Monica Triner

Position:
Pitcher/Utility
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
East Bay High School
Hometown:
Gibsonton, Fla.
Major:
Criminology

Senior (1999): Returned as half of the one-two punch in USF rotation ... Had team-best batting average of .374 ... In 171 at-bats she recorded 64 hits, 41 RBI's, 23 runs scored, sixteen doubles, and four home runs ... Led the team in doubles and slugging percentage with .538 ... Had a team-best on-base percentage of .498 ... Was 6-for-7 in stolen base attempts ... Awarded USF Silver Bat Award (.374 BA), SASA Pitcher of the Week 3/8 and 3/29, First Team All-Region, and Second Team All-American honors.

Junior (1998): Led the Bulls in several categories -was tops in average, home runs, on-base percentage, ERA, strikeouts and shutouts ... Named Second Team AllAmerican ... Selected First Team All- Southeast Region ... .411 batting average was 35th best in the nation ... Raised her career batting average 10 points... Broke school record for hits in a season with 79 ... 0.56 ERA was tops for USF and fourth nationally ... Had 21st best wiuning percentage in Division I with 0.80 (24-6 record) ... Led team with four saves (eighth highest in nation) ... Belted seven homers with 44 RBI ... Along with Lea Mishlan, set the single season record for total bases with 116 ... Led team with 10 shutouts ... First on team with 152 strikeouts ... Held opponents to .167 batting average ... Against Connecticut 2/28, went 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBI and two runs scored while recording 11 putouts at IB... Twice fanned 10 batters (2/13 vs. Centennary, 4/19 vs. Virginia) ... Fourth on team with .993 fielding percentage ... Was involved in 11 double plays ... Recorded .528 on base percentage when leading off an inning ... Led team with 18 two-out RBI's.

Sophomore (1991): Second Team All-Southeast Region ... Became all-time career home run leader at USF ... Broke the USF single-season record for victories with 23 ... Led team in batting average, total bases, hits, walks, on base percentage, RBI and home runs ... Had 16 multiple-hit games ... Her 63 hits were five shy of the team record ... In most crucial stretch of the season, carried team when Jennifer Thompson was injured by pitching 27.2 innings in the final six games while USF posted a 6-0 record.

Freshman (1996): Broke 12 freshman hitting records ... Had 15 multiple-hit games and 13 multiple-RBI games ... Belted seven homers ... Hitting streaks of 10, nine and six games ... First collegiate hit was a home run ... Ranked 48th nationally in ERA, teaming with Jennifer Thompson to place USF 10th as a staff with a 1.18 total ERA ... NSCA National Player of the Week 3/20 after throwing a no-hitter, belting a homer, and collecting 13 hits, eight RBI, two doubles and six runs as well as posting a 5-0 record ... Tied USF record for most wins in a season (21) and finished second to Thompson for most shutouts in a season (10) ... Threw 11 games with at least seven strikeouts, including 13 against Ohio State ... MVP of Lady Seminole Classic ... Set the USF record for strikeouts in a season with 169.

High School: As a high school senior was Florida State Player of the Year, 6A Player of the Year, St. Petersburg Times Player of the Year, Tampa Tribune Co-Player of the Year ... All-State, conference MVP as junior at East Bay ... 0.09 ERA senior year ... Hit at least .400 in all four high school seasons ... First team all-conference, all-Tampa Tribune, all-St. Petersburg Times, team MVP, team
captain all four years in high school ... Also was all-conference on East Bay volleyball team and team captain all four years.

Personal: Goes by "Mo"... Born August 9, 1977 in Tampa, Fla ... Daughter of Bill and Ursula Triner ... Was the second-overall draft pick in the Women's Professional Softball League and No.1 pick of Tampa Bay Firestix ... Holds at least a share of 15 career and season
records at USF.