 (.344) in the month of February ... Over her first doubles and two RBI against St. Mary’s (Feb. 6) ... two seasons, Casillas is batting .342 (25-for-73) with Went 2-for-3 with two RBI in a SDSU 3-2 win over 16 RBI in the year’s shortest month ... Hit .389 (7-for- No. 20 Long Beach State on Feb. 5. 18) with two home runs and 11 RBI in six games against perennial MWC power Brigham Young ... HIGH SCHOOL Was 4-for-8 (.500) with the bases loaded ... Her two Played four years at Grossmont High School ... homers in MWC play was second most on the team, Named to all-East County League first team ... while her 13 RBI was third ... Aztecs were 14-3 when Foothiller MVP in 2003 and 2004 … Coca Cola she scored a run and 13-3 when she had at least one Tournament MVP 2003 and 2004 … 2004 East RBI. County Player of the Year … Also lettered four years in basketball and volleyball.

SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2005 .254 41-36 122 15 31 7 0 4 16 50 .410 3 0 15 0 .272 0 2 1-1 28 64 3 .968 2006 .285 48-46 137 20 39 8 0 3 29 56 .409 12 0 18 1 .342 0 5 5-6 42 104 10 .936 TOTAL .270 89-82 259 35 70 15 0 7 45 106 .409 15 0 33 1 .310 0 7 6-7 70 168 13 .948 Career Highs: At-bats - 6 (vs. New Mexico, 5/13/05), Runs - 2 (four times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/13/06); Hits - 3 (four times, most recent at New Mexico, 4/23/06); Doubles - 2 (vs. Saint Mary’s, 2/6/05); Home Runs - 1 (seven times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/13/06); RBI - 5 (at New Mexico, 4/23/06); Stolen Bases - 1 (five times, most recent vs. Missouri State, 5/20/06); Game Hitting Streak: 6 (2/23/06-3/1/06)

2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 29 Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #20 Megan McDonald

Catcher/Designated Player Junior 2 Letters R-R 5-7 Glendale, Ariz. Cactus HS

SDSU Career Rankings: 5th in home runs (10) three MWC homers and was second with 15 confer- stretch, including three consecutive games with two ence RBI ... Reached base safely in a remarkable 13 hits ... Committed only four errors in 252 chances One of the most powerful hitters in school history ... straight games from Feb. 24-March 17 ... Went 1-for- behind the plate for a .984 fielding percentage ... Had Disciplined at the plate ... A vocal leader. 3 with her first career grand slam in the Aztecs’ 8-6 a home run and drove in two runs against Longwood win over New Mexico (Game 1) on April 23 ... Had a (March 19) ... Had two hits, including a home run, and SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006) three-run homer against Colorado State (first game) two RBI against Southern Utah on March 5 ... Went SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-2nd in home on April 21 ... After only earning four at-bats (1-for-4, 1-for-3 with a homer and three RBI in a 4-1 SDSU runs (6), T-8th in walks (21), 10th in RBI (31) .250) in SDSU’s first four games, McDonald went on upset win over then No. 21 Long Beach State ... Hit six home runs, one short of the Aztec single- a tear over her next three contests, batting .778 (7- Made her presence known on The Mesa in her first season record set by Erryn Gutjahr (7) in 1999 ... Led for-9) with a home run and seven RBI ... Reached game, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and the team with six home runs, tied for the team lead base safely in seven consecutive plate appearances two runs scored. with 21 walks ... Also led the team in hit by pitches (5) during the streak ... Finished 3-for-3 with an Aztec COACHING STAFF THIS IS SDSU INTRODUCTION STAFF COACHING and was second on the squad in RBI (31) ... The 21 single-game record six RBI against Rider on Feb. 17 HIGH SCHOOL walks were tied for the eighth-most in a single sea- ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two Played four years for Cactus High School ... son, while the 32 RBI was the 10th-most in a season runs scored in the first game of SDSU’s doublehead- Cactus Cobras were the 2003 and 2004 Arizona 4A ... One of five Aztecs to record seven multi-RBI er against Brigham Young on March 31 ... Was 3-for- state champion ... Team posted an outstanding 38-0 games ... Had three or more RBI on three occasions 5 (.600) with the bases loaded ... The Aztecs were 20- record in 2004 ... School ranked fourth in the nation ... Reached base safely in 38 of the 48 games she 4 when she got a hit, 15-1 when she had at least one in final 2004 balloting ... Two-time first-team all-state

PLAYERS played in, RBI, 12-0 when she scored a run and 6-0 when she selection and three-time first-team all-region … Had including 14 homered. a .476 career batting average ... Graduated in top 25 of the 18 percent of her class ... Member of the Med-Start club. MWC games FRESHMAN SEASON (2005) ... Her walk SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-7th in home runs PERSONAL (21) to strike- (4) Megan Marie McDonald was born Nov. 18, 1985, out (15) ratio Tied for the team lead with four homers ... Led in Phoenix, Ariz. ... Daughter of Dan and Debbie of 1.40 was Aztecs with 19 walks (seventh in MWC) and two sac- McDonald ... Kinesiology major with career plans to tops on the rifice flies (tied for fourth in MWC) ... Fell one walk shy be a sports medicine professional ... Favorite movie team for the of tying for 10th place on the all-time SDSU single is Wedding Crashers ... Her advice to kids is stay in second con- season list ... Was second on the team in RBI (19), school and enjoy every sandwich ... Her favorite secutive year on-base percentage (.351) and times hit by pitch home-cooked meal is steak and mashed potatoes ...... Was inten- (five) ... Led the squad with six multi-RBI games and Her best non-athletic talent is repeating movie lines tionally three-RBI games (two) ... Aztecs were 6-0 when she ... The most impressive thing about the Aztec coach- walked a had at least two RBI ... Had eight multiple-hit games, ing staff is their unity and support for all sports. team-high tied for fourth most on the team ... Walk to strikeout three times ratio (1.0) was the best on the team ... Had a season- ... Led the long four-game hitting streak from May 6-12 ... Batted team with a remarkable .583 (7-of-12) during the four-game HISTORY REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2005 .234 54-50 128 7 30 3 0 4 19 45 .352 19 5 19 1 .351 2 5 0-0 233 15 4 .984 2006 .281 48-45 121 15 34 2 0 6 31 54 .446 21 5 15 1 .403 2 5 0-0 38 1 2 .951 TOTAL .257 102-95 249 22 64 5 0 10 50 99 .398 40 10 34 2 .376 4 10 0-0 271 16 6 .980 Career Highs: At-bats - 4 (eight times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/12/06); Runs - 3 (vs. Rider, 2/17/06); Hits - 3 (three times, most recent at BYU, 3/31/06); Doubles - 1 (five times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/13/06); Home Runs - 1 (10 times, most recent at New Mexico, 4/23/06); RBI - 6 (vs. Rider, 2/17/06); Game Hitting Streak - 4 (two times, most recent 4/7/06-4/5/06)

