Zada Lines

Photo by: Doug Sampson

Position:
Pitcher
Class:
Junior
High School:
Revere
Hometown:
Akron, Ohio

2010: Appeared in 37 games on the mound, starting 18 times … Led the team with seven wins and a 5.02 ERA, as well as five complete games, two shutouts, and 119 strikeouts in 128.1 innings … Also hit a team-best .348 at the plate in 46 at-bats with a .444 on-base percentage and a .522 slugging percentage … Threw her first career no-hitter in a 3-0 win over Dartmouth at the Buzz Classic, walking three batters and striking out seven … Pitched a one-hitter in the final game of the regular season, a 3-0 win over MAC regular season champion Kent State that clinched a bid to the MAC Tournament … Named MAC Pitcher of the Week after recording two wins against Toledo and hitting her first home run of the season … Finished in the top 10 in the MAC in strikeouts, appearances, and saves … In conference games only, ranked sixth in the league in strikeouts and seventh in opponents batting average … Held right handed hitters to a paltry .227 batting average … Had three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games, including a 4-for-4 performance with four RBI in a 9-7 win over Akron. She also pitched six innings to get the win in the circle … Went 9-for-16 at the plate to finish the year with six RBI in the final nine games.

2009: Played in 44 of the Falcons’ 46 games between her duties as the right fielder, pitcher and designated player . . . third on the team in batting average (.289), totaling 33 hits, seven doubles, one homer, 11 RBIs and 12 runs scored . . . recorded at least one hit in 24 games with seven multiple hit games . . . recorded a four game hitting streak during the Falcons’ home opening weekend with five hits, one RBI and three runs scored . . . posted another four game hitting streak in the final four home games tallying six hits, including two doubles, three RBIs and one run scored . . . ended the regular season on a three game hitting streak, which included two straight multiple hit games against Eastern Michigan, totaling five hits, a homer, a double, two RBIs and four runs scored . . . hit her first career homer against Eastern Michigan (May 2) . . . recorded at least one hit with three multiple hit games in eight of the last 10 games totaling 12 hits three doubles, a home run, five RBIs and six runs scored . . . played right field in 25 games recording nine putouts . . . pitched 24.2 innings and fanned 17 batters on strikeouts, including a career high five batters against Wright State (April 29) . . . recorded her first career start and win in the circle against University of Texas-Arlington (Feb. 14) with a 3-2 win keeping the Mavericks scoreless for six innings.

2008: Played in 36 games making 24 starts, 23 in the outfield . . . posted a .214 batting average with 15 hits, including a double, two RBIs, eight runs and three sacrifice hits . . . opened the season recording at least one hit in eight of the first 12 games, including two multiple hit games . . . recorded her first collegiate hit in the season opener against Lipscomb (February 22) at the Chattanooga Classic . . . posted a career high two hits in the second game of the season against East Tennessee State (February 23) at the Chattanooga Classic ... recorded 22 putouts and three assists.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Revere High School in softball and volleyball . . . named captain as a junior and senior on the softball team and a junior on the volleyball team . . . led the Minutemen from the mound to three Suburban League championships and three district final appearances . . . started every game on the mound recording a 42-8 career record . . . as a Minuteman totaled 455 career strike outs and a .354 career hitting percentage . . . four-time All-Suburban League honoree . . . named all-district as a junior and senior and all-state as a senior.

PERSONAL: Full name is Zada Suzanne Lines . . . daughter of Scott and Susan Lines . . . born Nov. 4, 1988 . . . a middle childhood education major with a 3.506 grade-point average through the fall 2009, semester . . . would like to become a teacher ... has two younger sisters ... played travel ball for the Lady Lasers Gold.