2012 WASHINGTON SOFTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE

2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2010 PAC-10 CHAMPIONS 10 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES • 18 CONSECUTIVE POSTSEASON APPEARANCES Contact: Alyssa Olveda Phone: 206-724-7972 Email: [email protected] Website:www.GoHuskies.com 2012 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 32-4 Overall; 3-3 Pac-12 HUSKIES LOOK TO REBOUND AT HOME WITH ARIZONA Date Opponent Time/Result KAJIKAWA CLASSIC - Tempe, Ariz. 2/9 vs. No. 20/21 Nebraska W, 4-0 No. 17/16 Arizona at No. 4/4 Washington 2/10 vs. San Jose State W, 9-4 2/11 vs. Idaho State W, 10-2 (5) Pac-12 Series 2/11 vs. Northwestern W, 10-3 Husky Softball Field - Seattle 2/12 vs. Texas State W, 12-3 (6) April 5-April 7, 2012 CAMPBELL CARTIER CLASSIC - San Diego 2/17 vs. UCF (@SDSU) W, 1-0 (10) No. 4/4 Washington Huskies 2/17 at San Diego (@USD) W, 5-0 2012 - 32-4 2/18 vs. UC Santa Barbara (@USD) W, 9-0 (5) Pac-12 - 3-3 2/18 vs. Boise State (@USD) W, 7-4 2/19 vs. UC Davis (@USD) W, 11-3 (5) Vs. Top 25 Teams/RV: 8-4 CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC - Cathedral City, Calif. 2/23 vs. No. 1/3 Florida W, 5-2 2/24 vs. No. 16/14 Texas A&M W, 8-2 2/24 vs. No. 13/13 Georgia W, 7-5 2/25 vs. No. 11/11 Missouri L, 2-0 2/26 vs. No. 22/22 Nebraska W, 6-3 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER INVITATIONAL - Stockton, Calif. 3/2 vs. Sacramento State W, 9-0 (5) 3/2 vs. Delaware W, 12-0 (5) 3/3 at RV Pacific W, 5-4 3/3 vs. Delaware W, 5-0 Thurs., April 5 Fri., April 6 Sat., April 7 3/4 at RV Pacific W, 6-4 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon HUSKY SOFTBALL CLASSIC - Seattle 3/10 vs. Seattle U W 8-0 (6) 3/10 vs. North Dakota W, 4-0 Live stats/audio/video available on www.GoHuskies.com for all home games. 3/11 vs. North Dakota W, 12-4 (5) 3/11 vs. Seattle U W, 4-0 The Huskies return home where they are 7-0 this season trying to rebound from a tough trip at No. JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC - Fullerton, Calif. 1/1 Cal by hosting No. 17/16 Arizona Thursday and Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at noon. UW 3/15 vs. UC Davis W, 14-1 (5) 3/15 vs. Iowa W, 4-3 dropped just one spot in both polls this week and is now No. 4. 3/16 vs. Notre Dame W, 7-2 3/16 vs. 24/25 DePaul W, 9-1 (5) Series Coverage 3/19 at Cal State Bakersfield (DH) W, 12-0 (5); W, 15-4 (5) Live stats, video and audio provided by Mike Brown will be available for all three games at www. 3/23 vs. Utah* W, 5-1 gohuskies.com for free. 3/24 vs. Utah* W, 6-1 3/25 vs. Utah* W, 3-1 Scouting No. 17/16 Arizona 3/30 at No. 1/1 Cal* L, 2-1 The Wildcats rank No. 17 by the NFCA this week and No. 16 by ESPN/USA Softball. They are 23-9 4/1 at No. 1/1 Cal* L, 5-3 4/1 at N. 1/1 Cal* L, 6-4 overall and 0-3 in road games. They are 2-4 in the Pac-12, getting swept by ASU on opening weekend 4/5 vs. No. 17/16 Arizona* 6 p.m. and then taking two of three from Stanford last week. They also won a mid-week doubleheader vs. 4/6 vs. No. 17/16 Arizona* 6 p.m. San Diego State. Brigette Del Ponte is the team leader batting .351 with 34 hits and a .753 slugging 4/7 vs. No. 17/16 Arizona* Noon percentage. Shelby Pendley is the home run leader with 12 and Karissa Buchanan is 13-13 on the 4/10 at Oregon* (DH) 3 p.m. base paths. In the circle, both Shelby Babcock and Kenzie Fowler return. Babcock is 12-6 with a 4/11 at Oregon* Noon 2.22 ERA in 104.0 innings. Fowler is 9-3 with a 2.87 ERA and 115 strikeouts in 87.2 innings. Arizona 4/13 vs. UCLA* 6 p.m. leads the overall series 63-22 and won two of three last year in Arizona. 4/14 vs. UCLA* 4 p.m. 4/15 vs. UCLA* Noon 4/20 at Oregon State* 3 p.m. New Parking/Gate Information For Home Games 4/21 at Oregon State* Noon Due to construction at Husky Stadium, fans attending 2012 UW softball games will have a different 4/22 at Oregon State* Noon entrance for the outfield GA seating. For opening weekend Saturday and Sunday of the Husky 4/27 vs. Arizona State* 6 p.m. Softball Classic, fans wishing to sit in the outfield bleachers must purchase tickets at the make 4/27 vs. Arizona State* 4 p.m. ticket box near the main gate and enter through the East Field Entrance out past center field. In 4/29 vs. Arizona State* Noon the future, the Husky Ticket Office hopes to have