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Brittany Rice Hometown: Chattanooga, Tenn. High School: Ooltewah Height: 5-8 Position: RHP Bats/Throws: R/R

Should be a factor after rehabbing from shoulder surgery last summer... came up with key wins in Upstate's march to the regular season A-Sun championship... ranks among the career leaders in earned run average, opponent batting average, appearances and starts at Upstate.

2008: Made 19 starts and 23 appearances on the year while playing with an injured shoulder... tossed six complete games... finished the season with six wins... lowered her ERA in conference play... won four games against A-Sun foes... picked up key wins at Jacksonville and North Florida and at home against Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast... all four wins enabled Upstate to complete sweeps of the Dolphins, Ospreys, Hatters and Eagles... earned her first win of the year scattering five hits in the complete-game, 9-3, win over West Virginia Wesleyan (Feb. 17)... allowed five hits and no earned runs in the 11-1 win over Charleston Southern (Feb. 27)... went the distance while giving up just four hits in the 9-0 shutout of Jacksonville (April 4)... tossed 4 2/3 innings, allowing just one earned run in the 6-2 win at North Florida (April 5)... struck out five and allowed just four hits in the 5-1 victory over Stetson (April 11)... struck out seven and scattered eight hits in six innings to earn the win in the 7-3 victory over Florida Gulf Coast (April 12).

2007: Arguably the top pitcher on the team as a freshman... made 32 appearances... tossed 148.0 innings... led the Spartans with a 1.84 ERA... was second on the team with 17 wins, tallying a 17-5 record... tied for the team lead with two saves... tossed 12 complete games in 20 starts... walked just 43 batters and struck out 136... held opponents to a .210 batting average... did not give up a triple on the year... ranked fourth in the Peach Belt Conference with a 1.84 ERA... was 10th in wins, ninth in strikeouts, seventh in shutouts and fifth in opponent batting average... earned Peach Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 20... also appeared at the plate... finished the season 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run... pitched three innings with four strikeouts to pick up her first collegiate save in the 12-4 win over Limestone (Feb. 11)... won her first college game by going the distance with six strikeouts in the 6-1 win over North Greenville (Feb. 14)... turned in a gutsy performance in the second game of the doubleheader... came into the game with just one out in the first inning in the second game of the doubleheader against USC Aiken (Feb. 15)... tossed 7 2/3 innings, allowing just one run and striking out five to pick up the 4-2 win... scattered three hits and struck out eight in the 3-0 complete-game shutout of Bloomsburg (Mar. 10)... struck out six and gave up four hits in four innings of relief to pick up the win in the 7-4 victory over West Virginia State (Mar. 17)... had a career-high tying 10 strikeouts in tossing a no-hitter in the complete-game 9-0 win over Mansfield (Mar. 24)... went the distance with eight strikeouts and allowing just three hits for the complete-game shutout victory over East Stroudsburg (Mar. 25)... followed that performance with a complete-game shutout of Lander (Mar. 29)... struck out a career-high tying 10 batters in four innings to pick up the 8-3 win over Queens (Apr. 9)...

High School: A starting pitcher since her freshman season... did not play her senior season at Ooltewah High School... played travel ball instead... finished her career with 386 strikeouts... earned Second Team All-City honors from the Chattanooga Free Press in 2003 and 2005... and Honorable Mention All-City selection in 2004... named the Times Free Press "Star of the Night" five times for recording 16 or more strikeouts in a single game... ended her career with a 0.67 ERA... a three-time selection to the March Madness All-Tournament Team... recognized as Who's Who Among America's High School Athletes... a two-time Gatorade Will to Win Athlete nominee... also had a successful travel ball career... led the Austin Eagles to the 2005 ASA State Championship... threw two no-hitters in the state tournament... led the Eagles to a 13th-place finish out of 138 teams in the ASA National Tournament.