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| Height: | 5-8 |
| Year: | Sr. |
| Hometown: | McDonough, Ga. |
| High School: | Henry County |
| Position: | RHP |
Junior season (2009)
Went 10-13 with a 4.13 ERA ... made 31 appearances with 22 starts
... worked 145.2 innings and struck out a staff-high 136 batters
... allowed 114 runs, 86 of them earned, on 150 hits ... tossed one
shutout and combined on another ... had 16 complete games ... her
10 wins tied for sixth-most in the Southern Conference ... finished
fifth in league in complete games and 10th in opponent batting
average (.265) ... was also fifth in appearances, seventh in
innings pitched and eighth in starts ... took a pair of SoCon
Pitcher of the Week awards on the season ... took her first award
of the season on Feb. 16 after going 2-0 with a 0.54 ERA in two
games at Charlotte's Green and White Classic ... picked up her
second award on May 4 after going 3-0 with a 1.14 ERA in five
appearances ... she picked up wins over Liberty, Virginia Tech and
Elon on the week, striking out 33 batters and walking just nine ...
struck out nine against Liberty on April 29 to surpass 400 for her
career ... struck out eight batters the following day against the
Hokies ... matched her career high with 12 strikeouts against Elon
on May 2 ... shut out Rider on Feb. 27, allowing just one hit and
striking out eight ... took a no-hitter into the fourth before
Rider snuck a double just inches inside the left field line ...
opened the season 5-12 but closed the campaign with a 5-1 record in
her last six decisions, winning five straight before taking the
loss against Georgia Southern in the SoCon tournament on May 8 ...
posted a 0.99 ERA with 45 strikeouts and just 13 walks during her
five-game winning streak ... struck out 11 batters in a win over
second-seeded College of Charleston at the SoCon tournament on May
7 ... made three appearances at the tournament, going 2-1 with a
2.21 ERA ... her 136 strikeouts were the ninth-most in school
history for a single season, giving her spots in the top 10 in each
of her three years at UNCG ... enters her senior season with 443
career strikeouts, just 122 shy of Vanessa Oakes' school record of
565 ... earned a spot on the Dean's List for the spring
semester.
Sophomore season (2008)
Posted an 11-18 record with a 2.60 ERA in 33 appearances,
including 20 starts ... posted a staff-best 22 complete games ...
also had a team-high six shutouts and combined on another ...
pitched 186.0 innings, allowing 69 earned runs (93 total) on 156
hits ... struck out a career-best 172 batters, the third-best
single-season mark in school history ... moved into the UNCG career
top 10 in several categories ... had at least one strikeout in each
appearance ... was named the SoCon Pitcher of the Month for
February after notching five wins, including four shutouts ...
threw three one-hitters on the season, including a one-hit shutout
in her first start of the season, a 2-0 win over Jacksonville on
Feb. 8, with that one hit being an infield single from the second
batter of the game ... also threw one-hit, 1-0 shutouts over UNC
Wilmington (Feb. 24) and Delaware (March 2) ... the hit by UNCW was
also an infield single from the second batter of the game ...
against Delaware, she had a no-hitter through four innings ... had
three straight games with double digits in strikeouts, fanning a
career-best 10 against UMBC on Feb. 17, then matching that feat six
days later against Delaware State ... bettered that mark with 12
against UNC Wilmington on Feb. 24 ... earned a win over top-seeded
Chattanooga on May 8 and worked four innings of hitless relief
against the Mocs on May 10 at the SoCon tournament ... got the
starting nod in the Spartans' exhibition against Team USA ...
earned a spot on the Dean's List fall semester.
Freshman season (2007)
Saw action in 35 games and made 24 starts ... had a 10-14 record
and a 3.52 ERA on the season ... pitched 12 complete games and had
four shutouts ... in 167.0 innings pitched, allowed 100 runs (84
earned) on 177 hits ... tallied 135 strikeouts, which was good for
seventh on UNCG's single-season list at the time ... also named to
the Winthrop/adidas Invitational all-tournament team ... struck out
a season-high nine against Campbell on Feb. 2 ... allowed just one
earned run in eight innings of a 2-1 win over Ohio on Feb. 18 ...
also allowed just one earned run in a 3-2, extra-inning loss to
Charlotte on Feb. 23 ... earned a spot on the Dean's List for the
fall semester.
High school
Was a starting pitcher at Henry County High School for coach Chuck
Campbell ... earned two consecutive All-Southern Crescent Softball
first-team selections ... a four-time recipient of the Henry County
High School Most Valuable Pitcher Award and Henry County Athlete of
the Year ... finished her senior year with an 18-7 record, 0.48 ERA
and 198 strikeouts ... holds Henry County's school record for most
strikeouts ... also played for the East Cobb Bullets.
Personal
Amber Nichole Harrell ... born July 18, 1988, in Atlanta, Ga. ...
daughter of Donny and Karen Harrell ... majoring in interior
architecture.