tickets for purchase at the new entrance as well. 5/4 at Stanford* 7 p.m. The rates for parking this year during games has also changed. For weekday games the cost is 5/5 at Stanford* 1 p.m. $7 after 5 p.m. Before 5 p.m. the cost in E12 is $15 and $10 in E1. For weekend games, they cost 5/6 atStanford* Noon 5/18-20 NCAA Regionals TBA will be $7 in all lots. For more information visit the transportation page: http://www.gohuskies.com/ 5/25-27 NCAA Super Regionals TBA transportation/index.html. 5/31-6/6 WCWS - Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA All Times Pacific Home games in bold Become A Husky Fan On Social Media * indicates Pac-12 game Rankings listed at time of game Fans can follow the Husky softball team and receive updates throughout the off-season on the UW Softball Twitter page by logging on to www.twitter.com/UWSoftball. Head coach Heather Tarr has her own account, follow her at www.twitter.com/CoachTarr. The Huskies can also be found on Facebook via the Washington Softball fan page at www.facebook.com/UWHuskySoftball. HUSKIES IN THE POLLS Vote For Niki For Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Washington senior outfielder Nikia Williams was among 30 elite Division I softball student-athletes NFCA April 3 named to the 2012 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award watch list at the beginning of the season and on April 4 was selected as one of 10 finalists. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting RANK TEAM RECORD PRV. system to media, Division I head coaches and fans who will select one finalist who best exemplifies 1 California* (30) 33-1 1 excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. For more information 2 Alabama* 35-1 2 on all the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com. Fans can vote ONCE PER DAY until May 14 3 Texas 31-2 6 at: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/softball_2012/. Williams, a two-time All-American, is the 4 WASHINGTON 32-4 3 fifth Washington player in softball history to be selected and is one of only four candidates from the 5 Oklahoma 30-4 7 Pac-12 this season. Jenn Salling was a top-10 finalist and a Second-Team Lowe's Senior CLASS 6 Florida* 31-4 4 Award All-American in 2011. The Mission Viejo, Calif., native has been a big contributing factor in 7 Arizona State* 32-4 5 each of her three seasons at UW. She is a two-time All-Pac-10 Conference and All-Pacific region 8 La.-Lafayette 30-1 8 selection, two-time NFCA All-American, and was a member of the 2009 National Championship 9 Georgia* 29-7 9 team, where she was named to the Women's College World Series All-Tournament team after 10 Tennessee 27-8 10 setting WCWS records for RBI in a game and series, and was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman 11 Missouri* 28-5 12 team. She also was named to the "Watch List" for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the 12 Louisville 29-2 11 Year award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School (CLASS), it 13 UCLA* 25-7 14 focuses on the complete student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics 14 Stanford* 27-8 13 to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be 15 Hawai’i 29-3 16 classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence 16 Texas A&M* 25-10 15 - community, classroom, character and competition. Lowe's, an official Corporate Partner of the 17 Arizona* 23-9 19 NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award winner during the 2012 NCAA Women's College 18 USF 33-5 21 World Series, which will be held May 31-June 6 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 19 Oregon* 23-7 17 20 Michigan 24-10 20 No. 1/1 Cal Takes Series From UW 21 Florida St. 32-6 22 UW's first Pac-12 road trip to No. 1/1 Cal didn't quite go the way UW had planned, being swept by 22 Baylor 22-12 18 the Golden Bears. The Huskies had a 1-0 lead in game one on Friday entering the seventh and 23 North Carolina 24-9 23 needing just one out, Cal hit a two-RBI single to left to take the game. Saturday's game was rained 24 LSU 27-8 RV out so the two played a doubleheader on Sunday and UW rallied in the seventh in both games but 25 Oregon State* 26-10 RV it wasn't enough. Kaitlin Inglesby led the Huskies at the plate on the weekend and Bryana Walker pitched 3.0 scoreless innings in relief.

