Taylor Petty

2012 NCAA Softball Championship, Tempe Regional - Long Beach State vs. Syracuse

2012 NCAA Softball Championship, Tempe Regional - Long Beach State vs. LIU Brooklyn

Taylor Petty (above) and Erin Jones-Wesley have a combined 1.04 ERA in Big West Conference games

Taylor Petty threw three scoreless innings

Taylor Petty threw a one-hitter in game two

Taylor Petty gave up only one run on three hits in the Long Beach State's first game

Taylor Petty had 10 strikeouts in a complete game.

Junior Taylor Petty led the 49er pitching staff with a 2.50 ERA in 2010.

Sophomore Taylor Petty tossed her third shutout in as many weeks as she led the 49ers to a 4-0 win over Cal Poly.

Sophomore Taylor Petty scattered just two hits in a 2-1 loss at UC Davis.

Sophomore Taylor Petty tossed a two-hitter in the 49ers' 1-0 victory over CSUN.

Sophomore Taylor Petty led The Beach to a 4-3 win over Kansas on Wednesday.

The Beach will head south this weekend for five games at the San Diego Classic I.

Freshman Taylor Petty earned her first BWC Pitcher of the Week award after leading The Beach to a series sweep at Pacific.

Freshman Taylor Petty tossed a three-hitter in an eight-inning, 2-1 game two victory.

Freshman Taylor Petty led the 49ers to their 30th win of the season with a career-high 11 strikeouts.

LBSU opens BWC action this weekend against UC Davis at the 49er Softball Complex.

Position:
RHP
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Major:
Communication Studies
Hometown:
San Pedro, Calif.
High School:
San Pedro HS
Prev School:
San Pedro HS

2012: Needs three saves to set a new Long Beach State career record, while needing five wins to crack Long Beach State career top 10 and 44 strikeouts to move into third all-time at LBSU.

2011: Named to the 2011 Academic All-District 8 Softball Team ... Earned honorable mention All-Big West Conference honors despite being limited by injuries for most of the season ... Went 6-4 with a 2.34 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 89.2 innings pitched ... Finished ninth in the nation, and first in the Big West while setting a LBSU record with five saves ... Held opponents to a Big West-best .172 batting average, while ranking second in ERA and sixth in strikeouts ... Started season with back-to-back 10-strikeout efforts in wins over Loyola Marymount ... Struck out seven three times, in a 11-0 win over Arkansas, a 4-3 loss to BYU and a 4-0 shutout of Canisius ... Set a new school record for saves after holding San Diego State to one hit in three innings in NCAA Regional Tournament ... Had five at-bats and got first career hit at Cal Poly on April 22.

2010: Led the 49er pitching staff with a 2.50 earned run average ... Compiled 135 strikeouts, ranking second in the Big West ... Finished the season with a 10-14 record, four shutouts and two saves ... Did not allow an earned run in a 6-1 win over Kent State ... Picked up her first career save against Boise State ... Tossed a one-hit shutout in a 2-0 win over Buffalo (March 13) ... Gave up just two hits in a 1-0 win at Cal State Northridge (April 10) ... Also held Cal Poly scoreless in a 5-0 victory ... Fired her second one-hitter of the season at UC Davis, leading the 49ers to a 2-0 triumph (April 17).

2009: Tabbed the Co-Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year, while also earning first-team all-conference honors ... Posted a 15-4 overall record with 134 strikeouts and four shutouts ... Led the Big West with a 1.39 earned run average ... Also ranked fourth in strikeouts, sixth in wins and eighth in innings pitched ... Tossed a one-hit shutout with eight strikeouts in her first collegiate start against San Diego (Feb. 21) ... Fanned 10 batters in a complete-game victory over Syracuse on March 8 ... Also went the distance with nine strikeouts in an eight-inning, 2-1 win vs. San Jose State (March 13) ... Compiled a career-high 11 strikeouts at UC Riverside on May 2, before matching that effort one week later at Pacific (May 8) ... Earned the final Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week award after posting a 0.93 ERA with 18 strikeouts in 15 innings of work in a three-game sweep at Pacific (May 8-9).

High School: Led San Pedro High School to four consecutive Marine League titles and three CIF City Section championships ... Three-time CIF Pitcher of the Year ... Earned Press-Telegram Dream Team Pitcher of the Year honors from 2006-08 ... Also tabbed the Daily Breeze Player of the Year as a sophomore and senior ... Left San Pedro HS as the CIF City Section all-time leader in wins (87) ... Amassed 1,025 strikeouts over her four-year career.

Personal: Played travel ball for the SoCal Pumas from 2007-08 ... Academic all-star at San Pedro HS.

Major: Communication Studies