Alison Yin

Position:
P
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Glendale, Calif.
High School:
Foothill

Working toward a double major in journalism (visual communications sequence) and English and hopes to become a photojournalist

2004: As a sophomore, finished the season with an 18-7 record and a 1.84 ERA ... Had the team's best winning percentage (.720) ... Threw 18 complete games and struck out 85 batters ... Opposing batters hit just .237 against her ... Struck out a season-high 10 batters in a 4-3 win at UNC Greensboro on April 15 ... Named to the Dean's List both semesters and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Selected as an NFCA Scholar-Athlete

2003: As a freshman, appeared in 26 games and made 17 starts on the mound ... Finished the season with a 13-5 record ... Held opponents to a .210 batting average, fifth-lowest in the ACC ... Ranked sixth in the ACC in ERA (1.77) and seventh in wins ... Struck out 61 batters (10th in the ACC) in 134.1 innings pitched (8th in the ACC) ... Went 1-0 at the NCAA Regional in Fresno, Calif., earning a win over Long Island on May 16 ... Took a perfect game into the seventh inning versus Furman on March 12 and ended the game with her first no-hitter ... Threw two complete-game shutouts ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters against Elon on April 15 ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the 2002-03 school year

At Foothill High School in Pleasanton, Calif.: Spent her senior year at Foothill, where she earned all-state (second team), all-county and all-league honors ... Selected as her team's Most Valuable Defensive Player and served as team co-captain as Foothill completed an undefeated regular season and reached the state quarterfinals ... Named California State Athlete of the Week on May 4, 2002 ... Spent her first three years at Westridge High School, in Pasadena, Calif. ... Earned first-team all-prep and second-team all-area honors as a sophomore, when she was voted Best Defensive Player ... As a freshman, served as team co-captain and was voted Most Inspirational

Personal: The daughter of Susan Dasso and Arthur Yin ... Born Alison Dasso Yin on Feb. 5, 1984, in Los Angeles, Calif.

More on Yin: Hobbies are button-sewing, shoe painting, coloring, mountain climbing, swimming in the ocean, being outside and listening to music ... Started playing softball at age 10 - "it was right after I had fallen off a horse and I was looking for a more grounded sport" ... Wore jersey No. 32 until her senior year of high school in honor of Sandy Koufax, her favorite player. At that point she switched to No. 6 ("I realized I needed to forge my own number") ... Has double-jointed elbows ... Some favorites are: book - Catcher in the Rye; food - Ice cream; movies - Labyrinth, Y Tu Mama Tambien