| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Atlanta, Ga. |
| High School: | The Westminster Schools |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats/Throws: | R/R |
| House Affiliation: | Pforzheimer |
Senior • 2010
Named to the All-Ivy League second team … Started
and went four solid innings in 3-1 win over Princeton Apr. 2
… Earned first win of the season in 7-6 victory at Cornell
Apr. 3, going 4.2 innings and allowing no runs on three hits
… Earned a save against Holy Cross Apr. 6, throwing one
inning of scoreless relief … Earned the win in relief,
pitching two scoreless innings in a 2-0 win over Columbia Apr. 11
… Picked up a win against Brown Apr. 18 throwing four
innings of one-hit ball and collected second save of the season
Apr. 19 in 4-2 win over the Bears … Named to Ivy League
Honor Roll for week of Apr. 20 … Had season-high three
strikeouts in two innings of work against Dartmouth May 1 …
Went 6.1 innings against Cornell in game two of the Ivy League
Championship series, scattering four hits and allowing one run,
walking none … Pitched a complete game in the deciding game
of the Ivy League Championship series, allowing three
runs.
Junior • 2009
Appeared in 16 games as pitcher … Held opposing
batters to a .285 batting average in 40 plus innings …
Scored five runs on the season as a pinch runner … Named Ivy
League Pitcher of the Week April 15 after pitching 11.2 scoreless
innings against Yale April 12 and 14, earning a win on the 14th.
Sophomore • 2008
Appeared in 24 games in relief ... Finished the year a perfect 6-0
with one save and was second on the team with a 2.51 earned-run
average ... Struck out 20 batters in 47.1 innings ... Also scored
three runs as a pinch runner ... Had a .941 fielding percentage
with one error in 16 chances ... Picked up her first collegiate win
against Mercer in the Mercer Easter Classic March 22, giving up two
hits in three scoreless innings of a 3-2 win ... Pitched her best
game of the year March 26 against St. Peter’s in the home
opener, walking one without giving up a hit in four scoreless
innings of a 10-2 win, picking up the decision along the way ...
Gave up two hits in two innings without giving up a run in the
second game of a doubleheader sweep at Yale April 12, earning her
first collegiate save.
Freshman • 2007
A National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ...
Posted a 3.20 earned-run average in eight appearances as a rookie
... Held opponents to .237 batting average, good for third on the
team ... Struck out nine batters in 15.1 innings ... Allowed one
run on three hits in four innings in first collegiate start, March
23 at Mercer, a 3-1 Harvard win ... Started against Quinnipiac
(April 19), surrendering two hits in three innings as part of a
combined shutout with Amanda Watkins and Bailey Vertovez ... Also
contributed to a combined shutout with an inning of scoreless
relief against St. Joseph’s (March 4) ... Made collegiate
debut March 3 against Michigan State.
Before Harvard
A four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for the Westminster
Schools softball team, setting records for single-season and career
wins ... Selected to all-state first team twice and all-region and
all-city first teams three times ... Received Outstanding Athletic
Achievement Award from school ... Named the Georgia High School
Athlete of the Month during senior year ... Also won three letters
as a power forward for the basketball team, which she captained as
a junior ... Won Coaches Award three times for softball and once
for basketball ... Helped both teams reach the state playoffs three
times, with the softball team winning two regional championships
and the basketball team winning three ... Also played on AAU
national-championship basketball team in 2003 ... Member of
National Honor Society and actively involved in Women’s
Sports Foundation’s GoGirlGo! program.
Personal
Hobbies include baking and photography ... Sister, Kelly Black
’97, was a four-year basketball letterwinner for Harvard ...
Concentrating in Psychology: Social and Cognitive Neurosciences ...
Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.