30 2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #10 Christina Ross INTRODUCTION THIS IS SDSU COACHING STAFF

Pitcher 2006 NFCA All-West Region (second team) 2006 MWC Pitcher of the Year Junior 1 Letters 2006 All-MWC L-R 5-7 2006 MWC All-tournament team Santa Clarita, Calif. MWC Pitcher of the Week (April 4, 2006) Valencia HS Univ. of Kansas

SDSU Career Rankings: 5th in solo shutouts (5), T- 1.35 ERA on the road against MWC foes. Five of the PERSONAL 7th in saves (2) six runs she allowed came in a windy game at New Christina Marie Ross was born on Sept. 5, 1986, Mexico ... Without that game out, she boasted a 5-0 in Verdugo Hills, Calif. ... Daughter of Herb and An All-American candidate ... A crafty lefthander who record with a microscopic ERA of 0.26 ... In 31 1/3 Ginger Ross ... Is majoring in business and criminal throws a variety of pitches anywhere in the count ... innings at MWC schools, Ross struck out 27 batters justice ... Favorite athletes are Tom Brady and Mike Will be the ace of the pitching staff. and walked just four ... The Aztecs also were 18-3 Vrabel ... She enjoys pitching in intense and close when she struck out three or more batters. games ... The ultimate sporting event she would like SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006) to attend would be a BCS National Championship or SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-4th in solo UNIV. OF KANSAS (2005) the Super Bowl ... This summer she went on a road shutouts (5), T-5th in saves (2), T-6th in wins (17), 7th Was the Jayhawks’ top pitcher with a 12-9 record trip to Minnesota with four of her friends in a pickup in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.39), 8th in strikeouts (136), and 1.93 ERA ... Led Kansas to a 31-24 overall truck ... Lists her parents as the greatest influence on 9th in winning percentage (.630), T-10th in opponent record, its best season since 1999 ... Season culmi- her career. batting average (.224) nated with a trip to the NCAA Regional tournament ... NFCA all-West Region second-team selection ... Started 25 of the 36 games she appeared in and reg-

MWC Pitcher of the Year ... All-MWC selection ... istered 11 complete games ... Struck out 111 batters PLAYERS Named to MWC all-tournament team ... Led the and held opponents to a .229 batting average ... league in ERA (1.82) ... Was second in the confer- Tossed three solo shutouts and was part of two oth- ence in opponent batting average (.224), third in wins ers ... Finished the season ranked among the Big 12 (17), fourth in innings pitched (169.0) and fifth in leaders in several categories including seventh in strikeouts (136) ... Did not allow an earned run in 15 games started, eighth in shutouts, ninth in complete of her 32 appearances including 10 of her 24 starts ... games, ninth in appearances and 10th in ERA ... Was

Completed 16 of the 25 games she started ... Went a scholar-athlete. OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY 8-2 with a 1.55 ERA in 67 2/3 innings of MWC play, and struck out 60 batters, while walking 10 ... Earned HIGH SCHOOL MWC Pitcher of the Week honors on April 4 ... Went Four-year letterwinner at Valencia High School in 29 innings without giving up an earned run to start Valencia, Calif. ... Earned All-Foothill League honors MWC play, her longest scoreless streak of the season four consecutive years and led her team to four ... Also had a 17-inning scoreless streak (Feb. 23- league championships ... A three-time league MVP, March 4) and a 11 1/3 inning streak to start the sea- Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year and Los son from Feb. 9-Feb. 12 ... Did not allow an opposing Angeles Times Area Player of the Year ... Named to runner to reach third base on four occasions ... Was the Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first team three 9-4 with a 1.20 ERA in home games; and owned an straight years ... A four-time scholar-athlete ... impressive 6.64 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... Even more Recipient of the Gatorade Will to Win Award ... Set remarkable was her success on the road in Mountain league strikeout record as a senior ... Also played for West Conference regular season games, despite the OC Batbusters club team ... Was named most playing at elevations of 5,000 feet (New Mexico), valuable player of the 2004 Canada Cup. 4,800 feet (Colorado State), 4,553 (Brigham Young), 4,500 (Utah) and 2,030 (UNLV), Ross went 5-0 with a

Career Stats Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg. WP HBP SFA SHA ~2005 1.92 12-9 36 25 11 3 2 0 138.0 118 53 38 41 111 17 4 8 515 .229 4 15 1 18 2006 1.82 17-10 32 25 16 5 0 2 169.0 145 59 44 31 136 16 2 7 646 .224 2 9 2 18 *TOTAL1.82 29-19 68 50 27 8 2 2 307.0 263 112 82 72 247 33 6 15 1,161 .227 6 24 3 36 ~ Statistics while at Univ. of Kansas; * Total includes Kansas and SDSU statistics SDSU Career Highs: Innings pitched - 7.0 (13 times, most recent vs. Long Beach State, 5/20/06); Strikeouts - 9 (three times, most recent vs. Long Beach State, 5/19/06); Consecutive Scoreless innings - 29.0 (3/31/06-4/15/06)

2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 31 Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #17 Tamani Wells

Outfielder/Pitcher 2006 MWC All-Tournament Team Junior 2 Letters L-R 5-5 Concord, Calif. Holy Names HS

