CARA CUSTER SPANAWAY LAKE HIGH SCHOOL One of the top pitchers on the west coast and state of Washington ... totaled a 17-7 record as a senior with an impressive 0.45 ERA ... averaged just over 11 strikeouts per seven innings ... named the Tacoma News Tribune’s All-Area Fastpitch Player of the Year ... also hit .480 at the plate en route to leading squad to first state tournament appearance in school history ... was member of the News Tribune’s All-Area team as a junior ... picked to the All-SPSL (South Puget Sound League) second team for the southern region
as a sophomore ... picked to multiple all-district and all-state teams as well. AMATEUR Played for the highly-successful Washington LadyHawks travel team ... discovered by Tech at a tournament in Las Vegas ... immediately became a top recruit nationally.
PERSONAL Born Aug. 13, 1993 to parents Casey and Patti Custer ... has an older brother, Bryce ... father is a Washington State alumnus ... chose Texas Tech over offers from several top programs nationally ... majoring in criminology.
CAREER STATS YEAR 2012 Totals
ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2.33 25 11 43 34 18 5 3 210.1 179 95 70 86 156 23 1 9 .224 15 21 1 1 14 2.33 25 11 43 34 18 5 3 210.1 179 95 70 86 156 23 1 9 .224 15 21 1 1 14
CAREER HIGHS Appearances (Season)________________________________________43 (2012) Games Started (Season)_______________________________________34 (2012) Innings Pitched (Season)___________________________________ 210.1 (2012) Innings Pitched (Game)___________ 8.0, twice, last vs. Iowa State (April 1, 2012) Runs Allowed__________________________ 7, vs. Northwestern (Feb. 10, 2012) Earned Runs____________________________ 6, vs. Iowa State (March 30, 2012) Walks___________________________________ 7, vs. Texas A&M (April 18, 2012)
Strikeouts______________________________ 9, vs. Seton Hall (March 16, 2012) Hits Allowed________________________________11, vs. Baylor (April 22, 2012) Home Runs Allowed_________________________ 2, at Oklahoma (April 7, 2012) Wild Pitches________________ 2, four times, last at Washington (May 19, 2012)
2012 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Date OPPONENT GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score Feb 09, 2012 San Diego State 5.0 2 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5-4 Feb 10, 2012 Northwestern * 3.0 3 7 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 6-14 Feb 11, 2012 Stanford * 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-7 Feb 11, 2012 Cal Poly * 4.2 5 3 3 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-3 Feb 17, 2012 Ohio State 2.1 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7-4 Feb 17, 2012 Long Beach State * 7.0 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 Feb 18, 2012 Portland State * 7.0 5 1 1 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5-1 Feb 19, 2012 Utah State * 5.0 7 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11-2 Feb 24, 2012 North Texas * 8.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10-0 Feb 25, 2012 UTEP * 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5-2 Feb 26, 2012 Texas State * 5.0 2 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1-3 Mar 02, 2012 UT-ARLINGTON * 7.0 5 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 Mar 03, 2012 BINGHAMTON * 7.0 6 2 0 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8-2 Mar 04, 2012 UT-ARLINGTON * 4.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7-1 Mar 06, 2012 Texas * 3.0 7 5 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-8 Mar 07, 2012 Texas * 6.0 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 Mar 12, 2012 NEW MEXICO-1 * 7.0 8 4 4 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 9-4 Mar 12, 2012 NEW MEXICO-2 3.0 4 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-5 Mar 14, 2012 Stony Brook-2 * 5.2 3 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-3 Mar 16, 2012 Monmouth 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-2 Mar 16, 2012 Seton Hall * 5.0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11-0 Mar 18, 2012 Seton Hall * 5.0 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-0 Mar 27, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE * 4.0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-2 Mar 30, 2012 IOWA STATE * 4.0 7 6 6 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19-7 Mar 31, 2012 IOWA STATE 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-2 Apr 01, 2012 IOWA STATE * 8.0 8 3 3 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5-3 Apr 05, 2012 Oklahoma * 5.2 7 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 Apr 06, 2012 Oklahoma 3.2 4 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 Apr 07, 2012 Oklahoma * 3.1 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-4 Apr 11, 2012 TEXAS * 7.0 4 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-2 Apr 14, 2012 Missouri * 7.0 5 4 3 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5-4 Apr 14, 2012 Missouri 2.1 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-4 Apr 17, 2012 TEXAS A&M-1 * 3.1 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-9 Apr 17, 2012 TEXAS A&M-2 1.1 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-9 Apr 18, 2012 TEXAS A&M * 6.1 6 6 2 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8-6 Apr 20, 2012 BAYLOR * 7.0 5 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3-1 Apr 22, 2012 BAYLOR * 7.0 11 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-5 Apr 27, 2012 Kansas * 4.0 1 1 1 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4-1 Apr 28, 2012 Kansas 3.1 6 4 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4-5 May 05, 2012 OKLAHOMA STATE * 6.2 4 3 1 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-5 May 07, 2012 OKLAHOMA STATE * 7.0 5 1 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 May 18, 2012 Maryland * 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-1 May 19, 2012 Washington * 7.0 3 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0-2 Totals 34 210.1 179 95 70 86 156 23 1 9 15 1 21 1 215-147
W L SV ERA 1 0 0 1.40 1 1 0 5.25 1 2 0 6.22 1 3 0 5.63 2 3 0 6.12 3 3 0 4.26 4 3 0 3.50 5 3 0 3.40 6 3 0 2.77 7 3 0 2.66 7 3 0 2.55 8 3 0 2.26 9 3 0 2.03 10 3 0 1.92 10 4 0 2.12 10 5 0 2.05 11 5 0 2.20 11 5 1 2.28 12 5 1 2.22 12 5 2 2.18 13 5 2 2.08 14 5 2 1.98 15 5 2 1.91 16 5 2 2.21 16 5 3 2.17 17 5 3 2.20 17 5 3 2.16 18 5 3 2.15 18 6 3 2.25 19 6 3 2.19 20 6 3 2.23 20 7 3 2.33 20 8 3 2.32 20 8 3 2.39 21 8 3 2.38 22 8 3 2.33 23 8 3 2.35 24 8 3 2.34 24 9 3 2.41 24 10 3 2.37 25 10 3 2.32 25 10 3 2.34 25 11 3 2.33 25 11 3 2.33
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