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2000: Gina Bessolo led the Pittsburgh pitching staff with a career-best 1.96 ERA, and was second in wins with six on the year...struck out 66 batters...made 12 starts in 18 appearances...earned a career-high four shutouts...pitched seven innings and made a season-high nine strikeouts in a 2-0 Panther win over Robert Morris (4/19/00)...pitched 9.1 innings in a close extra-inning loss to St. John's (4/30/00). 1999: Was third in the conference with 164.0 innings pitched...pitched the final two innings for the Panther victory over Indiana at the 1999 Bama Bash, giving Pittsburgh its first-ever win...also pitched the Panthers to their first Big East win in school history, a 10-6 victory over Connecticut (4/25/99)...accumulated 10 strikeouts in the final game of the season in a 2-0 win over Youngstown State...had three shutouts for the season against Princeton, Cleveland State and Youngstown State...traveled with Atheletes in Action Softball to Zimbabwe and Venezuela to compete with the National Teams...participated in the Student Athlete Advisory Board and Athletes in Action at the University of Pittsburgh. High School: Earned eight total letters, four in softball, two in volleyball and two in soccer...named Lakewood High Female Athlete of the Year...four-time all-city selection...perfect 6-0 record with a 0.30 ERA her senior season...was the homecoming queen and a National Honor Society member. Personal: Born Dec. 9, 1979...daughter of Mike and Pam Bessolo...has two brothers and one sister...a communications major...played on the ASA Junior Olympics team and the Athletes in Action sports ministry in Venezuela during the summer of 1999...her great-uncle played Superman on the television series. |
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