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#21 Amanda Johnson
Position: Pitcher
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Class: Junior
Hometown: Fremont, Neb.
High School: Papillion-LaVista
2007: Earned Second Team 2007 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-Region honors ... named to the North Central Regional All-Tournament team after finishing the regional tournment with a 2.71 ERA while striking out 26 batters ... named Daktronics All-North Central Region First Team ... earned NSIC Pitcher of the Year accolades ... was named First Team All-NSIC and named to the NSIC All-Tournament team ... was named NSIC Player of the Week three times during the season ... hit game winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh to win the game versus Winona State to claim SMSU’s second conference tournament championship ... Broke SMSU’s career strikeout record now tallying 575 total ... the previous record was 403 held by Jill Clark (2000-03) ... holds record for single season wins with 27 and career wins with 50 ... broke single season record for innings pitched having 233.0 innings which broke her previous record of 218.2 innings pitched in a season ... ranks third in career ERA with 1.46 ... was ranked 16 in the NCAA national rankings for strikeouts per seven innings, victories and saves ... had eight double-digit strikeout performances ... led the NSIC with a 1.43 ERA and 93 strikeouts in conference games.
2006: Put together perhaps the most dominant season on the mound in SMSU history as a true freshman ... named Second Team All-North Central Region by NFCA, the highest Division II honor for any SMSU pitcher in school history ... named NSIC Pitcher of the Year, NSIC Newcomer of the Year, and First Team All-NSIC ... named to NSIC All-Tournament team after pitching 29.1 innings and allowing just two earned runs with 40 strikeouts ... shattered the single-season SMSU strikeout record by mid-season, racking up 298 strikeouts for the season, with the old record being 140 ... also broke single-season records for wins (23), innings pitched (218.2), appearances (42), strikeouts per seven innings (9.5), and saves (5) ... posted a 1.50 ERA and had 21 complete games ... had 12 double-digit strikeout performances ... finished fifth in the NSIC with a 1.40 ERA in conference play ... had five shutouts on the year, her first coming in an 11-strikeout performance against New Haven (Conn.) on March 12 ... tied the SMSU record for strikeouts in a game with 12 in seven innings on March 13 against Adelphi (N.Y.) and then broke the record on March 15 against Minnesota-Duluth with 16 strikeouts ... had a four-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts against MSU, Mankato on April 11 ... tossed a one-hit shutout against Wayne State on April 18 with 10 strikeouts ... also threw shutouts against Augustana and South Dakota ... threw career-high nine innings, allowing one unearned run in a 1-0 loss in the NSIC Championship game on May 6.
Papillion-LaVista High School: 2005 graduate of Papillion-LaVista High School ... four-year letterwinner in softball ... named First Team All-Metro Conference as a senior and honorable mention as a sophomore and junior, named Omaha World Herald All-State Class A honorable mention, World Herald All-Nebraska second team, Class A and All-Metro first team, and was named to the Class A All-State team ... in her senior season at Papillion-LaVista High School she finished with a 20-3 record, 0.67 earned run average and 204 strikeouts ... she also contributed on offense as she hit .269 with five doubles, two triples and 18 runs batted in ... played for Mike Govig.
Parents: Les and Karen Johnson
Major: Hospitality
Born: Feb. 22, 1987
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