First-Ever Pac-12 Series Goes To UW Others receiving votes: Auburn 29, Tulsa 21, De- In the first-ever Pac-12 series, UW swept newcomer Utah, 3-0, with wins of 5-1, 6-1 and 3-1. Kaitlin Paul 11, Iowa 3, New Mexico 3, Purdue 3, Fresno Inglesby led the team at the plate batting .667 with six hits, one double, two home runs, eight RBI State 3, Georgia Tech 1. and a1.444 slugging percentage. In the circle, Kasey Stanchek went 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA and nine strikeouts in 11.0 innings, allowing just one earned run. ESPN.com/USA Softball April 3 Inglesby Named Pac-12/National Player Of The Week RANK TEAM RECORD PRV Husky sophomore p/dp, Kaitlin Inglesby, earned her first Pac-12 and ESPN Softball Collegiate 1 California* (20) 33-1 1 Player of the Week honor for her play in the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif. She helped 2 Alabama* 35-1 2 the Huskies to a 4-0 record and a five-inning run rule victory over then-No. 24/25 DePaul. She led 3 Texas 31-2 6 the team with a .692 average, four runs, nine hits, three doubles, a home run, nine RBI, a 1.154 4 WASHINGTON 32-4 3 slugging percentage, no strikeouts, a .692 on base percentage and a perfect fielding percentage. 5 Arizona State* 32-4 5 She also went 2-0 in the circle with a save. 6 Florida* 31-4 4 7 Oklahoma 30-4 7 Huskies Sweep DH At CSUB 8 La.-Lafayette 30-1 8 UW improved to 29-1 on the year with a doubleheader sweep at Cal State Bakersfield on Monday. 9 Tennessee 27-8 9 UW won by games in five-innings, 12-0 and 15-4. Sophomore Bryana Walker got the win in game 10 Georgia* 29-7 10 one while Inglesby got the win in game two. Freshman Kylee Lahners led UW in the series hitting 11 Missouri* 28-5 12 .800 with three runs, four hits, two doubles, four RBI and a 1.200 slugging percentage. Freshman 12 UCLA* 25-7 14 Kasey Stanchek pitched 3.0 scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one hit. 13 Louisville 29-2 11 14 Texas A&M* 25-10 15 UW Goes 4-0 at Judi Garman Classic 15 Stanford* 27-8 13 UW went a perfect 4-0 in the final pre-season tournament in Fullerton, Calif. Saturday's game vs. 16 Arizona* 23-9 17 No. 7/7 Oklahoma got rained out, but UW had two wins on Thursday vs. UC Davis and Iowa then 17 Oregon* 23-7 16 dropped Notre Dame and No. 24/25 DePaul on Friday. 18 USF 33-5 21 19 Hawai’i 29-3 18 Coach Tarr Milestones 20 Michigan 24-10 19 Head coach Heather Tarr picked up her 200th career victory with a win over San Diego State in 21 LSU 27-8 23 2010 and picked up win No. 250 at the Aztecs' home field over Northwestern in 2011. In the first 22 Florida St. 32-6 22 game of the Husky Softball Classic this season with a win over Seattle U, Tarr picked up her 300th 23 Oregon State* 26-10 RV career victory. 24 North Carolina 24-9 RV 26 Baylor 22-12 20 Fagaly Has Huge Weekend In Husky Softball Classic UW won its season-opening tournament, going 4-0 against Seattle U and North Dakota. Sophomore Others receiving votes: Auburn (18); Tulsa (16); De- Hooch Fagaly had her biggest weekend after coming back from tearing her ACL last season. She Paul 15); Syracuse (9); Minnesota (2); Virginia Tech hit over .700 and led the team in RBI and hit her first home run of the season. (2). Pohlman & Williams Selected In NPF Senior Draft * = 2012 Husky Opponent Kimi Pohlman and Nikia Williams became the sixth and seventh players in UW history to be selected in the NPF HUSKIES IN THE POLLS Senior Draft on March 7. Pohlman became the highest- NFCA ESPN.com ever Husky selected with the No. 2 overall pick by the Preseason 12 14 Chicago Bandits. Williams (Mission Viejo, Calif.) was the Feb. 14 7 9 16th overall pick and the fourth pick of the fourth round by Feb. 21 5 7 the USSSA Florida Pride. Both Pohlman and Williams were Feb. 28 4 3 members of the 2009 UW national championship team Mar. 6 4 3 and have earned numerous all-conference, all-region and Mar. 13 3 3 All-American honors. Both players were named to the Top Mar. 20 3 3 50 Pre-Season Player of the Watch list twice and to the Mar. 27 3 3 WCWS All-Tournament team as freshmen in 2009. The April 3 4 4 senior outfielder, Pohlman has been the leadoff batter the