One of the fastest runners in the Mountain West (April 29) ... Scored a run in nine of 11 games from Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in Conference ... Always seems to keep the ball in play April 9-May 4 ... Hit .500 (9-for-18) and scored six SDSU’s 10-1 rout over Southern Utah on March 5 ...... A solid fielder. times in five games against UNLV, tied with Monica Also had her first double in the victory over the Alnes for the highest average on the team ... Batted Thunderbirds ... Recorded her first hit and RBI in an SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006) .327 (18-for-55) with runners on base and .385 (10- Aztec 9-1 win on Feb. 6 against Saint Mary’s ... Also NCAA Rankings: 16th in toughest to strikeout for-26) with runners in scoring position ... SDSU was scored two runs in the game. (1K/20.2 at-bats) 19-3 when she scored a run. Showed dramatic improvement in her second HIGH SCHOOL season on Montezuma Mesa ... Improved in every FRESHMAN SEASON (2005) Played two years for Holy Names High School ... statistical category including batting average, runs, Appeared in 47 games and earned 17 starts ... Two-time first-team all-league performer and was hits, sacrifice hits, stolen bases and fielding per- Made 17 appearances as a defensive replacement or named the Bay Shore Athletic League MVP in 2003 centate ... Was tops on the team and 16th in the as a pinch runner, most on the team ... Scored 13 … Team MVP in 2003 and 2004 … Also lettered in COACHING STAFF THIS IS SDSU INTRODUCTION STAFF COACHING nation in toughest to strikeout after fanning only six runs despite having only 61 official at-bats ... The 13 track ... Previously played for Clayton Valley High times all season or one time every 20.2 at-bats ... Led runs scored were the sixth highest on the squad ... School in Concord. the Aztecs with 11 sacrifice hits ... Tied with Melissa Her three stolen bases were the fourth most of all Owens for second on the team with nine stolen bases Aztecs ... Swipes came against Southern Utah PERSONAL ... Third on the squad in runs (31), just one run shy of (March 4), Saint Mary’s (Feb. 6) and UC Riverside Tamani LaNae Wells was born Oct. 31, 1986, in the top 10 in Aztec single-season history ... (Feb. 5) ... Had three multiple-hit games ... Scored a Harbor City, Calif. ... Daughter of LaShawn and Toi

PLAYERS Committed only one error in 37 chances for a fielding pair of runs in two contests ... Recorded hits in con- Wells ... Major is psychology ... Favorite food is chick- percentage of .973 ... Had four assists, most of any secutive games four times ... Scored a run in six of en ... Person still living she would like to meet is outfielder on the team ... Named to the Mountain the first seven games she had a plate appearance ... Oprah ... Biggest athletic thrill was winning the West Conference all-tournament team after batting SDSU was 4-1 when Wells hit second in the lineup ... Mountain West Conference championship last sea- .438 (7-for-16) with four runs scored and three RBI Was 4-for-13 son ... Her from her No. 2 spot in the batting order ... Also stole (.308) as a pinch- advice to kids is a base in her only attempt in the tournament ... Her hitter, second best to, “dream big six stolen bases and five sacrifice hits in MWC action behind Amanda and don’t be was the most on the team ... Hit .371 (13-for-35) with Beasley (.364) for afraid to take a team-high 13 runs in the month of April ... Had a hit those with at least small steps to in 14 games of a 17-game stretch from April 9-May 13 10 pinch-hit at- get there” ...... Batted .362 (21-for-58) with 17 runs scored over bats ... Had two Hobbies include the 17-game stretch ... Had a career-long eight-game hits in the night- reading, listening hitting streak (10-for-21, .476) from March 4-31 ... cap of a double- to music and Stole a career-high two bases in the second game of header versus working out. a doubleheader against Colorado State on April 9 ... BYU on on April Scored two runs in a game on nine occasions ... 22 ... Was 2-for-3 Threw out a runner from the outfield in consecutive against Longwood games against New Mexico (April 23) and UNLV on March 19 ... HISTORY REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2005 .230 47-17 61 13 14 1 0 0 2 15 .246 2 0 6 0 .254 0 4 3-6 14 0 3 .824 2006 .289 49-38 121 31 35 2 0 0 10 37 .306 7 0 6 0 .328 0 11 9-15 32 4 1 .973 TOTAL .269 96-55 182 44 49 3 0 0 12 52 .286 9 0 12 0 .304 0 15 12-21 46 4 4 .926 Career Highs: At-Bats: 4 (14 times, most recent vs. Utah, 5/13/06); Runs - 2 (11 times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/13/06); Hits - 3 (two times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/13/06); Doubles - 1 (three times, most recent vs. Utah, 5/7/06); RBI - 1 (12 times, most recent vs. Utah, 5/13/06); Stolen Bases - 2 (vs. Colorado State, 4/9/06); Game Hitting Streak - 8 (3/4/06-3/31/06)

32 2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #9 Monica Alnes INTRODUCTION THIS IS SDSU COACHING STAFF

Infielder/Pitcher 2006 All-MWC 2006 MWC All-Tournament Team Sophomore 1 Letter 2006 Academic All-MWC R-R 5-7 MWC Player of the Week (April 25, 2006) Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Palos Verdes Peninsula HS

