Allegheny College Athletics

2010: NCAC All-Conference Second Team...NFCA Scholar-Athlete...appeared and started all 33 games…made 18 appearances on the hill including 10 starts…hurled 59 strikeouts in a team-high 105.2 innings…tossed seven innings en route to a victory in the season opener against Grove City (3/19)…logged a career-high 10.2 innings while totaling nine strikeouts in a losing effort at Hiram…delivered best outing of the year in a victory against Denison with one earned run against in seven innings of work…enjoyed two multi-hit games finishing 2-for-4 against Mount Union and Denison…drove home two runs and hit first career homerun against Wisconsin-Stout…reached base three times including solo homerun against Oberlin…drew a team-best 10 walks during the season…totaled a season-high eight putouts while playing first base against Bowdoin…had nine assists from the mound at Hiram…finished second on the club with six sacrifice hits.

2009: NFCA Scholar-Athlete...led pitchers with 47 strikeouts...was part of three shutouts - two of the solo variety against Baldwin-Wallace (8-0) and Wittenberg (8-0) and one, a combined job against Kean (4-0)...tossed four innings of perfect relief in 4-2 loss to Hiram in NCAC Tournament championship round. 

2008: Named to All-NCAC Second Team...led pitching staff with 2.64 earned-run-average... struck out 82 batters while posting an 18-7 record...recorded four shutouts in wins over McDaniel (12-0), Thiel (1-0), Kenyon (2-0) and Wittenberg (4-0)...offensively, scored four runs during 26-2 win against Massachusetts-Liberal Arts on March 16...doubled and scored two runs, including the go-ahead tally, in 8-7 come-from-behind win over Hiram...batted 2-for-3 with a run and two RBIs during 12-0 win against McDaniel...was selected as a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete. 

Personal: Born April 18, 1989...daughter of Philip and Karen Downey...Nueroscience and Psychology double major.