2012 UW TEAM GAME HIGHS Batting past two years and a starting outfielder for UW all four seasons. At Bats: 35 vs. SJSU (2/10/12) She ranks in the top 10 all-time in school history in stolen bases, Runs: 15 at CSUB (3/19/12) on base percentage, batting average and hit by pitch. Williams, a 2012 GAMES SUMMARY Hits: 16, 2x, last at CSUB (3/19/12) utility player for the Huskies, ranks in the top 10 all-time in home RBI: 14, at CSUB (3/19/12) runs, RBI, slugging percentage and on base percentage. She Current Streak...... L 3 Doubles: 4 vs. Notre Dame (3/16/12) was also a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award nominee this season. At Home...... 7-0 Triples: 2 vs. Delaware (3/2/12) UW's Jenn Salling was the highest-ever player selected from On the Road...... 3-3 Home Runs: 3, 2x, last at CSUB (3/19/12) UW before this year, being drafted No. 3 overall by the USSSA Neutral Site...... 22-1 Total Bases: 27, 2x, last at CSUB (3/19/12) Pride last season. Salling along with former Huskies Ashley Last 10 Games...... 7-3 Walks: 11 vs. Northwestern (2/11/12) Charters and Danielle Lawrie all play for the USSSA Florida Longest Winning Streak...... 19 games Strikeouts: 10 at Cal (4/1/12) Pride. Charters was drafted in 2009 by the Rockford Thunder Longest Losing Streak...... 3 games Sac Hits: 2, 2x, last vs. Utah (3/24/12) as the 11th overall pick and the first pick of the third round. Largest Margin of Victory. 12, 2x, last at CSU Sac Flies: 3, 2x, last vs. Sacramento St. Aimee Minor was the second pick of the third round in 2006 to Largest Margin of Defeat.... 2, 3x, last at Cal (3/2/12) Connecticut. Kristen Rivera was the sixth overall pick in the first Stolen Bases: 8 vs. UC Davis (2/19/12) round to the Texas Thunder in 2005. Tia Bollinger was the 32nd Vs. NFCA Top 5*...... 1-3 Hit By Pitch: 3, 2x, last vs. UC Davis overall pick in the fifth round to the Akron Racers in 2004. The Vs. NFCA Top 10*...... 0-0 (3/15/12) Vs. NFCA Top 25*...... 6-1 LOB: 14 vs. Texas A&M (2/24/12) 2012 NPF College Draft was dominated by seven selections from the PAC-12 Conference. Of the seven choices there were two Fielding Day Games...... 28-3 Putouts: 30 vs. UCF (2/17/12) each at the University of Washington, UCLA, and Cal. Arizona Assists: 16 vs. UCF (2/17/12) State was represented with one selection. The SEC, which Night Games...... 4-1 Errors: 2, 11x dominated the 2011 Draft fell into a not-so-close second place DPs Turned: 2 vs. North Dakota (3/11/12) with four players selected. Brittany Mack was the No. 1 overall In One-Run Games...... 3-1 Pitching pick by the Pride out of LSU. Re-broadcast information on the In Two-Run Games...... 3-3 2012 Draft can be found at www.profastpitch.com. Due to NCAA In Three-Run Games...... 2-0 Innings Pitched: 10.0 vs. UCF (2/17/12) regulations, an active college senior-athlete is not eligible to sign In Four-Run Games...... 3-0 Runs Allowed: 6 at Cal (4/1/12) with her respective franchise until her 2011 season is complete. In Five+ Run Games...... 19-0 Earned Runs: 5, 2x, last at Cal (4/1/12) In Extra Innings...... 1-0 Walks Allowed: 9 at Cal (4/1/12)) Walker Throws No-Hitter In Louisville Slugger Classic In Shutouts...... 