Before Yale: Three-time all-league selection at Thousand Oaks High School... Had an 8-0 record and a 0.40 earned run average with 86 strikeouts in 53 innings before suffering an injury in her senior year... Helped lead Thousand Oaks to three league titles and the Division I Southern Section quarterfinals as a senior... Pitched for the Southern California Pumas, who placed nationally in 2008.

Personal: Has been part of the Guide Dogs of America program, which helps raise puppies that will lead the blind, for seven years.