Chrissy Owens
12/13/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Career Stats
2007 (Junior):
- Easton Bell Sports First Team All-American selection
- Louisville Sluggger NFCA Third Team All-American honoree
- NFCA All-South Region Second Team member
- USA Softball National Player of the Year Top-25 Finalist
- Bama Bash All-Tournament Team member
- Crimson Classic All-Tournament honoree
- Easton Spring Fling All-Tournament Team member
- Pitched in 37 games with 26 starts on the year
- Her two saves moved her into a tie for the school record with 16 career saves
- Won 20 games for the second straight year, posting a team-high 24 victories
- Ranked 18th in the nation and fourth in the SEC with a 1.30 ERA
- Tied for fourth in the SEC with 24 wins and third in fewest runs allowed
- Started the season 16-0 with a 0.58 ERA, allowing only eight earned runs in 96 2/3 innings pitched
- Had 14 games with five or more strikeouts
- Was 8-2 when pitching in the first game of an SEC series
- Only allowed two home runs in 154 ?? innings during the regular season
2006 (Sophomore):
- 2nd Team NFCA All-South Region
- Bama Bash! Co-MVP
- ACADEMIC ALL-SEC
- Pitched in 33 games with 20 starts on the season
- Set school record with 0.68 ERA for the year
- Ranked second in the nation behind Cat Osterman of Texas with a 0.68 ERA, her ERA was never above a 0.75 on the season
- Held opponents to a .184 batting average
- Allowed five or fewer hits in 16 of the 21 games in which she pitched at least five innings
- Threw a complete game, five inning no-hitter in the NCAA Regional contest against Mississippi Valley State (5/19) with 12 K, 10th no-hitter in school history
- Tallied seven shutouts and five combined shutouts
- Only allowed 15 earned runs in 154 innings with 190 strikeouts
- Led the team with 7.3 strikeouts per game (based on 7-inning game)
- Posted six games with 10 or more strikeouts with 12 in three games
- Pitched 27 innings allowing 15 hits and two earned runs with 30 strikeouts in six postseason appearances.
- Recorded saves against Fresno State (3/16), Oklahoma (3/16) and Tennessee (3/26)
2005 (Freshman):
- Freshman All-SEC
- Academic ALL-SEC
- Bama Bash! All-Tournament Team
- Recorded first double-digit strikeout game of her career vs. UAB (2/6) with 11 Ks
- Recorded first collegiate win vs. Evansville (2/4) and first collegiate save vs. Houston (2/11)
- Came on in relief vs. Hawaii (3/6) in bottom of seventh with bases loaded and no outs and struck out three straight batters to end the game
- Had a streak where she did not allow an earned run in 33.1 consecutive innings
- Recorded sixth save of the season vs. Ole Miss (4/2), breaking the school record for saves in a season
- Had a streak where allowed one earned run in 33.2 IP
- Finished 16th in the country in ERA
- Led nation in saves with 11
Prep Highlights:
- Prepped at G. Holmes High School in Miami, Fla.
- Broke and presently holds Dade County strikeout records
- Most no-hitters in school history in 2001-2003 and average ERA was 0.16
- Named team MVP 2001-2003
- First Team All-County pitcher 2001-2004
- 2003 Runner-up Miami Herald Female Athlete of the Year
- Named Second Team all-state, 2001-2002
Personal File:
- Daughter of Henry and Mini Owens
- Has an older brother, Henry Jr. and an older sister Jennifer
- Started playing softball at age 5
- Her brother Henry Jr. is a pitcher for the Florida Marlins while her uncle was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 1980 and is currently managing in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system
- Born September 27, 1985 in Miami, Fla.
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