A game-savvy veteran who will challenge for more conference innings this season... Equally comfortable in starting a game and being called upon in relief situations... Hard-worker who welcomes the game ball in pressure situations... Aims to return to the postseason as a senior.
2006 [Junior]: Made 20 appearances in the circle for Monmouth, starting 16 games... Pitched 95.0 total innings and led the squad with a 3.24 ERA... Named the Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Week on April 24... Recorded 34 strikeouts during the season and registered five wins... Allowed one hit and no runs and stuck out four batters in win over IPFW (3/9)...Worked six innings against Valparaiso, giving up three hits and no runs while striking out four batters (3/11)... Threw a complete game against Sacred Heart, registering a season-high five strikeouts and allowing only two hits (4/18)... Fanned four batters and allowed only one run against in-state rival Rutgers (4/19)... Pitched five solid innings in win against St. Francis [N.Y.], giving up three hits and one run and struck out three batters (4/29).
2005 [Sophomore]: Appeared in 25 games for the Blue and White, 24 as a pitcher... Started 17 games in the circle... Led the Hawks in earned run average (2.51) while posting an 11-7 record... Tied for the most complete games with 10... Struck out 49 batters in 117.1 innings of work...Among all NEC pitchers, ranked fifth in ERA and fourth in opponents batting average (.251)... Led the Hawks in wins with 11, which also ranked fourth in the conference... Led the Hawks in innings pitched with 117.1 which ranks among the top ten in school history... Pitched a complete-game in opening win over Tennessee State while giving up only four hits and one earned run (3/7)... Allowed only one earned run in 20.1 innings of work at the Bash at the Beach tournament while picking up four of the Hawks’ five wins... Threw a complete-game shutout allowing only four base runners in 3-0 win over Delaware (3/19)... Allowed only seven hits and one earned run while throwing a complete game in win over Penn (3/20)... Permitted only five base runners and struck out five in complete game 2-1 loss to Quinnipiac (4/24)... Pitched a complete game six-hitter allowing only one earned run in 3-1 win over Fairleigh Dickinson (5/1).
2004 [Freshman]: Appeared in 24 games for the Hawks, 19 as a pitcher... Started 15 games, 10 on the mound and five at first base... Posted a 5-7 record with a 2.79 earned run average in the pitcher’s circle... Struck out 31 batters in 80.1 innings of work... Ranked second in the NEC and first for the Hawks in opponent’s batting average with a .248... Earned first career win over Furman (3/9) after scattering five hits with one strikeout in five innings... Booked 1st career hit vs. Texas A & M-Corus Christi (3/13)... Pitched a complete-game shutout, scattering seven hits and fanning five in the nightcap of the doubleheader vs. Sacred Heart... Gave up only four hits while striking out one in 8.2 innings of work in the doubleheader vs. Long Island... Scattered four hits, struck out six, and gave up only one earned run in six innings of work in a 6-5 loss to Quinnipiac.
High School: Two-sport athlete at Steinert High School in Hamilton Square, N.J... Earned four varsity letters in softball... Helped lead the Spartans to Colonial Valley Conference championships and MCT championships three straight years... Named All-CVC by the Trenton Times and Trentonian three years in a row... Won both Golden Arm and Golden Glove... Logged a career record of 37-5 for Steinert... Female representative at NJSIAA sports banquet... Helped lead the Spartan basketball squad to an undefeated season in 1999... Member of the West Jersey Witches travel team.
Personal: Daughter of Donald and Sandra Rand... Born Angela Marie Rand on October 4, 1985... Majoring in music industry.
