Taryne Lee Mowatt (born September 12, 1986) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed hitting, retired pro

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pitcher. Mowatt is the current pitching coach for

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. She played

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at Arizona and helped them win the

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and

2007 Women's College World Series The 2007 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 17 through June 4, 2007. 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NC ...

. From 2008 to 2013, Mowatt played professionally in

National Pro Fastpitch National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), formerly the Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL), was a professional women's softball league in the United States. The teams battled for the Cowles Cup. The WPSL was founded in 1997 and folded in 2001; the NPF revive ...

, selected in the 2008 NPF draft by the

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. She ranks in several pitching categories for the Wildcats and holds the

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records for

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and wins.

College career

Mowatt graduated from Santiago High School in

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in 2004. As a freshman at the

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in 2005, Mowatt began her career a perfect 7-0 in limited appearances for the

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team. She debuted on February 4 vs. the

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, nabbing a victory by pitching 5 innings and striking out four batters. The

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handed her the only loss for that year on March 21, 2005. As a sophomore, Mowatt had career bests in

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and strikeout ratio (10.7). She threw 3

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and a

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. On February 26, 2006, Mowatt struck out 18 of the

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for a career best strikeouts in regulation. The total tied her for the fourth best 7-inning single game total in the

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. Mowatt threw her first

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on March 16, 2006, vs. the

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. Two days later Mowatt did it better in a 5-inning, 13

, 9-0

against the

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. It was the eighth

overall for the Wildcats and she being just the third pitcher to accomplish the feat. Mowatt connected for a three-run homer for her single game best in

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off

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of the

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on April 9. On April 22, Mowatt and

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' Kristina Thorson combined for 38 strikeouts, which was third best (now 7th) all-time in the

; the Wildcats won 4-2 in 13-innings. In the Super Regionals vs. the

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, Mowatt was a perfect 4/4 at the plate for another career best in hits, the run-rule victory sent the Wildcats into the WCWS on May 27. Mowatt hit her third

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in Game One and in the finale of the 2006

National Championship series against the

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, she had two hits; Mowatt would bat close to .400 at the series and .290 for the season. Mowatt was selected to the WCWS All-Tournament Team after Arizona won its seventh title. Mowatt's collegiate career was marked by her junior season where she pitched 3

, tied, broke and set school and

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conference records with her wins and strikeouts. Mowatt was also honored All

and Second Team

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n. For her 60-innings, 76 strikeouts, 4

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performance at the 2007

, she was named to the All-Tournament Team and earned the "Most Outstanding Player" Award in her victorious bid for the national title. She also set new WCWS records for wins (6) and strikeouts, the latter was previously held by former teammate and then assistant coach

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. Later that year Mowatt also won two

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; Best Female Athlete and Best Female College Athlete. In her senior season, Mowatt tied Hollowell's single game strikeout record at Arizona by fanning a career best 20 batters on March 1, 2008 against the

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. In that same game, Mowatt and

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set a new

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record for combined strikeouts at 41 and is now top-5 all-time. In a shutout win over the

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on March 20, she earned her 1000th career strikeout. Beginning on May 3, Mowatt started two career streaks, with a shutout win over the

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for 27.0 consecutive scoreless innings and 9 consecutive wins. The scoreless innings were snapped by the

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when they led off with a run on May 10. For that streak, Mowatt won all four complete games and struck out 49, while allowing 6 hits and 8 walks for a 0.52 WHIP. The winning streak was broken by the

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at the Super Regionals on May 23. For this streak, Mowatt tossed 56.0 innings, allowing 22 hits, 10 walks and 2 earned runs for a 0.25 ERA and 0.57 WHIP, while fanning 91 batters. The next day the Wildcat became the eighth pitcher at the school to win 100 games. After an appearance at 2008 WCWS, Mowatt ended her career with 1,267 strikeouts, still second best for the Wildcats, 6th in the now-named

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and within the top 30 for

all-time rankings; her strikeout ratio of 10.1 is still second, fifth and 21st all-time respectively.

Professional career

Mowatt was drafted in the first round of the

and picked 6th overall by the defunct

. Mowatt made her professional debut with the club on June 11, 2008, against the

Akron Racers The Akron Racers were a women's softball team based in Akron, Ohio. They have moved to Cleveland and been renamed the Cleveland Comets in 2018. The team was started by Joey Arietta in 1999 to participate in the Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL). ...

. She pitched 2 innings in relief in a 7-2 win by the Glory. She recorded her 1st career win on July 27 against the

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, pitching a complete game and allowing 3 hits, 1 run, 3 walks, and striking out 7 batters. The

made it to the Cowles Cup Championship but lost to the

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on August 24, 2008. Mowatt did not pitch.

Career statistics

Links

* NCAA Division I softball career strikeouts list *

NCAA Division I softball career wins list There are currently 104 pitchers in the NCAA Division I 100 Wins Club: Progression Debbie Nichols won her 140th career game defeating the ULL Ragin’ Cajuns 3-1 on April 7, 1990, besting Rhonda Wheatley's original record. Courtney Blades passed ...

External links

Taryne Mowatt Interview
*

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mowatt, Taryne 1986 births Living people Softball coaches from California Arizona Wildcats softball players Arizona Wildcats softball coaches Akron Racers players California Baptist Lancers softball coaches Chicago Bandits players Ole Miss Rebels softball coaches Washington Glory players Sportspeople from Orange County, California Sportspeople from Corona, California Softball players from California Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award winners