Tori Almond Athlete Profile

#8 Tori Almond

Position: Pitcher Height: 6-1 Class: Junior Roster Years: 2011-2013 Hometown: South Jordan, UT Last School: Bingham High School

Before BYU

Prepped at Bingham High
Two-time Utah Gatorade Player of the Year (2008, 2010)
State 5A MVP in 2009 and 2010
Two-time Deseret News Ms. Softball (2008, 2010)
Led team to three-straight state 5A championships (2007-2009)
Three-time Region MVP
Three-time All-State First Team
Three-time 5A Tournament MVP
Second-team All-American senior year
Salt Lake Flames club team was seven-time state champions
Teammate of fellow softball player Carly Duckworth on Salt Lake Flames
Holds the state career strikeout record with 334 strikeouts
Threw two perfect game and four no-hitters in 2010
Went 21-5 her senior year with a 0.30 earned-run average and 334 striekouts against 28 walks
Averaged 14.67 strikeouts per game senior year
Coached by Mikki Jackson
National Junior Honor Society member
First-team Academic All-Region
Four-year honor roll student

Led the Mountain West Conference in earned runs allowed (38) and runs allowed (42)
Fifth in the conference in ERA (3.13) and in total wins (10)
Two-time MWC Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 15, Apr. 26)
Started and pitched two innings vs. Ole Miss, getting the first strikeout of her career and allowing no hits in a no-decision
Earned first win of her career against Cal State Northridge, pitching all 7 innings with a career-high 6 strikeouts while allowing zero runs and three hits
Earned a win vs. No. 9 UCLA, striking out 7 and allowing just 4 hits
Threw 4.0 innings vs. No. 9 Cal, striking out 6 batters
Threw a complete-game shutout vs. Seattle with 6 strikeouts, 3 hits and 2 walks
Had a career-high 8 strikeouts in just four innings in a win over Southern Utah
Won vs. Colorado State, pitching a complete-game shutout in 5 innings with 7 strikeouts
Pitched 2.1 innings of relief as the pitcher of record in the season finale vs. Washington in her first postseason appearance

NFCA All-Region Second Team
All-WAC Second Team
Academic All-WAC
WAC Scholar-Athlete
All-WAC Tournament Team
All-Eugene Regional Team
WAC Pitcher of the Week (May 7)
Highest single season win percentage by a pitcher in BYU history at .833 (20-4 record)
Became 5th player in BYU history to win 20 games in a season
8th-best BYU single season marks in strikeouts (154) and ERA (2.00)
1st in the WAC in strikeouts per game (7.72) while finishing 3rd in ERA (2.00), opposing batting average (.195) and wins (20) and 4th in strikeouts (154)
2nd in the WAC in ERA (1.31) and wins (10) in conference play
Career-high 10 strikeouts in just 5 innings in win over Purdue
Also had 9 strikeouts two times (Southern Utah, Utah Valley)
Pitcher of record in both of BYU's wins in the Eugene Regional, allowing 1 hit and no runs in 3.0 innings vs. Mississippi State and throwing 7 strikeouts with no walks, no runs and just 2 hits in a complete game shutout vs. Portland State
Earned win vs. No. 11 Hawaii in WAC Tournament with 6 strikeouts, no runs and 3 hits in 3.2 innings
Earned all three wins in a two-day series against San Jose State
Won 10-straight decisions at the end of the season
Started in 23 games with 36 appearances and 11 complete games

Pitched the first no-hitter of her career with five strikeouts against Saint Mary's on May 4
PCSC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 24-Mar. 2, Apr. 29-May 5)
College Sports Madness All-Conference Second Team
Struck out a career-high 13 batters in her first start of the season against Seattle, giving up just three hits and in a complete game shutout
Pitched a full game against Hawai’i en route to a 4-2 upset of the No. 20 Rainbow Wahine
Gave up just one earned run on three hits in 8.2 innings pitched against San Diego alongisde five strikeouts
Pitched her fifth complete game of the season with 10 strikeouts against Santa Clara to earn the win
Pitched a complete game against Saint Mary's on May 3 and gave up just one earned run with six strikeouts
Defeated in-state rival Utah, giving up just three hits with four strikeouts
Started in 27 games with 33 appearances and seven complete games