2005 as a Senior– Named first team all-regional…second team all-Big Ten selection…started 45 games, including 35 inside the circle…led the team with 1.21 ERA and 288 strikeouts…compiled a 29-9 record in 265.1 innings pitched…became Iowa’s all-time career strikeout leader with 94 strikeouts…led the Big Ten in saves and batters struck out looking…threw second career no-hitter and struck out a career-high 17 batters against Georgia Southern (March 4)…struck out 17 batters against Creighton in NCAA Tournament (May21)…threw a complete game shutout while striking out 12 and hit the game-winning home run vs. Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament…named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team…named Big Ten Pitched of the Week twice (March 8 and March 29).
2004 as a Junior– Named first team all-regional…second team all-Big Ten selection…started 31 games with a 22-14 record…shattered the single-season strikeout record she set last year against Wisconsin (May 2)…ended the season with 313 strikeouts…struck out double digits in 11 games, including a career-high 16 against Boston (March 4)…pitched three one-hitters…threw three-hit shutout and recorded 10 strikeouts against Maine at NCAA Regionals…11-3 record with a 0.87 ERA and 113 strikeouts in Big Ten play…Academic all-Big Ten selection.
2003 as a Sophomore– Named third team NFCA All-American…2003 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and first team all-Big Ten…first team NFCA all-Mideast Region…broke Iowa’s single-season strikeout record with 267…named to the NCAA Region V all-tournament team…Big Ten Tournament MVP…led the Big Ten with a 0.75 ERA in conference play…started 31 games, with 15 shutouts…recorded her first-career no-hitter against Indiana (Apr. 20)…threw eight one-hitters…averaged 7.8 strikeouts per game…named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week twice this season (Feb. 25 and Apr. 21)…hit .367 in Big Ten Conference play with a team-leading .733 slugging percentage.
2002 as a Freshman– Started 14 games in the circle for the Hawkeyes, earning a 10-5 record…led all Iowa pitchers with a 1.63 ERA and held hitters to a team-low .194 average…had a perfect 4.0 record in the Big Ten…took a perfect game into the seventh inning in her home debut, finishing with a one-hitter against Illinois State (March 27)…also went 2-for-3 and hit her first career home run against Illinois State.
High School– 2001 Iowa Softball and Gatorade Player of the Year…four-time first team all-state selection (1998-2001)…led her Des Moines Lincoln team to state championships in 1999 and 2001…five-time all-conference selection (second team 1997, first team 1998-2001)…five-year letterwinner in softball and basketball…and four-time all-conference selection in basketball (second team 98-99, first team 2000-2001)…National Honor Society member.
Personal– Bats/Throws-Rights/Rights…Major-Secondary English Education…Parents- Paul and Linda Birocci…Born-September 28, 1982…High School- Lincoln…High School coach- Roger Roland.
Birocci’s Pitching Stats
| Year | GS | CG | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | WP | W-L | ERA |
| 2002 | 14 | 7 | 98.2 | 69 | 39 | 23 | 78 | 23 | 7 | 10-5 | 1.63 |
| 2003 | 31 | 28 | 238.1 | 113 | 62 | 43 | 267 | 101 | 20 | 29-9 | 1.26 |
| 2004 | 31 | 20 | 241.2 | 128 | 50 | 33 | 313 | 67 | 14 | 22-14 | 0.96 |
| 2005 | 35 | 28 | 265.1 | 178 | 60 | 46 | 288 | 52 | 10 | 29-9 | 1.21 |
| Career | 111 | 81 | 842.6 | 488 | 211 | 145 | 946 | 243 | 51 | 90-37 | 1.20 |
Birocci’s Batting/Fielding Stats
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | SO | BB | SB | RBI | AVG | PO | A | E | F% |
| 2002 | 26 | 47 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .213 | 3 | 17 | 1 | .952 |
| 2003 | 48 | 88 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 15 | .227 | 12 | 34 | 1 | .979 |
| 2004 | 53 | 120 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 10 | .258 | 32 | 36 | 4 | .944 |
| 2005 | 45 | 104 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 17 | .192 | 9 | 69 | 3 | .963 |
| Career | 172 | 359 | 46 | 81 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 108 | 41 | 2 | 52 | .226 | 56 | 156 | 9 | .960 |