6 Katie Pifer
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Meadville, Pa.
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- High School:
- Meadville
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- Position:
- P
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
Team tri-captain and will serve as one of the Scots’ top-two pitchers again … Has continued to improve and should benefit from her prior experience … 2008: Served as one of the squad’s hurlers, winning five games (5-9) to go along with a 3.91 ERA and 37 punchouts over 87.2 innings (15 starts) … Tossed a complete-game 5-0 shutout, giving up six hits and striking out four vs. Eastern Nazarene (March 15) … 2007: Split starts throughout the year, appearing in 19 contests and completing 15 of them … Won five games (5-14) and tallied a 4.58 ERA during 100-plus innings (107.0) … Struck out 47, including a season-high six in 6.1 innings versus Franklin Pierce (March 17) … 2006: Thrust into the spotlight as a first-year when reigning NCAC co-Pitcher of the Year Natalie Barone was injured and responded well … Started 25 of the team’s 40 games, completing 21, and entered eight others … Went 11-13 with a 4.10 ERA and 57 strikeouts over 160.2 innings … Tossed three shutouts and yielded only one hit in three different games … Whiffed a season-high six batters twice … Prior to Wooster: All-region and all-district selection in softball as a senior at Meadville Area High School, helping the Bulldogs to the Region IV championship … Racked up a record of 24-4 in two years … Personal: Born Feb. 21, 1987 … Daughter of Earl and Deborah Pifer … Majoring in history with a minor in communication studies.