11-1 Strikeouts: 12 vs. Delaware (3/3/12) UW went 5-0 for the third tournament this season, winning its Hits Allowed: 12 at Cal (4/1/12) second pre-season tournament, the Louisville Slugger Invitational When Scoring 0-2 Runs...... 1-2 HRs Allowed: 3 vs. Georgia (2/24/12) hosted by Pacific in Stockton, Calif. UW defeated Pacific twice, When Scoring 3-5 Runs...... 10-2 Shutouts: 11 Sacramento State once and Delaware twice on the way to the When Scoring 6-9 Runs...... 12-0 championship. In the first-ever game between UW and Delaware, When Scoring 10+ Runs...... 9-0 sophomore pitcher Bryana Walker threw her first career no-hitter. 2012 INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Walker allowed just three base runners, one that was walked, When Scoring First...... 29-1 Batting When Scoring in the First Inning...... 21-0 At Bats: 5, 2x, last Pohlman vs. one that got hit by a pitch and another on a Husky error in 5.0 Northewestern (2/11/12) innings. It was the 27th no-hitter in UW history and the first by a Runs: 3, 8x pitcher on the current Husky roster. The last UW no-hitter came When Leading After 1 Inning...... 19-0 Hits: 4, Lahners at CSUB (3/19/12) from Danielle Lawrie who threw an 8-0 no-hitter vs. Stanford on When Leading After 2 Innings...... 22-0 RBI: 4, 4x, last Lahners at CSUB (3/19/12) May 7, 2012. It is the first non-conference no-hitter since Lawrie When Leading After 3 Innings...... 27-1 Doubles: 2, 4x took out Auburn 5-0 on March 11, 2010. Senior Nikia Williams When Leading After 4 Innings...... 27-1 Triples: 1,10x also had a huge weekend, being named one of the top performers When Leading After 5 Innings...... 19-1 Home Runs: 1, 29x of the week by the NFCA after batting .533 with six runs, eight When Leading After 6 Innings...... 17-1 Total Bases: 6, 7x hits, two doubles, a triple, a home run, 10 RBI, a 1.000 slugging Walks: 3, 5x percentage and a .611 on base percentage. When Trailing After 1 Inning...... 1-1 Stolen Bases: 3, 2x, last Pohlman vs. Utah When Trailing After 2 Innings...... 2-1 (3/23/12) Huskies Take Down Four Top 25 Teams In Cathedral City When Trailing After 3 Innings...... 3-3 Hit By Pitch: 2, 3x, last Souza vs. UC Davis UW went to the Cathedral City Classic undefeated and ready When Trailing After 4 Innings...... 3-3 (3/15/12) to face five Top 25 teams. The Huskies were impressive on the When Trailing After 5 Innings...... 1-3 Fielding week, handing No. 1 Florida its first loss of the season in the When Trailing After 6 Innings...... 1-3 Putouts: 16, Fagaly vs. UCF (2/17/12) Assists: 7, Gano vs. Nebraska (2/9/12) 5-2 victory. UW also defeated No. 16 Texas A&M (8-2), No. 13 Georgia (7-5) and No. 22 Nebraska (6-3). UW's only loss was a When Tied After 1 Inning...... 12-3 Errors: 2, Williams vs. Notre Dame (3/16/20) When Tied After 2 Innings...... 8-3 Pitching 2-0 game to No. 11 Missouri. Innings Pitched: 10.0, Inglesby vs. UCF When Tied After 3 Innings...... 2-0 (2/17/12) GoHuskies.com Honors Inglesby When Tied After 4 Innings...... 2-0 Strikeouts: 12, Stanchek vs. Delaware For her performance in the Cathedral City Classic, Kaitlin When Tied After 5 Innings...... 2-0 (3/3/12) Inglesby was named the GoHuskies.com Student-Athlete of When Tied After 6 Innings...... 