StudentAthletes
#9
Jody Valdivia
Junior • Pitcher 5-8 • R / R Anaheim Hills, Calif. • Canyon
2-5 record (including four straight losses in her first four starts), was victorious in each of her last 17 decisions … last loss came against No. 12 Arizona (March 14) … struck out at least 10 batters on four occasions … earned her first win against UC Santa Barbara (March 7) after striking out seven and allowing two earned runs … one-hitter with eight strikeouts versus Western Michigan (March 25) … stepped in to toss 3.0 scoreless innings against Northern Illinois (April 1) for her lone save … fanned 14 batters while giving up one earned run against Pittsburgh (April 4) … posted a win over Seton Hall (April 5) while giving up one hit in 5.0 innings … limited DePaul (April 8) to four hits and one earned run with eight strikeouts … posted four consecutive complete-game wins while giving up just four earned runs and 12 hits, shelving victories against Wisconsin (April 14), Villanova (April 18), Rutgers (April 19) and North Dakota State (April 22) … named the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (May 4) after picking up
three league wins over the respective stretch ... struck out at least 10 batters in two of the Fighting Irish's four games over that week, notching 11 at Georgetown (May 1 – a game continued from its March 29 start date) and 10 at Providence (April 30) ... in her 21.2 innings of work, allowed only six earned runs for a 1.94 ERA ... collected 28 strikeouts on the week, including the only two batters she faced in relief of game one against Louisville (May 3) … she then earned the game-two win against the Cardinals after striking out five in 7.0 innings ... picked up a win against St. John’s (May 7) to open the BIG EAST Championship … allowed two hits without surrendering an earned run in 7.0 innings … teamed with Bargar to keep the Irish flawless in the earned run department throughout the three-game tournament … the duo also held opposing teams to a .143 batting average in the showdown … gave up one earned run in 4.2 innings of action during three appearances at the NCAA Tournament.
• 2009 Second Team All-BIG EAST • 2009 BIG East Championship All-Tournament Team • 2008 BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (May 4)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009): Showed remarkable improvement from the circle in all facets of her pitching … BIG EAST AllTournament Team selection … second team all-BIG EAST … the only BIG EAST pitcher without a loss through the entire league slate … fourth among BIG EAST pitchers with 1.60 ERA in league play … second in opposing batting average (.193) … tied for sixth with 81 batters struck out (22 looking at strike three) … tied for third with Brittney Bargar with 10 wins … posted a 19-5 overall record with a 2.28 ERA in 159.1 innings … appeared in 32 games while starting 26 contests … 165 strikeouts … after starting the season with a
VALDIVIA’S CAREER STATISTICS OFFENSE Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2008 .000 2009 .000 TOTAL .000
0 0 0
0 0 0
W-L 8-7 19-5
App 26 32
GS 22 26
TOTAL 2.63 27-12
58
48
PITCHING Year ERA 2008 3.13 2009 2.28
26-22 32-26 58-48
0 0 0
2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
.000 .000 .000
CG SHO/CBO SV IP H 7 3/1 0 109.2 107 18 3/0 1 159.1 126 25
6/1
0 0 0
0 0 0
SO GDP OB% 0 0 0
R 65 67
ER 49 52
BB SO 48 129 51 165
1 269.0 233 132
101
99 294
0 0 0
.000 .000 .000
SF SH SB-ATT PO 0 0 0
2B 3B HR 24 2 11 22 4 22 46
6
0 0 0
BF 506 679
33 1185
0-0 0-0 0-0
1 1 2
A
E FLD%
10 3 12 11 22 14
.786 .542 .632
B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA .251 6 15 2 14 .212 10 22 1 10 .228
16
37
3
2010 SOFTBALL
24
47