#4 Lisa Birocci Season 2004-05

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