Allie Benthusen

Pitcher
Senior
Elgin, Ill. (Larkin), 5-5, Bats Right, Throws Right

2008:  Went 8-6 with a 3.44 earned run average and 5.68 strikeouts per seven innings…opponents batted .261 against her.

2007:  Named second-team All-CCIW with a 10-7 record, a 2.50 earned run average and 89 strikeouts in 115.0 innings pitched…opponents batted .253 against her…struck out a career-high 13 batters against North Park on April 2…named CCIW “Pitcher of the Week” on May 1 after throwing a no-hitter to defeat Millikin, 2-0, on April 28…credited with a save in the March 12 Manhattanville game.

2006:  Made a team-leading 17 pitching appearances, including 16 starts…went 8-8 with a 3.87 earned run average… threw a five-inning no-hitter in a 4-2 win over Carroll (Wis.) on March 27…struck out a season-high nine batters in five innings versus North Park on April 6.

High School:  Named All-Upstate Eight Conference and Daily Herald honorable mention all-area her junior year on a regional-championship team…all-conference her senior year and Larkin High School “Female Athlete of the Year”...coached by Larry Hight…National Honor Society member, National Spanish Honor Society member, Upstate Eight Conference all-academic and high honors student.

Personal:  Criminal justice major…named to the fall 2006 Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 24, 1987.