2006 Softball Roster
Roster
Erin Downey
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- San Rafael
- Hometown:
- San Rafael, Calif.
At Syracuse: Holds the Orange record for career strikeouts per seven innings (7.67), saves (5) and double-digit strikeout games (15) … Ranks second at SU in career strikeouts (461), innings pitched (420.2), wins (37), appearances (79) and complete games (49).
Senior Year (2008) - She earned Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 Athletic Directors Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a)
Junior Year(2007)- She earned Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 Athletic Directors Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2006): 2006 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Northeast Region Second Team … 2006 All-BIG EAST Third Team … Set the Orange single-season record in 2006 for strikeouts and led the BIG EAST with 263 … Also established the SU season records for appearances (41), games started (34), complete games (29) and innings pitched (232.1) in 2006 … Set the SU single-season record for wins with her 18th vs. USF and became the first Orange pitcher to win 20 games with a victory vs. Connecticut … Earned her first win of the year vs. Middle Tenn. State, pitching five innings and striking out eight … Recorded two double-digit strikeout games at the Buzz Classic, including fanning a career-best 18 hitters vs. Georgia State … Named to the Buzz Classic All-Tournament Team after leading all pitchers at the tournament with 35 whiffs … School-record streak of consecutive appearances with at least one strikeout ended at 41 vs. Long Beach State … Pitched her first shutout of the year vs. Mercer … Named to the Capital Classic All-Tournament Team after going 2-2 with a 1.96 earned run average and 30 strikeouts at the tournament … Earned the first save for any Orange pitcher in 2006 with three innings of scoreless relief in game two vs. Rutgers … Pitched consecutive shutouts vs. Niagara and Hofstra.
Freshman Year (2005): Named BIG EAST Rookie of the Year … Second-team All-BIG EAST selection … Tied the SU single-season and rookie records with 17 victories (17-10) … Broke the Syracuse single-season and career records with four saves … Struck out a team-high 198 batters, the second-most in school history … Set a school record with seven double-digit strikeout games … Led the team with 188.1 innings pitched and 20 complete games … Threw a team-high four shutouts … Tied for second in saves in the BIG EAST … Was fifth in the league in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and was sixth in shutouts and fourth in complete games … Tied for 19th nationally in saves … Became the fastest SU pitcher to reach 100 career strikeouts (94.0 IP) … Tied the school record with five consecutive wins from April 12-17 … Was the winning pitcher in SU’s first-ever postseason win, a 5-1 victory versus Villanova in the BIG EAST Tournament … Earned her first save in her collegiate debut, holding third-ranked UCLA scoreless for three innings … Also earned a save in a 2-1 win versus 15th-ranked Florida State … Was the winning pitcher in a 4-3, eight-inning victory against the 22nd-ranked Seminoles … Had her first double-digit strikeout game with 10 in four and one-third innings versus George Mason … Threw her first career shutout in an 8-0 win at Hofstra … Allowed only one hit in an 8-0, five-inning win at Niagara … Tossed her first BIG EAST shutout in an 8-0, five-inning victory against Providence.
High School: Named the California Small School Player of the Year as a senior … Went 21-4 with a 0.04 earned run average and 404 strikeouts as a senior … Allowed only one earned run in 188 innings … Threw 14 shutouts, seven no-hitters and one perfect game in her final scholastic season … Limited opponents to a .066 batting average … Also batted .337 with five home runs and 20 runs batted in … Boasted a career record of 53-37 with a 0.31 earned run average … Struck out 1,144 hitters, while walking only 91 … Tossed 34 shutouts, 29 no-hitters and three perfect games in her high school career … Hit .336 with five home runs and 39 runs batted in her four seasons … First-team all-state in 2004 … Four-time first-team All-Marin County Athletic League … MCAL Most Valuable Player as a senior … Named the 2004 Redwood Empire Northern California Player of the Year … Four-time San Rafael High School MVP and team captain in 2004 … Set the MCAL record with 247 strikeouts in 16 league games as a senior … Led the Lady Dawgs to a 22-4 record and the Class 2A California Interscholastic Federation North Coast Section championship … Team also won the conference championship in 2004 … Coached by her father, Tom Downey … Named a lifetime member of the California Scholarship Federation, a state-wide organization whose purpose is to recognize students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, in 2004.
Personal: Born January 23, 1986 … Daughter of Tom and Mary Downey … One sister … Majoring in biology.