An All-American candidate ... A gap hitter who can three GW runs), meaning she was responsible for a HIGH SCHOOL also hit for power ... A natural leader who should see game-winning play 26.5 percent (9-of-34 wins) of the Played four years at Palos Verdes Peninsula High more innings in the circle in 2007. time ... Led the team with her .416 batting average School in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. ... Earned all- (32-for-77) (minimum 20 at-bats) with runners on Bay League accolades all four seasons ... Was FRESHMAN SEASON (2006) base and a .444 average (24-for-54) (minimum 15 at- named the South Bay most valuable pitcher in 2005 SDSU Single-Season Rankings: 2nd in slugging bats) with runners in scoring position ... Also topped ... Selected to the all-CIF first team in 2005 and the percentage (.557), 3rd in batting average (.379), 5th SDSU with 21 two-out RBI and tied for first with four second team in 2004 ... Named to the all-area first in on base percentage (.447), T-6th in doubles (6), 7th bases-loaded hits ... Hit for a remarkable .453 aver- team from 2003-05, after garnering second team hon- in RBI (32), 8th in runs (33) age (24-for-53) in MWC contests, second on the ors in 2002 ... Also chosen as the 2005 all-area most Had one of the most prolific offensive seasons in team, while her 16 MWC RBI was the most on the valuable player ... Led Palos Verdes Peninsula to a school history as a freshman ... Did not play first base squad ... Hit for a .667 (8-for-12) average with a first-place finish in the Bay League in 2005 and to a in high school but earned the job in the fall after win- homer and seven RBI in four games against MWC top 10 ranking in the state ... Was the team captain ning over the coaching staff with her leadership abili- opponent New Mexico ... Also batted .500 or above her senior year ... Also competed for various club ties ... Ranked among the Aztec single-season lead- against conference foes Brigham Young (.526), Utah teams, including the So Cal Athletics (U-18) in 2005 ers in slugging percentage (third, .557), batting aver- (.500) and UNLV (.500) ... Had three games with ... Was involved in AVID all four years of high school PLAYERS age (third, .379), on base percentage (fifth, .447), three or more hits ... Reached base safely in 18 of her and was the president of the organization her final doubles (tied-sixth, six), RBI (seventh, 32) and runs final 20 contests ... Batted .434 (36-for-83) over the three years. (eighth, 33) ... Led the team in runs, RBI and triples final 28 games with 20 RBI, 20 runs scored and a (two) ... Was second in batting average, hits (53), team-high .627 slugging percentage ... Raised her PERSONAL doubles, slugging percentage, on base percentage batting average 81 percentage points during that Monica Elizabeth Alnes was born Sept. 15, 1987, and fielding percentage (.992) ... Named all-Mountain stretch ... Aztecs were 20-3 when she scored a run, in El Segundo, Calif. ... Daughter of Tom and Jolene West and was an academic all-MWC selection ... 17-2 when she recorded an RBI and 23-9 when she Alnes ... Has a sister, Lauren, who was a cheerleader OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY Received MWC all-tournament team honors after had a hit ... Went 3-0 in the circle with a 2.27 ERA in at Long Beach State ... Majoring in pre-social work ... going 6-for-10 (.600) with a home run, three RBI and 12 1/3 innings ... Allowed only one run in her final 8 Enjoys singing, playing guitar, surfing and weightlift- six runs scored in four games ... Batted .556 (25-for- 1/3 innings after allowing three earned runs in her first ing ... Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles 45) with 17 RBI over a career-long and SDSU sea- four innings ... Had an impressive 3.5-to-1 strikeout- (Anaheim) Angels and favorite athlete is Garrett son-high 15-game hitting streak from April 15-May 13 to-walk ratio ... Pitched a perfect two innings of relief Anderson ... Person in history she would like to meet ... Named MWC Player of the Week on April 25 after to pick up her third win of the season in a 5-4 SDSU would be Jesus Christ ... The ultimate sporting event going 8-for-14 with seven runs and seven RBI in four victory over Utah (game two) on May 7 ... Tossed an should would like to attend would be an “All Blacks” Aztec wins at Colorado State and New Mexico ... Hit inning at UNLV and gave up an unearned run on two New Zealand rugby match ... Something people don’t for the cycle and had career highs of five RBI and four hits ... Pitched the final 2 1/3 innings against New know is that she gets choked up when she listens to runs in the Aztecs’ 21-5, five-inning win over New Mexico in game two to pick up the win on April 23, classical music and would at one point like to sing Mexico on April 23 ... The four runs in a game tied a striking out two without allowing a walk ... Pitched for opera. school record set by Tiffany Goudy (April 26, 2002) ... the first time as an Aztec in their come-from-behind 6- Tied for the team lead with four others with seven 5 victory over New Mexico on April 7 ... Tossed the multi-RBI games ... A clutch player, Alnes led the final four innings to earn the victory. team with nine game-winning plays (six GW RBI,

SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2006 .379 48-48 140 33 53 12 2 3 32 78 .557 16 3 13 0 .447 2 4 4-7 348 25 3 .992 Career Highs: At-bats - 4 (8 times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/4/06); Runs - 4 (at New Mexico, 4/23/06); Hits - 4 (at New Mexico, 4/23/06); Doubles - 1 (12 times., most recent vs. Long Beach State, 5/20/06); Triples - 1 (two times, most recent at New Mexico, 4/23/06); Home Runs - 1 (three times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/13/06); RBI - 5 (at New Mexico, 4/23/06); Stolen Bases - 1 (four times, most recent vs. LMU, 3/4/06); Game Hitting Streak - 15 (4/15/06-5/13/06) Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg. WP HBP SFA SHA 2006 2.27 3-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12.1 14 5 4 2 7 2 0 0 53 .286 0 1 1 0 Career Highs: Innings pitched - 4.0 (vs. UNM, 4/7/06); Strikeouts - 3 (vs. UNM, 4/7/06); Consecutive scoreless innings - 8.0 (4/23/06-5/12/06)

2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 33 Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #44 Erin Floros

Catcher 2006 Easton-Bell Sports All-American (First Team) Sophomore 1 Letter 2006 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American R-R 5-7 (Third Team) 2006 NFCA All-West Region (First Team) San Diego, Calif. 2006 MWC Freshman of the Year Mt. Carmel HS 2006 All-MWC MWC Player of the Week (May 8, 2006)

An All-American candidate ... One of best all-around one percentage point short of tying the batting aver- Aztecs with a .338 average at home and three players on the entire West Coast ... Has a relentless age (.388) record ... Also ranked among the top 10 in homers ... Batted a team-high .556 (20-for-36) with 10 work ethic. doubles (tied for fourth, 13), home runs (tied for sev- runs scored in 12 night games ... Her .364 (4-for-11) enth, four) and in total bases (tied for eighth, 82) ... batting average, two RBI and four hits at the NCAA FRESHMAN SEASON (2006) Led SDSU in batting average, hits (57), doubles, total tournament at UCLA were also team highs ... Hit over SDSU Single-Season Rankings: 1st in slugging per- bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage .500 against MWC opponents New Mexico (.583) and centage (.558), 1st in on base percentage (.467), 2nd ... Was second in games started (48), at bats (147), Utah (.556) ... Aztecs were 23-6 when she reached in batting average (.388), T-4th in doubles (13), T-7th home runs and fielding percentage (.993) ... Her 18 base two or more times, 18-4 when she scored a run in home runs (4), T-8th in total bases (82) multiple-hit games was tops on the team and her and a perfect 13-0 when she drove in at least one run. Had arguably the best season statistically in seven multiple-RBI games tied her with four others for school history despite being a freshman ... Became the most on the squad ... Defensively, Floros picked HIGH SCHOOL the first All-American in school history when she was off five runners and committed only two errors in 296 A four-year letterwinner at Mt. Carmel High COACHING STAFF THIS IS SDSU INTRODUCTION STAFF COACHING named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Third Team ... chances ... Threw out 11 of 19 base stealers (57.9 School ... Was named first team all-CIF in 2004 and Also earned first-team Easton-Bell Sports All-America percent) ... Batted .492 (30-for-61) with 10 RBI over 2005 ... Earned the 2004 Avocado League Player of accolades ... Named to the NFCA all-West Region the final 19 games ... Had at least two hits in 11 of the Year award ... Was chosen as an all-Avocado first team, a first by an Aztec since 2003 (Bre final 19 contests ... Batted at a .444 clip (44-for-99) League first team performer in 2004 and 2005 ... DeSanta) ... MWC Freshman of the Year ... All-MWC over final 32 games (since March 10) ... Had a .491 Named to the second team in 2002 and 2003 ... pick ... Set school records in slugging percentage batting average, .660 slugging percentage and .578 Selected to the all-CIF second team in 2003 .. .Hit