2-0 the Week for the week of Feb. 20-26. Inglesby went 3-0 in the circle, picking up wins over No. 1 Florida, No. 16 Texas A&M and When Hitting 0 Home Runs...... 14-3 2012 HUSKY INDIVIDUAL HONORS No. 22 Nebraska. At the plate, she led UW in RBI and was one When Hitting 1 Home Run...... 10-1 of the top overall hitters on the weekend. She also was named When Hitting 2+ Home Runs...... 8-0 Kaitlin Inglesby Pitcher of the Week and Pac-12 Player of the Week by College • Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (2/14) Softball Madness. When Opponent Hits 0 Home Runs...... 24-2 • NFCA National Player of the Week (2/14) When Opponent Hits 1 Home Run...... 7-2 • GoHuskies.com Student-Athlete Of The UW Improves To 10-0 With Wins In San Diego When Opponent Hits 2+ Home Runs...... 1-0 Week (2/27) The Huskies spent the second weekend of the season at the • College Sports Madness Pitcher/Pac-12 Campbell/Cartier Classic in San Diego, hosted by USD and When Committing 0 Errors...... 11-4 Player of the Week (2/28) SDSU. UW went a perfect 5-0 with wins over UCF, UCSB, When Committing 1 Error...... 10-0 • Pac-12 Player of the Week (3/20) Boise State, USD and UC Davis. Freshman Kasey Stanchek When Committing 2+ Errors...... 11-0 • College Sports Madness Player of the Week was impressive in the circle, going 3-0 with a 1.17 ERA in three (3/20) starts with one complete game shutout. Kaitlin Inglesby went 2-0 When Out-Hitting Opponent...... 27-1 with a 1.40 ERA and Bryana Walker had two saves in the five When Out-Hit By Opponent...... 3-3 Kimi Pohlman games. At the plate, Jerrin Fa'asua led UW with a .556 average. When Hits Are Tied...... 2-0 • USA Softball Top 50 Watch List Kimi Pohlman hit .500 with six runs, nine hits, three RBI and six- • No. 2 overall pick in NPF Draft for-six stealing bases. Inglesby also hit .500 with a team-high Home Attendance (Avg.)...... 693 seven RBI and a .833 slugging percentage. Home Attendance ...... 3466 Nikia Williams • USA Softball Top 50 Watch List Huskies Named Co-Champs Of Kajikawa Classic • Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Candidate UW opened the 2012 season as co-champs of the Kajikawa • A top performer of the week by the NFCA Classic hosted by Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz., Feb. 9-12. UW, • Drafted by the USSSA Pride in the NPF along with New Mexico, was one of two teams out of the 28 in Draft attendance to go 5-0. The Huskies were led by junior catcher • Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Top 10 Finalist Shawna Wright on the weekend. Wright hit .545 with six hits, one double, two RBIs and five walks, getting all five starts behind the plate. Junior Kimi Pohlman, freshman Courtney Gano and senior Taylor Smith all hit .500. Freshman Kylee Lahners hit .429 with three home runs. In the circle, sophomore Kaitlin Inglesby went 3-0 with a save and a 1.50 ERA. UW defeated No. 21 Nebraska in game one with a 4-0 shutout. The Huskies also defeated San Jose State (9-4), Idaho State (10-2, 5 innings), Northwestern (10-3) and Texas State (12-3, 6 innings).

Inglesby Named Pac-12 Pitcher Of The Week/NFCA POW Sophomore pitcher Kaitlin Inglesby was named Pac-12 Softball Pitcher of the Week for February 6-12, Commissioner Larry Scott announced. Just hours after she earned Pac-12 honors, the NFCA announced that Inglesby was the National Player of the Week. Inglesby picked up where she left off her freshman year, leading the Huskies to a perfect 5-0 record and the co-championship of the Kajikawa Classic. Inglesby went 3-0 in the circle with two complete games, one save and a 1.17 ERA. She allowed just three earned runs in 18.0 innings, struck out 14 and held opponents to a .169 average. In the season opener against No. 21 Nebraska, Inglesby had a complete game shutout with five strikeouts as the Huskies won 4-0. Not only was Inglesby impressive in the circle but at the plate she hit .400 with four runs, six hits, three home runs, six RBIs, a 1.000 slugging percentage, three walks and no strikeouts. This is Inglesby's second career Pitcher of the Week honor and Washington's 83rd award.

