
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.