PLAYERS (.558) and on-base percentage (.467) and was just on-base percentage in MWC games ... Reached base .440 in 2004 and drove in 23 runs ... Batted .357 with safely in 33 of her last 36 starts and in 39 of her final 22 RBI as a sophomore ... Played for the San Diego 44 starts ... Named MWC Player of the Week on May Renegades club team and coach Tom Peronto from 8 after going 8-for-13 (.615) over four games to help 2000-04, before joining the So Cal Breakers in 2004- the Aztecs clinch the MWC regular season champi- 05. onship ... Hit a remarkable .591 (13-for-22) with 10 runs scored over the Aztecs’ final six MWC contests PERSONAL ... Went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a career-high four Erin Elizabeth Floros was born Feb. 26, 1987, in runs in SDSU’s 8-3 title-clinching win over Utah in the San Diego, Calif. ... Daughter of Joel and Melinda first game of a doubleheader on May 7 ... Had her first Floros ... Undecided on a major ... Favorite sports career home run in her first at bat against Cal Poly on team is the San Diego Padres and favorite athlete is Feb. 9 ... Had a homer and drove in a career-high Jake Peavy ... Chose her uniform number 44 three runs against Wagner on Feb. 24 ... Had anoth- because her dad was a huge fan of Hank Aaron ... er three RBI after going 3-for-4 in SDSU’s 21-5, five- Person in history she would like to meet would be Ted inning win over New Mexico on April 25 ... Had an Williams ... The most impressive thing about the eight-game hitting streak from March 10-31, where Aztec coaching staff is their ability to get the best out she batted .440 (11-for-25) over the three-week peri- of their players ... The television show she can’t miss od ... Hit .462 (18-for-39) in road contests, tied with is Project Runway. Monica Alnes for tops on the team ... Also led the

HISTORY REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2006 .388 49-48 147 30 57 13 0 4 22 82 .558 19 3 14 0 .467 0 5 0-0 265 29 2 .993 TOTAL .388 49-48 147 30 57 13 0 4 22 82 .558 19 3 14 0 .467 0 5 0-0 265 29 2 .993 Career Highs: At-bats - 4 (16 times, most recent 5/13/06 vs. BYU); Runs - 4 (vs. Utah, 5/7/06); Hits - 3 (five times, most recent vs. Utah, 5/7/06); Doubles - 1 (13 times, most recent vs. Long Beach State, 5/20/06); Home Runs - 1 (four times, most recent vs. Missouri State, 5/20/06); RBI - 3 (two times, most recent at New Mexico, 4/23/06); Game Hitting Streak - 8 (3/10/06-3/31/06)

34 2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #1 Kasey Mytinger INTRODUCTION THIS IS SDSU COACHING STAFF

Infielder/Outfielder Sophomore 1 Letter R-R 5-4 San Diego, Calif. West Hills HS

A long ball threat ... A patient hitter ... Should see base percentage of .500 was tops on the team and Hills to league titles in 2002 and 2005, and a runner- more playing time this season. her slugging percentage of .615 was second-best on up finish in 2003 ... Also competed for the Encinitas the team ... Started both games of the Aztecs’ double- Breakers club team in 2005 and the San Diego Power FRESHMAN SEASON (2006) header against UNLV on April 15 and went 2-for-4 Surge from 1998-2004. Appeared in 14 games with six starts ... Batted with two RBI and two walks ... Hit her first career .389 (7-for-18) with a home run and six RBI ... Her home run in SDSU’s 20-2 win over Rider on Feb. 17 PERSONAL average of .389 would have been the highest on the ... Drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the sev- Kasey Lynn Mytinger was born Sept. 25, 1987, in team to tie Kellie Nordhagen’s 2000 school record if enth inning in the second game against New Mexico San Diego, Calif. ... Daughter of Edward and Debbie she had enough at-bats ... Drew five walks ... Her on- on April 7 to help propel the Aztecs to a 6-5 come- Mytinger ... Majoring in finance and would like to do from-behind win ... Had a double and a something in the legal field ... Favorite television walk in SDSU’s win over Longwood on show is One Tree Hill ... Favorite home-cooked meal March 17 ... Had a base-on-ball in three is chicken, mashed potatoes and corn ... The athlete consecutive games from March 17-April 15 she most admires is teammate Monica Alnes ... If she ... Reached base safely in nine of the 13 could accomplish one thing this season it would be to games she had a plate appearance ... Her help the Aztecs make it to the Women’s College PLAYERS starts came against Oklahoma State (Feb. World Series ... Lists her parents as the ones who 11), Western Kentucky (Feb. 23), Oregon have had the greatest influence on her career. (March 5), Longwood (March 17) and in both games vs. UNLV on April 15 ... Had a putout in her only opportunity against the Ducks on March 5 ... Aztecs were 5-1 when OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY she started, 5-1 when she had a hit, 3-1 when she had at least one RBI and 4-0 when she walked.

HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner at West Hills High School in San Diego ... Earned all- Grossmont North District League honors all four years ... Was named to the first team her final two seasons (2004-05), second team her sophomore year (2003) and honorable mention her freshman season (2002) ... Garnered all-CIF first team accolades in 2005 after being named second- team all-CIF in 2004 ... Was selected to the all-Breitbard team in 2005 ... Led West

SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2006 .389 14-6 18 2 7 1 0 1 6 11 .611 5 0 5 1 .500 1 0 0-1 1 0 0 1.000 TOTAL..389 14-6 18 2 7 1 0 1 6 11 .611 5 0 5 1 .500 1 0 0-1 1 0 0 1.000 Career Highs: At-bats - 3 (vs. UNLV, 4/15/06); Runs - 1 (two times, most recent at New Mexico, 4/23/06); Hits - 2 (vs. UNLV, 4/15/06); Doubles - 1 (vs. Longwood, 3/17/06); Home Runs - 1 (vs. Rider, 2/17/06); RBI - 2 (two times, most recent vs. UNLV, 4/15/06); Game Hitting Streak - 3 (2/11/06-2/23/06)

