Monmouth University Athletics

Returns to the Hawks? pitching staff as one of the hardest throwers on the team? Determined to have more effective outings and post better numbers than last spring? Her hard work has strengthened her pitching arsenal and she looks to earn more innings in 2006.

2005 [Sophomore]: Appeared in 23 games for the Hawks, starting 14 of those contests?Posted a 7-2 record with a 4.29 earned run average?.Logged three complete games, while logging 57 strikeouts in 81.2 innings of work?Earned first win of the season with a complete game six-hitter while striking out 10 in a 3-1 victory over Lafayette (3/18)..Posted a two-hit shutout in a 16-0 shellacking of St. Francis (Pa.) (4/4)?Allowed only one earned run and five hits in 4.2 innings of work while picking up the victory in a 5-4 defeat of Mt. St. Mary?s (4/17)?Allowed only one hit in three innings of relief work in 7-6 loss to Sacred Heart (4/26).

2004 [Freshman]: Ranked 1st in the Northeast Conference with a 2.12 earned run average? Ranked 1st in the NEC with 5 shutouts? Posted a 8-8 record on the season? Appeared in 27 games, 26 as a pitcher? Started 19 games on the mound for the Hawks? Posted 10 complete games? Logged 36 strikeouts in 105.2 innings of work? Booked first career hit vs. Farleigh Dickenson University (3/38)? Earned first win of the season, along with first shutout of the season with a 2-hit, complete game effort vs. Alabama State (3/12)? Registered 2 saves on the season, the 1st in the nightcap vs. Wagner College (4/10) and the 2nd in the nightcap vs. Mount St. Mary?s (4/17).

High School: Three-year letter winner at Newbury Park (Calif.) High School... Named MVP in 2001... Earned first-team Marmonte League and first-team All-Ventura County... Named as an All-Star by the Daily News... Logged 152 strikeouts in 134 innings while posting a 0.26 earned -run average as a senior... Posted a 0.86 ERA and nine strikeouts in 16 innings at the 2003 ASA Gold Nationals with the Ballistic Gold (CA).

Personal: Daughter of Denny and Lee Ann Ellement...Born Danielle C. Ellement on November 16, 1984 in Van Nuys, California... Majoring in psychology.