Jen Deering Class: Senior Hometown: Salinas, CA High School: North Salinas Height: 6-0 Position: P/1B Birthdate: 07/28/1981 Experience: 3V Bats/Throws: R/R

Most experienced pitcher on the team … has the ability to overpower batters and keep them off balance.

2002: Went 13-2 with a 2.45 ERA … second on the team in innings pitched (97.1) and strikeouts (94) … tossed eight complete games, including three individual and one combined shutout … in her season debut, recorded a seven strikeout, one walk, complete game shutout in the second game of a double header vs. Sacramento State … posted a season and career-high, 10 strikeouts in a 6-1 win Mar. 9 against Northern Iowa … threw a one-hitter in her next appearance in an 8-0 decision over Syracuse Mar. 15 … struck out nine batters and collected her fourth shutout of the year against San Jose State April 10 … had eight-game winning streak snapped at UCLA April 13 … offensively, used as a pinch runner … had 11 plate appearances for a .182 batting average.

2001: Saw a lot of time away from the circle, appearing in 34 games both as a pitcher and a position player … started and earned a win in her first appearance Mar. 16 vs. Eastern Illinois, tossing 4.2 shutout innings with four Ks… pitched her first complete game on the year with a 4-1 win over Georgia State … defeated Washington Apr. 29 for her first career Pac-10 win after pitching seven innings of three-run, nine-hit and seven-strikeout ball … offensively, batted .197.

2000: Appeared in 19 games in the circle, starting 12 of them … also played first base and DP … finished the season with a 9-0 record and a 1.62 ERA … combined with Nicole DiSalvio on a no-hitter against Cal Poly, pitching 2.1 innings of relief in a 6-0 victory … her first win was a three-hit, eight-strikeout shutout over Florida A&M … struck out a season-high nine batters in a 7-1 win over Portland State ... also struck out eight in games against New Mexico State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … tossed 3.1 innings without allowing an earned run against then-No. 1 Washington … had a better than 4-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio … had a .188 batting average (6-for-32), with a home run, two doubles, five RBI and six runs scored … also went 2-for-3 with a game-winning home run in the bottom of the seventh inning versus Arizona State, lifting Cal to a 1-0 victory.

High School: Recorded more than 800 strikeouts in her four seasons at North Salinas … once had 49 strikeouts in a 34-inning game … earned all-state and All-America honors … named the Salinas Californian’s Female Athlete of the Year three times … a four-time team MVP … in addition to softball, voted team MVP in both volleyball and basketball.

Personal: Jennifer Elaine Deering … parents are Mona and Steve Deering … father played professional basketball in France … also one-year member of the Cal basketball team … enjoys boogie boarding and horseback riding in her spare time … American studies major … born July 28, 1981 in Salinas, CA.

Deering’s Career Pitching Statistics
Year	G	GS	CG	W	L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
2000	19	12	7	9	0	0	1.62	78.0	60	23	18	15	67
2001	4	4	2	4	1	0	1.98	42.1	38	14	12	8	47
2002	24	17	8	13	3	0	2.45	97.1	82	38	34	23	94
Total	47	33	17	26	4	0	2.06	217.2	180	75	64	46	208

Deering’s Career Batting Statistics
Year	G	AB	R	H	AVG	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB
2000	23	32	6	6	.188	2	0	1	5	6	11	1
2001	34	75	10	14	.187	3	0	1	5	3	27	1
2002	11	11	1	2	.182	0	0	0	1	3	2	0
Total	64	118	17	22	.186	5	0	2	11	12	40	2