2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 35 Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #23 Melissa Owens

Pitcher/Infielder MWC Pitcher of the Week (March 8) Sophomore 1 Letter R-R 5-10 San Diego, Calif. Christian HS

Versatile athlete who has the ability to play many ... Other home run came in the Aztecs’ 3-1 first-game ... Threw a one-hit, complete game shutout (six positions ... Possesses good discipline at the plate ... win over Cal State Fullerton on March 10 ... Batted innings) and struck out a career-high eight batters Should see more time in the circle this season. .343 (12-for-35) in MWC games for the fourth-highest against San Diego on March 1 ... Three days later average on the team ... Reached base 53.1 percent of versus Loyola Marymount, Owens threw four score- FRESHMAN SEASON (2006) the time in MWC contests and stole a base in four of less innings and struck out two ... Was rewarded SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-8th in walks (21) her five attempts ... Led the Aztecs with a remarkable when she was named the MWC Pitcher of the Week Had an impressive collegiate season debut ... .692 batting average (9-for-13) and .750 on-base per- on March 8 ... Tossed 6 1/3 innings of scoreless ball Tied with two others (Meagan Hartung and Megan centage in games against the MWC preseason against Oklahoma State on March 16, but did not get McDonald) for the team lead with 21 walks ... The 21 favorite Brigham Young ... Her .381 batting average a decision. walks were tied for the eighth-most in a single season (8-for-21) in night games was the third-highest on the by an Aztec ... .410 on-base percentage was third- squad ... SDSU went 14-0 when she scored a run, 15- HIGH SCHOOL highest on the squad and would have been the ninth- 3 when she had a hit, 15-2 when she got on base via Earned four letters at Christian High School in El COACHING STAFF THIS IS SDSU INTRODUCTION STAFF COACHING highest in school history if she had one more at-bat to a walk, 10-2 when she recorded an RBI, and 7-2 Cajon, Calif. ... Led Christian to two CIF champi- qualify ... Her nine stolen bases tied Tamani Wells for when she stole a base ... Started seven games for the onship titles (2002, 2004) and two runner-up finishes second on the team ... Nine swipes came on 11 Aztecs and went 3-0 with a 1.75 ERA in 36 innings ... (2003, 2005) ... Earned first-team all-CIF honors as a attempts for an impressive 81.8 stolen base percent- ERA would have been the lowest on the team if she senior ... Also a member of the San Diego Union- age ... Drew a walk once every 4.71 at-bats, most pitched enough innings to qualify ... Struck out 37 bat- Tribune all-section team ... Named team most valu- among the team with 39 or more at-bats ... Started 36 ters and walked only five for a 7.4 strikeout-to-walk able player her final three years after winning the

PLAYERS of the 41 games she appeared in ... One of four ratio ... Earned her first start in a game against No. 2 offensive player of the year award in 2002 as a fresh- Aztecs (Monica Alnes, Megan Hartung and Chrissie UCLA on Feb. 12 ... Tossed three innings and struck man ... Played club ball for coach Tom Peronto and Markham) to record at least one single, double, triple out four batters, while allowing three hits and one run the San Diego Renegades from 2001-05 ... Also and home run on the season ... Had a career-long ... Went the next 15 2/3 innings without giving up a run played for the Santee Heat (2000-01). four-game hitting streak from Feb. 26-March 4 ... Had three hits on four occasions this season ... Only class- PERSONAL mate Erin Floros (five) had more games with three or Melissa Ann Owens was born July 23, 1987, in more hits ... Went 3-for-3 and tied a career high with San Diego, Calif. ... Is the daughter of Mark and Ann three RBI in the second game of a home doublehead- Owens ... Is undecided on a major at San Diego State er vs. Brigham Young on May 4 ... Also had three hits ... Lists Everyone Loves Raymond as her favorite tel- (3-for-4) against Brigham Young in the first game of a evision show and The Notebook as her favorite movie doubleheader on March 31 ... Was 3-for-4 with an RBI ... Favorite sports team is the San Diego Padres and and a run scored versus Indiana State (Feb. 26) and favorite athlete is the Padres’ Khalil Greene ... Enjoys finished 3-for-3 with a career-high three runs scored hanging out with friends in her spare time ... Says that against Rider on Feb. 17 ... Had her first career triple, the most impressive thing about the Aztec coaching scored two runs and had her first three-RBI game in staff is their dedication. the nightcap against BYU (March 31) on the way to a 2-for-2 game ... Recorded her first career homer in SDSU’s 3-1 victory over Oklahoma State on Feb. 11 HISTORY REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2006 .283 41-36 99 18 28 2 1 2 16 38 .384 21 1 17 0 .410 1 1 9-11 40 77 11 .914 Career Highs: At-bats - 4 (six times, most recent at BYU, 3/31/06); Runs - 3 (vs. Rider, 2/17/06); Hits - 3 (four times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/4/06); Doubles - 1 (two times, most recent vs. BYU, 5/12/06); Triples - 1 (at BYU, 3/31/06); Home Runs - 1 (two times, most recent vs. CS Fullerton, 3/10/06); RBI - 3 (two times, most recent at BYU, 5/4/06); Stolen Bases - 1 (nine times, most recent at BYU, 5/4/06); Game Hitting Streak - 4 (2/26/06-3/4/06) Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg. WP HBP SFA SHA 2006 1.75 3-0 9 7 2 2 0 0 36.0 38 10 9 5 37 3 2 2 148 .271 3 2 1 0 Career Highs: Innings pitched - 6.1 (vs. Oklahoma State, 3/16/06); Strikeouts - 8 (at San Diego, 3/1/06); Scorless innings allowed - 16.0 (2/12/06-3/10/06)

36 2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #8 Dani Sidoti INTRODUCTION THIS IS SDSU COACHING STAFF

