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Anna Thompson Season 2008

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Anna Thompson Season 2008

PositionP
Height5-10
ClassSophomore
HometownHuntsville, Ala.

HONORS & AWARDS:
2010 ESPN the Magazine All-Academic Region IV First Team 
2010 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
SEC Pitcher of the Week (May 10, 2010)
SEC Pitcher of the Week (March 15, 2010)
SEC Pitcher of the Week (March 8, 2010)
2009 ESPN the Magazine All-Academic Region IV Second Team
2009 SEC Community Service Team
2009 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
SEC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 25, 2009)
2008 All-SEC Second Team
2008 ESPN the Magazine All-Academic Region IV Second Team 
2008 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2008 Tiger Invitational Most Valuable Pitcher
2007 SEC All-Freshman Team
2007 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2007 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
SEC Freshman of the Week (April 30, 2007)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 19, 2007)


2010 | SENIOR SEASON:
SEC Academic Honor Roll ... ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... selected SEC Pitcher of the Week a program-record three times ... appeared in 40 games with 21 starts ... posted a 17-10 record with a 1.46 ERA, four saves, 282 strikeouts and a .148 opponent batting average ... had 13 double-digit strikeout performances ... became the only pitcher in Auburn softball history to eclipse 1,000 career strikeouts, setting the program record with 1,078 ... ranked third in the nation with an 11.8 strikeouts per seven innings average ... her four saves also ranked 11th nationally ... held opponents to a 3.56 hits per seven innings average, which ranks sixth in the country. 

2009 | JUNIOR SEASON:
SEC Academic Honor Roll ... ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team ... appeared in 39 games with 28 starts ... posted 15-17 record with 2.28 ERA, 269 strikeouts and a .181 opponent batting average ... finished 15th in NCAA in Strikeouts per 7 IP with 9.4 per and 24th in Strikeouts ... had 10 double-digit strikeout performances ... ranked among SEC top 10 in ERA (6th), opponent's batting average (3rd), strikeouts (2nd), strikeouts looking (4th), innings Pitched (7th) ... named SEC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 25) after posting a 3-0 record without allowing a run and just five hits in wins vs. Troy, Winthrop and Middle Tennessee ... in those games, threw 19.2 innings, struck out 44 and set the Auburn single-game strikeout record with 18 vs. Middle Tennessee ... against Middle Tennessee, the first 14 outs of the game were strikeouts and only three outs for the game were non-strikeouts (two infield pop ups and one foul out to first).

2008 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Named Second Team All-SEC ... named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team ... finished ninth in SEC in ERA (1.93), sixth in opponent's batting average (.187), 10th in innings pitched (159.1), tied for first in saves (5), third in strikeouts (236) and fifth in strikeouts looking (54) ... named Most Valuable Pitcher of Tiger Invitational ... went 3-0 in two starts and one relief appearance in Tiger Invitational ... threw two complete games and fanned 25 in 17.2 innings of work ... started and shutout Evansville on three hits in season opener ... struck out eight vs. the Aces and did not issue a walk ... in 3.1 innings of relief vs. Gardner-Webb, struck out nine of 15 batters faced to earn the win ... in second start vs. Marshall, allowed two earned runs with eight strikeouts to earn the win ... threw complete game shutout, striking out eight, vs. Central Florida ... fanned 12 in a nine inning complete game one-hitter vs. Drake ... earned win after 3.0 scoreless innings vs. Alabama A&M ... pitched complete game to earn the win vs. Georgia Tech ... allowed two earned runs on five hits with 10 strikeouts vs. Yellow Jackets ... gave up six earned runs in 3.2 IP with seven strikeouts in loss vs. UMass ... earned first save with 4.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 10 K performance vs. Samford ... threw two-hit shutout to earn win vs. Georgia Southern ... fanned 12 to notch fourth double-digit strikeout performance of season vs. Georgia Southern ... threw 2.0 innings without allowing a hit to earn save vs. Tennessee Tech ... fanned 11 in losing effort vs. No. 15 Mississippi State in game one ... allowed just two earned runs in 5.2 IP vs. Bulldogs ... earned fourth save of season after 1.1 IP in game one vs. Arkansas ... fanned three and did not allow a hit in converting save ... started game two vs. Razorbacks and threw 7.0 innings to get the win ... struck out seven while giving up three runs, all earned, on six hits ... struck out 12, allowing one run, earned on three hits in 6.0 IP in a 1-0 loss to Mercer in game one ... threw 4.2 innings of relief to earn win in game three vs. No. 9 Tennessee ... fanned seven and allowed only one hit vs. Lady Vols ... threw five-hit shutout in game one vs. Georgia State ... fanned 12 vs. Panthers ... started and earned complete-game win vs. No. 21 Georgia in game two ... allowed just two hits and one run, unearned, with nine strikeouts vs. Bulldogs ... posted a 0.72 ERA in 9.2 IP during NCAA Regional ... fanned 14 of 32 batters faced in Regional ... has nine double-digit strikeout performances this season.

2007 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
SEC All-Freshman Team ... SEC Freshman of the Week April 30 after going 3-0 against South Carolina ... SEC Freshman of the Week Feb. 19 after going 2-0 at the Tiger Invitational ... went 15-15 with a 1.72 ERA in 187 innings ... finished the SEC regular season second with 291 strikeouts ... scattered four hits and two runs in the second game of a doubleheader, but took the loss ... struck out 12 and allowed just one hit in her third complete-game shutout effort of the season in a win over South Alabama ... worked 3.1 innings of scoreless relief after coming on in the first against Florida Atlantic ... tied a season-high with 14 strikeouts but allowed four runs on five hits in a 4-1 loss to LSU in the second game of a doubleheader ... threw seven innings for a complete-game shutout, striking out seven in the first game of a doubleheader at Arkansas for her 10th win of the season ... followed that up with one out in the second for her second save of the season ... worked 3.1 scoreless innings of relief to improve to 9-9 against Mississippi State ... posted both wins in a doubleheader sweep of Kentucky (3/10) ... started the first game and thew five innings, striking out 12 while walking one and scattering two hits ... relieved the second game and struck out seven in four innings in an extra-inning affair ... went 2-1 in three games at the USF Louisville Alugger Tournament in Tampa ... struck out 33 in 16 innings at the tournament, including a season-high 14 against South Florida in a win ... saved her first career game after working 1.2 innings and striking out four against Jacksonville State ... went 2-2 with 23 strikeouts in four appearances and 20.1 innings at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga. ... struck out 27 in 18.1 innings en route to a 2-0 record and 1.52 ERA at the Tiger Invitational ... was named to the All-Tournament Team ... Appeared in five games, starting two in Hawaii ... went 0-3 with a 1.52 ERA in Hawaii ... struck out 38 in 23 innings in Honolulu ... struck out 11, 11 and 10 in three straight appearances ... opponents batted just .165 against her in Hawaii.

HIGH SCHOOL:
High school coach was Alicia DeRosier ... named Miss Softball Alabama in 2006 ... holds the state of Alabama and national record with 2,322 strikeouts ... set state record for strikeouts in a season with 657 in 2006, breaking a record she had previously held ... named Miss Softball Alabama in 2004, her sophomore season ... named to the All-Huntsville City team from 2003-2004 and All-City Pitcher from 2003-05 ... Named All-Metro Pitcher from 2003-06 and 6A All-State Team from 2003-2006 ... Super All-State Team from 2003-06 ... Gatorade Player of the Year for Alabama in 2005 and 2006.

PERSONAL
Born Oct. 11, 1987, to Gary and Anne Thompson ... has one sister, Caroline ... majoring in finance and marketing.