1999: Somehow surpassed her sophomore year totals, posting a 39-8 record with four saves, 366 strikeouts and a 1.12 ERA…also batted .293 with 11 home runs and 78 RBI…Second Team All-America selection…also was a First Team All-Great Lakes Region pick…earned MCC Player and Pitcher of the Year honors for the second consecutive year…named MVP and Pitching Champion of the MCC Championship…threw the first perfect game in MCC Championship history, blanking Wright State, 8-0, in six innings and striking out 12…three-time MCC Pitcher of the Week honoree…went 6-0 with a minuscule 0.16 ERA in MCC play…established UIC single season standards in wins (39), appearances (53), complete games (37), innings pitched (306.1), strikeouts (366), home runs (11) and RBI (78)…opponents batted just .167 against her…won 24 of her final 27 decisions…defeated nationally ranked teams such as Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon and South Carolina…despite losing to Minnesota, 1-0, struck out 12 Gophers…threw a one-hitter and fanned 10 in a 1-0 win over Florida International…out-dueled All-American and Olympian Christa Williams, 4-1, in a win over Texas at the NCAA Regional…walked just 12 batters in her final 98.0 innings of work…drove in six runs with two homers in a 3-for-3 outing versus Kentucky on March 20…batted in a run in six consecutive games from Feb. 7-13…had 11 multi-hit games including six three-hit outings…became UIC’s career record holder in RBI (188), doubles (56), home runs (29), saves (7), shutouts (46), wins (86) and strikeouts (851). 1998: A Third-Team All-America selection by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, the first player in UIC history to receive such an honor…First Team All-Great Lakes Region selection…was second in the nation with 32 wins…also ranked nationally in ERA and strikeouts per seven innings…three-time Midwestern Collegiate Conference Pitcher of the Week and was also once hailed as the Player of the Week…became first player in conference history to sweep both awards in the same week on March 30…had nine games of 10 or more strikeouts…threw a no-hitter against Radford…was the Most Valuable Player of the Buzz Classic… played first base, pitcher, designated player and third base… batted .383 (51-for-133) with 36 RBI and eight homers from March 7, on…threw 39 straight scoreless innings in March…also won 12 consecutive decisions in late March through early April…team MVP…named MCC Player and Pitcher of the Year, the first player to sweep both awards in the same year since 1994…MVP of the MCC Championship after going 2-0 with a save and a 0.00 ERA in three appearances…had a 15-game hitting streak in March. 1997: Rewrote the UIC record book as a freshman…named to the First Team All-Great Lakes Region as a utility player…Second Team All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference selection…also named to the MCC All-Newcomer Team…named to the Aztec Softball Classic All-Tournament Team…played all positions but the outfield…batted .339 with a .584 slugging percentage…ranked second in the MCC in RBI, home runs and doubles…among MCC pitching leaders, ranked seventh in winning percentage, fifth in ERA and third in strikeouts per seven innings…homered in four consecutive games in March in South Carolina…reached base safely in 19 straight games and had a season-high 15-game hitting streak in March…batted .333 in conference action…tied a then-UIC record with five RBI in a 10-0 win over Northwestern State in February…hit the first-ever homer by a UIC player on the new Flames Field, a grand slam, no less, in a UIC victory over Valparaiso in April…two-time MCC Pitcher of the Week…threw two no-hitters - one versus Florida and one against Northern Illinois…in MCC action, went 5-0 with a 1.25 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 33.2 innings of work...had five appearances with 10 or more strikeouts including a season-high 12 versus Cleveland State in April…won six straight decisions in April…ranked as high as tenth in the NCAA in strikeouts per seven innings…struck out 174 in 150.0 innings of work…had 20 multi-hit games including a 4-for-4 performance versus Georgia…drove in three or more runs on eight occasions…went 3-for-4 with three doubles and four RBI versus Bucknell…batted .800 (4-for-5) versus defending National Champ Arizona…ranked ninth in the nation in strikeouts per seven innings (8.12)…honored as the Star of the Month by the San Diego Hall of Champions in February…after struggling in her first two outings on the mound, rebounded to go 15-7 with a 1.18 ERA in her final 24 appearances of the season, going the distance 18 times. High School: First-team all-league selection for four seasons…two-time softball team MVP…three-time first-team all-county selection…1996 San Diego Tribune Female Athlete of the Year…Hilltop High School's 1996 Female Athlete of the Year…four-year letterwinner in softball, volleyball and basketball…three-time all-league selection in volleyball…volleyball team MVP in 1995…led Hilltop to three league softball titles and a county championship…member of the San Diego Lightning Travel Team that took third place at 18U ASA Nationals in 1996. Personal: Daughter of Lopati and Sala Iuli…born August 24, 1978…majoring in kinesiology.
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