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On Bettker: Hard-working ace of the Terps’ pitching staff who earned first team NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region and ACC All-Tournament honors in 2001 … has moved into second place in nearly every Maryland career pitching category, including victories (43), ERA (1.73), innings pitched (489.2), strikeouts (393), shutouts (17), complete games (54) and appearances (91) … performances from 1999, 2000 and 2001 seasons also rank high among single-season leaders … touted as one of the top hurlers in the pitching-powerhouse Atlantic Coast Conference … a hard thrower that moves the ball around well … a proven competitor in pressure situations … has developed an excellent command of her pitches … the total package of athleticism, smarts and intensity. As a Junior in 2001: Earned NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors and established career-highs with a 16-7 record, 1.12 ERA, 165 strikeouts and three saves as the Terrapins’ primary starter for the second-straight season … finished second in the conference in saves, third in strikeouts (6.8 per game) and fifth in wins, shutouts, opposing batting average, innings, starts and appearances … her 2001 ERA ranks as the third-best single-season effort in Maryland’s seven-year softball history … set a new Terrapin record for strikeouts in a single-game with 15 against East Carolina (April 29) … struck out five or more batters in 19 of her 32 appearances, including a 10-strikeout effort at Florida State (May 11) and three performances with nine strikeouts … received ACC All-Tournament honors, posting a 2-1 record with 15 strikeouts and a 0.58 ERA in a tournament-most 24.0 innings pitched (May 11-13) … named ACC Pitcher of the Week and Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week after striking out 21 and allowing only one run in victories over Illinois-Chicago, Florida A&M and Boston University at the Speedline Invitational (March 8-11)… garnered her second ACC Pitcher of the Week accolade with shutout victories over George Mason (April 14) and Georgia Tech (April 15) … fanned a combined 14 batters in 14 innings in the two contests … strung together four shutouts in a row from April 7-15 and was credited with a career-high eight solo shutouts on the season … tied her consecutive career victories streak (4) twice during the season, from March 2-11 and April 7-15 … made five one-hit appearances and registered 13 appearances in which she gave up two hits or less … named to the 2000-01 ACC and Maryland Intercollegiate Athletics Scholar-Athlete honor rolls. As a Sophomore in 2000: Terps’ top starter with a team-leading 1.88 ERA … 14 wins and 119 strikeouts rank sixth-best in a single-season despite being hampered by a stress fracture in right forearm … paced the pitching staff in ERA, appearances (33), starts (30), complete games (21), innings pitched (194.0), and strikeouts (119) … fanned 13 in Maryland’s 8-1 rout of Morgan State … contributed four hitless innings to the Terps’ combined no-hit shutout of George Mason (April 20) … allowed three hits or less in 15 appearances and recorded two one-hit wins … began season on a career-high tying 4-0 tear, including shutout victories over South Florida (Feb. 4) (11 K’s) and Tennessee (Feb. 5) at the Louisville Slugger Tournament to garner all-tournament honors … also recorded shutouts against Kansas (Feb. 19) and Mercer (March 25) … turned in a 6-2 record during the Terps’ road trip from March 17 to 26 … notched a 1.62 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 10 appearances between the Florida State Invitational and Georgia Tech Buzz Classic … recorded two victories, 7-3 over Bethune-Cookman and 10-2 over Virginia Tech, in one day on March 17 at the Florida State Invitational … went the full 12 innings to hold on for an ACC/SASA 5-3 victory over Virginia (April 23) … named to the Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll for the 1999-2000 academic year. As a Freshman in 1999: Ranked second on the team in wins (13), earned run average (2.31), shutouts (five) and strikeouts (109) in her first season on the squad … earned a complete-game shutout victory over Florida International (4-0) in her first career start (Feb. 5) … won her second career start, 9-0, as the Terps defeated Nicholls State (Feb. 6), allowing only two hits… struck out 13 batters against Tennessee-Martin (March 27) in the Buzz Classic in Atlanta … established a career-high four-game winning streak against UNC Charlotte (April 16), La Salle (April 22), George Mason (April 22) and Princeton (April 8) … pitched 23 total innings with 31 strikeouts (7.8 per game) in those outings and did not allow a run … allowed zero runs during seven consecutive outings from April 16 (UNC Charlotte) through May 20 (Southwest Texas in the NCAA Tournament) … made appearances against Southwest Texas and No. 3 Arizona in the NCAA Tournament … her only career at-bat came against Towson (April 3) and resulted in a sacrifice bunt … recorded a perfect fielding percentage (1.000) in 26 total chances during the season. Before Maryland: A graduate of Northeast High School in St. Petersburg in 1998 … earned four varsity letters as a member of the softball team as a pitcher/outfielder/third baseman … named as the St. Petersburg Times Player of the Year as a junior … also earned all-state, all-county and all-conference first team honors … also earned all-county and all-conference first team honors as a sophomore and a senior. Personal: Born Feb. 6, 1980 … Amanda is the daughter of Fran and Richard Bettker … double-major in government and politics and criminal justice … plans to attend law school following graduation.
Bettker on the mound… Year W-L ERA G-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO 1999 13-7 2.31 26-18 15 127.1 124 52 42 24 109 2000 14-14 1.88 33-30 21 194.0 156 83 52 61 119 2001 16-7 1.12 32-25 18 168.1 108 41 27 35 165 2002 14-11 1.25 30-24 19 167.1 114 40 30 49 153 Totals 57-39 1.61 121-97 73 657 502 216 151 169 546 |
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