Pohlman And Williams Named To Top 50 Player Of The Year Watch List Washington seniors Kimi Pohlman and Nikia Williams were among 50 players named to the "Watch List" for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, announced Wednesday by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America. Pohlman, a two-time First-Team All-Pac-10 and three-time All-Pacific Region, was previously named to the Watch List in her sophomore season. The Sammamish, Wash., native started in 52 of 53 games in 2011 and had the team highest overall at-bats (183), runs scored (57), hits (79) and batting average (.432), which ranks sixth in the Husky single-season record book. She owned a .536 slugging percentage and hit three home runs, two in a single game and one of which was an inside the park home run. The left-handed outfielder continued her success in stealing bases, swiping 25 of 29 bases last season, which put her in the Husky all-time record book ranked eighth in career stolen bases (67-75), not to mention she is tied for fourth in batting average (.379) and 10th in on-base percentage (.424). She also had a 10-game hitting streak and broke a 9.0 consecutive scoreless innings for Missouri pitcher Chelsea Thomas in the NCAA Super Regional. Williams, a First-Team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region last year, was a top 25 finalist for this very award last season. In 2011, she was a Second-Team NFCA All-American, named to the Seattle Regional All-Tournament team and invited to the National Team training camp. She was also a member of the USA Softball Futures team in 2010. The Mission Viejo, Calif., native started in all 53 games and batted .364 with 56 hits in 154 at-bats, recording 42 runs, 12 doubles, one triple. She led the team in home runs (14) and RBIs (56) with a .727 slugging percentage, which ranks her in the top 10 in the Husky career records for those categories. In game one of a doubleheader against Cal State Bakersfield (3/22), she hit a two-out solo home run and was a triple shy of the cycle. She also had 327 putouts, the most on the team. The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award recognizes outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate softball players across the country. The only Husky to win this prestigious individual honor was All-American pitcher Danielle Lawrie, winning it twice in 2009 and 2010. The pre-season "Watch List" includes 23 seniors, 20 juniors and seven sophomores, with freshman ineligible for consideration. (Freshman can be considered for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award once they have competed at the collegiate level). Athletes named to the "Watch List" represent 31 NCAA Division I universities and 13 athletic conferences. The Pac-12 has six member schools represented. The Top 25 Finalists for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 11. While an athlete does not have to be on the "Watch List" to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists. The Top 10 Finalists will be announced May 9 and the Top 3 Finalists will be announced May 23. On May 29 prior to the start of the 2012 NCAA Women's College World Series (WCWS) in Oklahoma City, the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed.

Huskies Picked Sixth In Pre-Season Pac-12 Poll The first-ever Pac-12 Pre-Season Coaches Poll has been announced and the defending champion Arizona State was nearly the unanimous No. 1 pick. Cal came in second, followed by Arizona, UCLA, Stanford, Washington, Oregon, Oregon State and Pac-12 newcomer Utah. Colorado does not sponsor a softball team. UW was picked sixth with 30 total points, just eight points behind No. 5 Stanford. The Pac-12 has kept records of the coaches poll dating back to 2001. Last season, UW was picked to tie for fourth with Cal and was picked first in 2010 after winning the 2009 national championship. In 2011, UW posted a 37-16 overall record and a 9-12 Pac-10 record. UW won conference series' last year against Oregon, Oregon State and Cal. The last time the Huskies faced Utah was in 2010 with decisive 8-0 victory.

Huskies Vs. Sun Devils To Air On FSN The Pac-12 Conference has announced the TV broadcast schedule for 2012 and Fox Sports Net has chosen three collegiate softball games to televise during the 2012 season, as part of their agreement with the Pac-12 conference, and the Huskies have received the honor of being chosen for one of these three games. Arizona State at Washington will take place on Friday, April 27 at 6 p.m. PT and will be televised at a time and date, TBD, soon after the contest. The network will also air California at Stanford, taking place on Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. PT and Arizona at UCLA, which will be played on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. PT. Steve Physioc is tentatively scheduled to provide play-by-play for the games. Physioc has most recently served as the play-by-play announcer for local telecasts of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Olympic gold and silver medalist Jessica Mendoza and Olympic gold medalist Amanda Freed will likely provide analysis for the games.

