Katy Erickson Class: Junior Hometown: Tustin, Calif. High School: Foothill HS Height: 5-5 Position: Outfield Experience: 2L

Is expected to see more playing time in the outfield after being used mainly as a pinch-runner her first two seasons ... Had a good fall season ... A slap-hitter with tremendous speed ... Is a smart runner on the basepaths ... Has improved her offensive abilities in the offseason ... Was the team's No. 2 pinch-runner a season ago ... A scholar-athlete.

HONORS:
Two-Time Academic All-Mountain West Conference (2007-08)

2008 Season: Named to the Academic All-Mountain West Conference team for the second consecutive year ... Primarily used as a pinch-runner, but also saw some action in the outfield ... Appeared in 38 of the team's 61 games as a pinch-runner, trailing only Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario's 50 appearances as a pinch-runner ... Set career-highs in runs (15), hits (2), total bases (2), slugging percentage (.500), on-base percentage (.500) and stolen bases (6) ... Six swipes was fifth on the team ... Only stole two bases last season ... Also had two hits in six at-bats (.333) ... Scored 15 times and added an RBI ... Had three game-winning runs, which tied her for fourth on the squad along with Lindsey Marquez, Quichocho-Rosario and Jen Wisneski ... The three game-winning scores is remarkable considering she was predominantly a pinch-runner ... Had arguably her most productive day against UC Davis on Feb. 9 when she had an RBI single in her only at-bat and stole a base ... Stole a base in back-to-back games against UC Davis and Portland State (Feb. 10) ... Scored the first run in the Aztecs' 2-1 upset over two-time defending national champion Arizona on Feb. 22 ... Added a career-high two runs against Saint Peter's on Feb. 29 ... Singled and scored a run against New Mexico State on March 14 ... Had a run in four straight games from March 14-20 ... SDSU was 28-10 when she played and 13-1 when she scored at least one run.

2007 Season: Earned Academic All-Mountain West Conference accolades ... Used predominately as a defensive player or pinch-runner ... Appeared in 41 games with 14 starts ... Forty-one games was the fourth-most among all freshmen ... Scored nine runs, also the fourth-highest total of all freshmen ... Was a perfect 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts ... Steals came against San Diego (March 7) and Iona (March 18) ... Scored her first career run against North Texas on Feb. 17 and scored another run in the nightcap against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Had her first career RBI in SDSU's 5-0 win over Loyola-Chicago on March 11 ... Had her first career hit, a single, in SDSU's 8-0 win over Brown on March 28 ... Also scored two runs in a game for the first time in her career against Brown ... Aztecs finished the season 6-2 when she scored at least one run.

High School : A four-year letterwinner at Foothill High School in Tustin, Calif. ... Led the Knights to a pair of Sea View League titles (2003, 2005) ... 2003 squad also advanced to the CIF Division I finals ... Named second-team all-league and was a member of the all-Division I Southern Section team her senior year ... Also won the team's coaches award after her senior year ... Played for Jeff Jordan from 2004-06 and Joe Gonzales in 2003 ... Named a scholar-athlete all four years ... A three-year letterwinner on the basketball team where she garnered all-league honorable mention honors after her senior campaign ... Helped the basketball team to the league title her senior year and a trip to the CIF Division-II semifinals.

Personal: Katy Ann Erickson was born March 2, 1988, in Orange, Calif. ... Is the daughter of Pam and Scott Erickson ... Is majoring in liberal studies with plans to become an elementary school teacher.