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20 - Megan Stone Position: Pitcher
Class: Junior
Height: 6' 2"
High School: Sto-Rox
Hometown: McKees Rocks, Pa.

Career Match Highs

AB: 1 (six times)
IP: 7.0 vs. SJSU (3/21/03)
SO: 4 vs. Hartford (3/22/03)
WP: 2 (twice)
PO: 1 (twice)
A: 3 vs. Liberty (3/2/03)

• A talented pitcher who is working hard on her game

• Is continuing to improve on her velocity and hitting her spots

• Has the frame to be a good pitcher

2004: Saw action in three games, starting one ... Was 0-1 on the season with an ERA of 2.10 ... Pitched 6.2 innings ... Allowed five hits and five runs - two earned ... Struck out one while walking one ... Named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team.

2003: Saw action in 15 games, starting eight ... Pitched two complete games ... Went 2-4 on the season with an ERA of 3.53 ... Had one save ... Combined for one shutout, coming in front of her hometown fans at Pittsburgh ... Pitched 41.2 innings ... Allowed 53 hits and 32 runs - 21 earned ... Struck out 14 batters while walking 11 ... Gave up three home runs ... Had three at bats on the season ... Didn't commit an error in 16 chances in the field ... Named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team.

High School: One of the best pitchers in recent western Pennsylvania history ... Lettered four times for Coach Bill Palermo ... Was valedictorian of her class with a perfect 4.0 GPA ... Was twice named the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's South & West Softball Player of the Year ... Went 71-14 with a 0.58 ERA in 503 career innings ... Also had a school-record 780 strikeouts, 26 no-hitters and 51 shutouts ... A four-time member of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Section 3A All-Star Team and All-Western Area Team ... Named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous Ten Team three times ... Named the Post-Gazette's Western Area Player of the Year as a senior.

Personal: Megan Anne Stone ... Born February 12, 1984 in Pittsburgh, PA ... Daughter of Blaine and Dreda Stone ... Has one sister, Melissa ... Is double majoring in both physical education and psychology.