Season Debuts With their win in their season-opening game against No. 21 Northwestern on Feb. 9, the Huskies have won six-consecutive season openers. UW has opened each of its 20 seasons with a multiple-team tournament, accruing a 79-17-1 record. The Huskies have gone undefeated in eight of those tournaments (1996, 2000, '02, '03, '09, '10, '11, '12), including a 5-0 mark in this year's Kajikawa Classic. UW is 16-4 in season openers all-time. 2012 Washington Softball Roster No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Shawna Wright C R/R 5-9 JR Lancaster, Calif./Lancaster Pronunciation Guide 2 Marki Creger-Zier IF L/R 5-4 SO Steilacoom, Wash./Steilacoom 3 Niki Williams OF/IF R/R 5-9 SR Mission Viejo, Calif./El Toro Player and Coach Names Tara Bellusci Buh-LOOSH-e 4 Kimi Pohlman OF L/L 5-8 SR Sammamish, Wash./The Bear Creek School Marki Creger-Zier CREE-ger ZEER 5 Kimberlee Souza IF R/R 5-3 FR Waialua, Hawai’i Courtney Gano GAY-no 6 Taylor Smith OF R/R 5-9 SR Olympia, Wash./Timberline Lance Glasoe GLASS-oh 8 Courtney Gano IF R/R 5-9 FR West Covina, Calif./Los Altos Jerrin Faasua JEH-rin fa-ah-SOO-ah 9 Jerrin Fa’asua IF R/R 5-4 JR Oceanside, Calif./El Camino Hooch Fagaly fuh-GOLLY 10 Hooch Fagaly 1B/C R/R 5-8 RSSO Chino, Calif./Don Antonio Lugo Kylee Lahners LAWN-ners 11 Kylee Lahners IF R/R 5-8 FR Laguna Hills, Calif./Laguna Hills Kimberlee Souza SUE-zuh 13 Kaitlin Inglesby P/1B R/R 6-1 SO Portland, Ore./Central Catholic Kelli Suguro SUH-gur-OH 14 Jenna Clifton UTL/P R/R 5-6 SR Glendale, Ariz./Northwest Christian School Nikia Williams Niki 16 Kelli Suguro UTL L/R 5-4 SO Kent, Wash./Kentridge 17 Bryana Walker P R/R 5-10 SO La Quinta, Calif./La Quinta Hometowns/High Schools 19 Kasey Stanchek P R/R 5-9 FR El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge Anacortes Ann-uh-court-us Mission Viejo vee-AY-ho 20 Lindsay Monk C L/L 5-7 TRJR Mountain View, Calif./Mountain View Olympia O-limp-e-UH 21 Victoria Hayward OF L/L 5-7 SO Mountain View/Mountain View Sammamish suh-MAM-ish 24 Tara Bellusci OF L/R 5-7 FR Anacortes, Wash./Anacortes 25 Whitney Jones OF/P R/L 5-5 SO Upland, Calif./Upland Head Coach: Heather Tarr (8th season) Assistant Coaches: Cindy Ball (2nd season), Lance Glasoe (4th season), J.T. D’Amico (4th season)

Quick Facts School: ...... University of Washington Assistant Coach: ...... Cindy Ball Location: ...... Seattle, Wash. E-Mail:...... [email protected] Address: ...... 229 Graves Bldg., Box 354070, Seattle, WA 98195-4070 Assistant Coach: ...... Lance Glasoe Founded: ...... November 4, 1861 E-Mail:...... [email protected] Enrollment: ...... 42,000 (31,474 undergraduate) Assistant Coach: ...... J.T. D’Amico Nickname: ...... Huskies E-Mail:...... [email protected] Colors: ...... Purple and Gold Sports Information Director:...... Alyssa Olveda Conference: ...... Pacific-12 Conference Certified Athletic Trainer: ...... Katie Green Home Facility: ...... Husky Softball Stadium (1,500) Equipment Manager: ...... Gary McGuire Press Box Phone: ...... (206) 616-6936 Strength and Conditioning Coach: ...... Hans Straub Web Site: ...... www.GoHuskies.com President: ...... Michael Young 2011 Overall Record/Pac-10 Record (Finish): ...... 37-16/9-12 (T-6th) Athletic Director:...... Scott Woodward 2011 Postseason: ...... 3-2 (Super Regionals) Final NFCA Ranking: ...... 5 Athletic Communications Director: ...... Jeff Bechthold Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ...... 9/4 Softball SID: ...... Alyssa Olveda Position Starters Returning/Lost: ...... 6/3 Work: ...... (206) 685-3119 Pitchers Returning/Lost: ...... 2/2 Cell: ...... (206) 724-7972 Newcomers: ...... 5 E-Mail: ...... [email protected] NCAA Tournament Appearances: ...... 18 – 1994-2011 NCAA Tournament Record: ...... 75-36 Head Coach: ...... Heather Tarr College World Series Apps.: ...... 10 (1996-2000, ‘03, ‘04, ‘07, ‘09, ‘10) Record at Washington: ...... 312-132-1 (eighth season) Best NCAA Finish: ...... NCAA Champions (2009) Career Record: ...... 312-132-1 (eight season) Inaugural Season: ...... 1993 (31-27) E-Mail: ...... [email protected] All-Time Record: ...... 882-349-2 Conference Championships: ...... 3 (1996, 2000, 2010) All-Americans: ...... 25 2012 Pac-12 Conference Standings Conference Overall W L T Pct. W L T Pct. California 6 0 0 1.000 33 1 0 .971 Arizona State 4 1 0 .800 32 4 0 .889 UCLA 2 1 0 .667 25 7 0 .781 WASHINGTON 3 3 0 .500 32 4 0 .889 Oregon State 3 3 0 .500 26 10 0 .722 Oregon 2 3 0 .400 23 7 0 .767 Arizona 2 4 0 .333 23 9 0 .719 Stanford 1 5 0 .167 27 8 0 .771 Utah 0 3 0 .000 23 8 0 .742