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photo       Broke numerous school records in compiling a 29-9 record as a true freshman ... Combines with teammate Clarisa Crowell to form one of the best pitching duos in collegiate softball ... Looks to pick up where she left off last season ... A great athlete who fields her position very well ... Has to be the "go-to" pitcher this year for the Hokies ... Has good ball control and throws hard ... Tremendous work ethic.

1999: Appeared in 46 games on the mound, starting 44 ... Threw 34 complete games and 17 shutouts ... Had an ERA of 0.92 ... Threw a school-record six no-hitters throughout the season ... Broke more than a dozen Virginia Tech individual pitching records including starts (44), complete games (34), innings pitched (251.0), ERA (0.92), won-lost percentage (.784), strikeouts in a game (17), strikeouts in a season (289), wins (29) and shutouts (17) ... No-hit Ohio University (2/28/99), Evansville (3/6/99), Loyola-Chicago (3/7/99), Florida A&M (3/10/99), Georgia State (3/13/99) and Brown (3/26/99 and 4/2/99) ... No-hitters against Ohio, Evansville, Florida A&M, Georgia State and the second Brown game were perfect games ... Recorded a school-record 17 strikeouts in an eight-inning game against St. Bonaventure on April 24 ... Recorded 10 or more strikeouts in 12 games ... Gave up just four home runs on the year ... Struck out 289 batters in 251.0 innings pitched ... Had one home run and two RBI at the plate ... Was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Year ... Also made the A-10 Softball All-Conference Team ... Voted to the Virginia State Sports Information Director's All-State Team ... Named to the Southeast All-Region Second Team ... Traveled to Taiwan with the Canadian Junior National Team to participate in the Junior World Tournament.

High School: Came to Tech from Argyle Secondary School ... Played summer softball for the White Rock Renegades ... Was named team's most valuable player in her final season ... Also a standout in volleyball and basketball.

Personal: Ashlee Michelle Dobbe ... Born July 23, 1980 ... Daughter of Chris and Cindy Dobbe ... Majoring in human nutrition, foods and exercise with an emphasis on sports medicine.