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Nicole Crouse

Class: Senior Hometown: LaPalma, California High School: J.F. Kennedy

Position: Pitcher Birthdate: 04/30/1980 Bats/Throws: Right/Right

2001: Academic All-Big Ten … tallied an 11-5 record with a 2.07 ERA and 80 K in 31 appearances and 18 starts ... threw seven complete games ... opponents batted .210 against her ... tied for team lead with four shutouts ... earned three saves, tying her for third on the season records list ... led team with fewest hits allowed ... her .688 winning percentage is third in the school’s season record book ... moved into the career leaders list in the categories of winning percentage (.536, 5th), ERA (2.17, 5th), complete games (26, T-5th), shutouts (10, T-2nd), innings pitched (367.1, 3rd) and strikeouts (205, 5th) ... threw a complete game 1-hitter at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... pitched a 6-1 complete game with 10 K against Morehead State for her biggest win of the year.

2000: Academic All-Big Ten … had 6-7 record with 2.49 ERA in 26 games … started nine games and completed two … involved in three combined shutouts … second on team with 13 games finished … earned one save … recorded 38 strikeouts in 70.1 innings … allowed one run in five innings to earn first win of season vs. UC-Santa Barbara on Feb. 25 … scattered eight hits in complete game vs. Hofstra … worked 6.2 shutout innings (allowing one hit) but had no-decision at Indiana State … struck out only batter faced to post save at Ohio State … earned victory in Boilermakers’ 4-3, 16-inning win at Minnesota … in nine relief appearances April 5-30 surrendered merely three earned runs in 20.1 innings for 1.03 ERA … did not commit an error in 33 fielding chances.

1999: Appeared in 38 games with 30 starts … topped team with 2.12 ERA, then fourth-best in school history … had 13-14 record with 17 complete games, five shutouts and two saves … five shutouts were third-best in school history and tied for sixth in Big Ten … seventh in Big Ten with 182 innings pitched … struck out 87 batters, then fifth-best in school history … opponents batted .255 against her … struck out eight batters twice, vs. Liberty and Nebraska.

High School: Team and Empire League Most Valuable Player after posting 0.09 ERA in 78 innings pitched her senior season … ERA was second-lowest in Orange County … Orange County Senior All-Star … team captain … played for four league championship teams.

Personal: Given name is Nicole Kimi Crouse … born April 30, 1980 … parents are Joy and Steve Crouse … has two sisters, Lindsey and Kelli, and two brothers, Evan and Tyler ... majoring in law and society/psychology.

Crouse’s Purdue Statistics

Year	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1999	13-14	2.12	38	30	17	5	2	182.0	178	79	55	94	87
2000	6-7	2.49	26	9	2	0	1	70.1	61	32	25	38	38
2001	11-5	2.07	31	18	7	4	3	115.0	87	44	34	64	80
Totals	30-26	2.17	95	57	26	9	6	367.1	326	155	114	196	205

Fielding	PCT	PO	AST	E	TC	DP		SBA	CSB	PCT
1999    	.976	9	74	2	85	2		24	7	.774
2000    	1.000	5	28	0	33	1		7	7	.500
2001    	.970	0	32	1	33	0		15	5	.750
Totals   	.980	14	124	3	151	3		46	19	.708

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