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  Brooke Petty
Brooke Petty

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Oceanside, Calif.

High School:
Vista HS

Height:
5-5

Position:
Pitcher

Experience:
1L

2008 Season: Hard-throwing righthander who pitched in many big games for SDSU ... Winning percentage (.857) was tops on the team had she enough innings to qualify ... Was second in complete games (four) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.00), and tied for second with one save ... Had she enough innings to qualify, she would be first in opponents batting average (.205) and second in ERA (1.72) ... Limited opposing righthanders to a .182 average, the lowest on the staff ... Won her first five decisions ... Opened her collegiate career with a complete game shutout against California in SDSU's 7-0 win on Feb. 8 ... Struck out three and allowed just three hits over seven innings ... Tossed a complete game one-hit shutout with five strikeouts against Saint Peter's on Feb. 29 ... Also didn't allow an earned run in SDSU's run-rule win over Loyola-Chicago on March 5 ... Picked up the win in San Diego State's 8-2 triumph over Iowa State on March 17, where she gave up two runs on five hits ... Saw action in four Mountain West games, posting a 1-1 record with a 3.07 ERA in 13 2/3 innings ... The Aztecs were 8-2 when she started and 5-1 when she recorded four or more strikeouts.

High School: Lettered four years under coach Katie Ziegler at Vista High School in Vista, Calif. ... Earned second-team all-CIF honors in each of her last two seasons ... Was a three-time all-Avocado League first-team selection ... The San Diego Union-Tribune picked her as a first-team honoree after her senior campaign ... Led the Panthers to two league titles (2005, 2007) ... The 2007 squad went 23-7 and 9-1 in conference play ... Vista was 12-12 (7-3 Avocado) in 2006 and 22-8 (7-3 Avocado) in 2005 ... Had an impressive senior campaign, going 18-3 with a 1.14 ERA over 135 2/3 innings ... She struck out 196, averaging 10.11 punchouts per seven innings ... In addtion, she owned a 12.35 strikeout-to-walk ratio while racking up 14 complete games and a shutout.

Personal: Brooke Lauren Petty was born Oct. 21, 1989, in Oceanside, Calif. ... Is the daughter of Andrea and Don Petty ... Has an older sister, Jenna ... Chose SDSU over the likes of Portland State, Long Beach State and Sacramento State ... Undecided on a major.