Outfielder RS-Sophomore 1 Letter L-R 5-10 Tucson, Ariz. Salpointe Catholic HS

Will look to regain from freshman season after red- FRESHMAN SEASON (2005) Jenae ... Kinesiology major with an emphasis in phys- shirting last year recovering from a knee injury ... Will Appeared in 36 games ... Earned 22 starts ... Had ical therapy ... Would like to attend doctorate school add experience to a young outfield ... One of five left- 12 hits in 60 at-bats for a .200 average ... Added three after receiving her degree at San Diego State ... handed hitters on the team. RBI and two stolen bases ... Stole the two bases on Favorite movies are Gladiator and The Sweetest three attempts ... Added two sacrifice hits ... A solid Thing ... Lists Family Guy, CSI and Reno 911 as her RS-SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006) fielder, she recorded a 88.9 fielding percentage ... favorite television shows ... Favorite athlete is her lit- Utilized her redshirt season while recovering from Had two assists from the outfield ... Committed just tle brother, Nathan ... Person in history who she a knee injury. one error in 11 Mountain West Conference games ... would have most liked to meet is Mother Theresa ... Had a season-long five-game hitting streak from Feb. Her biggest athletic thrill was trying out for the U.S. 26-March 12 ... Was 5-for-12 (.417) during Junior Olympic softball team when she was in high the five-game stretch ... Had a season-high school. two hits in three at-bats on Feb. 5 in SDSU’s 5-1 triumph over UC Riverside ... Got off to a hot start to begin the season ... In her first four games as an Aztec, she went 3-for-9 PLAYERS (.333) with five runs and two RBI ... Appeared in nine games as a defensive replacement or pinch runner, second most on the team ... SDSU was 8-3 when she had at least one hit ... The Aztecs were 13-9 when she got the starting nod. OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY

HIGH SCHOOL Played four years for Salpointe Catholic High School ... Three-time all-southern Arizona athlete, who was also all-state twice … Was the female athlete of the year … USA Softball junior national team camp selection … 3.9 cumulative GPA … Member of the National Honor Society … Also lettered three years for the Lancer volleyball team … Graduated with honors.

PERSONAL Danielle Nicole Sidoti was born Sept. 17, 1986, in Bakersfield, Calif. ... Daughter of Steve and Susan Sidoti ... Has a twin sister,

SDSU Career Stats Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2005 .200 36-22 60 8 12 1 0 0 3 13 .217 4 0 11 0 .250 0 2 2-3 14 2 2 .889 2006 Did Not Play - Redshirted due to a knee injury TOTAL .200 36-22 60 8 12 1 0 0 3 13 .217 4 0 11 0 .250 0 2 2-3 14 2 2 .889 Career Highs: At-bats - 4 (two times, at BYU, 4/22/05); Runs - 2 (vs. Saint Mary’s, 2/4/05); Doubles - 1 (vs. UC Riverside, 2/5/05); RBI - 1 (three times, most recent at BYU, 4/22/05); Walks - 2 (vs. Towson, 3/19/05); Stolen Bases - 1 (two times, most recent vs. Indiana, 3/12/05)

2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 37 Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) This is SDSU Softball #18 Christine Kulick

Infielder Sophomore TR L/R 5-3 Aliso Niguel, Calif. Aliso Niguel HS Iowa State

IOWA STATE (2006) PERSONAL Attended Iowa State as a freshman but trans- Christine Nicole Kulick was born April 18, 1987, in ferred before the spring season began. Palm Springs, Calif. ... Is the daughter of August and Michellene Kulick ... Is majoring in journalism with HIGH SCHOOL aspirations of writing for a magazine ... Enjoys run- Earned four letters at Aliso Niguel High School in ning and watching movies in her spare time ... Aliso Viejo, Calif. ... Helped the Wolverines win the Favorite home-cooked meal is her mom’s Sea View League championship her senior year ... Thanksgiving dinner ... Her biggest athletic thrill is Was a three-time all-Sea View League selection ... A being able to play softball every day ... Television two-year all-CIF honoree ... Was the team captain her show she can’t miss is America’s Next Top Model ... senior year for co-coaches Joe Miller and Dan Would like to see San Diego State advance to the Munsell ... A scholar athlete for three years ... Also Women’s College World Series this season. COACHING STAFF THIS IS SDSU INTRODUCTION STAFF COACHING ran for the Aliso Niguel cross country team her freshman year.

PLAYERS #15 Katy Erickson

Outfielder Freshman HS R-R 5-5 Tustin, Calif. Foothill HS

HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL A four-year letterwinner at Foothill High School in Kathleen Ann Erickson was born March 2, 1988, Tustin, Calif. ... Led the Knights to a pair of Sea View in Orange, Calif. ... Is the daughter of Scott and Pam League titles (2003, 2005) ... 2003 squad also Erickson ... Is undecided on a major at San Diego advanced to the CIF DI semifinals ... Named second- State but is interested in becoming an elementary HISTORY REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY team all-league and was a member of the all-DI school teacher ... Lists hanging out with friends as a Southern Section team ... Also won the team’s coach- hobby, along with going to the beach, dancing and es award after her senior year ... Played for Jeff shopping ... Favorite television show is Grey’s Jordan from 2004-06 and Joe Gonzales in 2003 ... Anatomy ... Three words that best describe her are Named a scholar-athlete all four years ... A three-year fun, unique and caring ... Most prized possession is member of the basketball team where she garnered her family ... Best non-athletic talent is eating. all-league honorable mention honors after her senior campaign ... Helped the basketball team to the . league title her senior year.

38 2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #22 Sydney Fleming INTRODUCTION THIS IS SDSU COACHING STAFF

Catcher RS-Freshman SQ R-R 5-8 Oakland, Calif. Bishop O’Dowd HS

Will provide depth behind the plate ... Got stronger in mention accolades in 2002 and 2003 ... Was also a ball for Weber State from 1970-74, and brother, the weight room after redshirting her first season on four-year letterwinner for the golf team and was Steve, Jr., played college hoops for Cal Poly ... Also Montezuma Mesa ... A hard-worker. named the league’s rookie of the year after her was recruited by Long Beach State ... Is majoring in freshman season and all-league as a senior ... Was advertising ... Favorite movie is The Sandlot ... RS-FRESHMAN SEASON (2006) a member of the National Honor Society and was Favorite sports team is the Oakland Athletics and Utilized her redshirt season in her first year on the senior class president ... Played club ball for the favorite athlete is Oakland’s Eric Chavez ... Favorite The Mesa. Pleasanton Phantom (2004-05) and the California place to hang out in San Diego is Mission Beach ... Crossfire (2000-04) ... A scholar-athlete with a 3.64 Three words that best describe her are outgoing, HIGH SCHOOL GPA. confident and trustworthy ... She is better than any- Earned four letters at Bishop O’Dowd High one else when it comes to singing in the shower. School in Oakland, Calif. ... Garnered most valuable PERSONAL player honors in the HAAL/NCS League after her Sydney Alexis Fleming was born Aug. 14, 1987, senior and junior seasons ... Received first team all- in Oakland, Calif. ... Daughter of Steven and league honors in 2004 and 2005 and honorable Stephanie Fleming ... Father, Steve, played basket- PLAYERS #12 Stephanie Frasca OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY Outfielder Freshman HS R-R 5-4 San Diego, Calif. San Marcos HS

HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL Played four years of varsity softball at San Stephanie Anne Frasca was born March 31, Marcos High School in San Marcos, Calif. and 1988, in Manatee, Fla. ... Daughter of Scott and Mission Hills High School in San Diego ... Helped the Francine Frasca ... Will major in kinesiology with Grizzlies to a Division III championship in 2005 ... aspirations of becoming a personal trainer ... Named all-CIF in 2006 and was a second-team all- Favorite sports team is the San Diego Padres ... Palomar League selection ... Also named second- Favorite place to hang out in San Diego is the beach team all-Valley (Mission Hills) ... Garnered player of ... Athlete she most admires is teammate Monica the week honors by both the San Diego Union- Alnes ... Person in history she would most like to Tribune and the North County Times ... Played for meet would be Marilyn Monroe ... Her advice to kids coaches Pat Morgan (San Marcos) and Alexis is, “make wise choices, and cherish your family and Clemens (Mission Hills) ... Captained both the soft- friends.” ball and volleyball team her final two seasons.

2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 39 Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #39 Brittany Knudsen

Outfielder Freshman HS L-R 5-5 San Diego, Calif. Escondido HS

HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL Earned two letters at Escondido High School in Brittany Lee Knudsen was born July 22, 1988, in San Diego, Calif. ... Helped lead the Cougars to Escondido, Calif. ... Daughter of John and Melisa Valley League titles in both softball and tennis ... Knudsen ... Plans to major in kinesiology while at San Softball team also won the CIF championships ... Diego State and would like to become an athletic Earned all-state recognition after her senior softball trainer ... Favorite television show is Early Edition ... season and was named the team’s best offensive Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Angels of and defensive player ... Also won the CIF sportsman- Anaheim and favorite athlete is Babe Ruth ... The CD ship award ... Was selected as the MVP of the Valley currently playing in her car is Southern Accents (Tom League in soccer, and was named all-league and Petty and the Heartbreakers) ... Person in history she most inspirational on the team ... Was named would like to meet is Leonardo DiVinci ... The ultimate

COACHING STAFF THIS IS SDSU INTRODUCTION STAFF COACHING Escondido’s Female Athlete of the Year for 2005-06 sporting event she would like to attend would be ... A four-year scholar-athlete ... Member of the game seven of any World Series. National Honor Society.

PLAYERS #19 Lindsey Marquez

Infielder/Outfielder/Catcher Freshman HS R-R 5-1 Tustin, Calif. Lutheran HS

HIGH SCHOOL Is majoring in liberal studies with plans to become a A four-year letterwinner at Lutheran High School kindergarten teacher or a social worker ... Favorite is Tustin, Calif. ... Named the 2006 Empire League movie is A League of Their Own and favorite televi- Most Valuable Defensive Player ... Also earned first- sion show is Laguna Beach ... Athlete she most team all-Empire League accolades in 2006 ... Was a admires is St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert HISTORY REVIEW OPPONENTS HISTORY second-team selection in both 2004 and 2005 ... Pujols ... Person she would like to meet most is cur- Received the team’s most inspirational award in 2005 rent President George Bush ... The ultimate sporting and again in 2006 ... Played for coach Steve Miklos event she would like to attend would be game seven at Lutheran ... Also a member of the soccer and track of the World Series at Yankee Stadium ... Would like and field teams ... A scholar-athlete. to bat over .300 this season and would like the team to win NCAA regionals and advance to the Women’s PERSONAL College World Series. Lindsey Patricia Marquez was born June 11, 1988 ... Daughter of Dave and Marianne Marquez ...

40 2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006) Meet the Aztecs #27 Janae Portugal INTRODUCTION THIS IS SDSU COACHING STAFF

Infielder Freshman HS R-R 5-8 San Diego, Calif. Westview HS

HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL A four-year letterwinner at Westview High School Janae Portugal was born Jan. 27, 1988, in San in San Diego ... Helped the Wolverines win the 2006 Diego ... Daughter of Don and Marsha Portugal ... CIF championships ... Team also was the Palomar Plans to major in business ... Favorite movie is Cat in League champions and 2003 CIF Champions ... the Hat and favorite television show is Family Guy ... Received all-state accolades ... Was named to the Favorite athlete is Bobby Crosby ... Enjoys Italian San Diego Union-Tribune all-section first team, all- food and favorite food is fettucine alfredo ... Lists Valley League first team and the all-Palomar League teammate Lindsey Marquez as the person who will first team ... Earned Westview’s Athlete of the Year surprise people the most on the diamond this season award ... Also was a member of the school’s basket- ... If she could change one thing in the world she ball team ... Won the Coca-Cola Golden Girl Award would take away all nuclear weapons. and was on the academic honor roll. PLAYERS #00 Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY Utility Freshman HS R-R 5-3 San Diego, Calif. Morse HS

HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL A four-year letterwinner at Morse High School in Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario was born April 9, San Diego ... Earned second-team all-Eastern 1988, in San Diego ... Daughter of Steve and Pam League honors after both her junior (2005) and sen- Rosario ... Has aspirations of becoming a chemistry ior (2006) seasons ... Was a first-team selection after teacher ... Favorite movie is The Notebook ... her sophomore year (2004) ... Was a San Diego Favorite book is ‘The Awakening’ by Kate Chopin ... Union-Tribune second-team pick after her junior and Favorite home-cooked meal is spaghetti and garlic senior seasons ... Named MVP of the Tigers all four bread ... She has never been able to dive into a years she played ... Also excelled at field hockey swimming pool ... Her superstition is to pick up every where she earned four letters, and was a first-team penny she sees on the ground no matter how late all-league pick after her junior and senior campaigns she is because it is good luck. ... Was a San Diego Union-Tribune scholar-athlete three years and was a honor roll student all four years at Morse.

2007 SDSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 41 Three-Time Mountain West Conference Champions (2002, 2003, 2006) Three NCAA Appearances (2001, 2003, 2006)