| Brianne McGowan |
 |
|
 | Class:
Senior
|
| Hometown:
Reno, Nev.
|
| High School:
Wooster
|
|
|
| Height:
6-2
|
| Position:
Pitcher/First Base
|
| Experience:
1V
|
|
|
|
OREGON STATE
2004: Brianne McGowan played in 66 games making 65 appearances in the starting line-up, mostly as the designated player...made 28 appearances, including 18 games started in the circle...led the team with a 1.25 ERA to go along with a 10-6 record...ranked second on the squad with 112.1 innings pitched, six complete games and five shutouts...recorded 83 strikeouts while allowing 30 walks...tallied a career-high nine strikeouts in a complete game victory against Arizona State (Apr. 24)...tossed a 1-hitter, while striking out seven batters in a complete game against UC Riverside (Feb. 14)...threw a complete game 1-hitter against UC Santa Barbara (Mar. 5)...finished batting .215 with 37 hits and 27 RBI...tallied seven home runs, five doubles and seven sacrifices...belted the game-winning home run with a fifth inning shot to left-center field against No. 8 Nebraska (Feb. 15)...hit the game-winning home run against Oklahoma State (Mar. 6)...was a perfect 2-for-2 with a home run against North Texas (Mar. 11)...had the game-winning hit with a bloop single in the bottom of the seventh against top-ranked UCLA (Mar. 14)...went 2-for-2 with a double and two-RBI against Missouri (Mar. 22)...was 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored at No. 17 Oregon (Mar. 26)...had a home run and four RBI against Saint Mary's (Apr. 26)...went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI against Bowling Green (May 20) in the NCAA Regional Tournament...tallied eight multiple hit games and five multiple RBI contests...led the team by hitting .727 (8-for-11) with a runner on third and less than two outs.
2003 (Fall): Earned a spot on the USA Softball Junior Women's National Team...One of 17 players selected to represent the United States at the 2003 ISF Junior Women's World Championships, Oct. 12-20 in Nanjing, China...recorded two victories at the World Championships.
WOOSTER HIGH SCHOOL
Started four years for coach Dick Allen...Led Wooster to four consecutive 4A state titles...Highest ranking was 3rd in the ESPN Sports poll and 5th in the USA Today poll...In 2000 her team was also the all-state academic champion...She was a multiple awardee of the title state Pitcher of the Year for Nevada...In 2001 she was the State Pitcher of the Year...Named All-league Pitcher of the Year..In 2002 her team was undefeated in league play...Named Gatorade National Player of the Year...Nevada Prep Athlete of the Year...Also lettered four years in basketball...was all-division, team MVP and a first team all-state hoops selection....Also earned four letters in volleyball...set Nevada state records for kills in a game and in a season...A second team all-state and first team all-league volleyball pick...Played nine years for coach Bill Jeanney on the High Sierra Diamonds...Was Channel 4 Athlete of the Week three times...Won the Nevada Silver Scholar Award.
PERSONAL
Born in Reno, Nev...Daughter of Mike and Paige McGowan...Has one younger brother, Tom...Father and an uncle played football at the University of Nevada... Cousin Kaycee Wilcks plays softball at Nevada...Majoring in Exercise and Sport Sciences...Wants to be an occupational therapist...A member of the National Honor Society, Partners in Education, and the Honor Roll...Served as Sports Editor of the yearbook...Former prep teammates include Cindy Elkins at the University of Nevada, Katie Stevens at Wagner College, Teresa Miller at Cal Poly, Joyce Cathey at Illinois-Chicago, Whitney Smith at Cornell, and Jackie Rinehart at Stanford...Favorite athlete is her brother Tom McGowan...Biggest athletic thrill to date was going to China as a member of the USA Junior Olympic team...Chose OSU because "of the fantastic coaches, great team chemistry, and a great town."
