| Ta'Tyana McElroy |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
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| High School:
Washington
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| Height:
5-11
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| Position:
Pitcher
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| Experience:
1V
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OREGON STATE
2004: Ta'Tyana McElroy ranked second on the pitching staff with 31 appearances in the circle, including 11 starts...led the Pacific-10 Conference with 17 games finished and 19 games in relief...boasted a 12-4 record and 2.42 ERA in 95.1 innings of work...tallied 46 strikeouts and two complete games...earned the victory while combining to pitch a perfect game against Saint Mary's (Feb. 8)...struckout a career-high eight batters in a complete game victory against Saint Mary's (Feb. 6)...recorded four strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work against Cal Poly (Feb. 14)...picked up first Pac-10 victory against No. 14 Oregon (Apr. 10)...retired three of the five batters she faced and had a strikeout against Illinois-Chicago (May 23) to earn the NCAA Regional Tournament victory...opened the season with a 10-1 record.
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four year starter for coach Jim McElroy...Four-time all-league and all-city selection...Two-time Los Angeles Times Central Area Pitcher of the Year...2003 LA-CIF 3A Championship MVP...2003 All-Wave newspaper Co-MVP...Los Angeles city strikeout record...pitched five years for Frank Price on the RBI (Reviving Baseball in Innercities) Monarchs, one year for Mark Carlson on the So Cal Belles, one year on the Flash `D' Gold, and one summer for Tyrone Davis on the Davis Batbusters...Was a three-time RBI program Player of the Year...Finished senior year with 21 career no-hitters, 7 perfect games and 1,086 strikeouts.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jim and Cathy McElroy...Has three brothers, Kwantu and Tuccoa Cammon, and Jim McElroy IV...who played football and ran track at UCLA...Cousin Tony Glover played football at Oregon State...Cousin Dramayne McElroy plays football at University of Arizona...Majoring in Business...Was on the honor roll every year...Senior class historian...Magnet Student of the Year in 2003...Graduated 11th in senior class...Enjoys singing and dancing...Former prep teammates include Shaltera Davis and Capri Williams playing for Bethune Cookman and Danira Ioloma playing for UC Riverside...Lists favorite athlete as her brother, Jim McElroy IV...Chose OSU because "I wanted to play in the best softball conference in the nation, and the girls made me feel at home."
