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2012 Softball

5 Cindy Boomhower

  • Position:
    P
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Walhalla, S.C.

Summary

Biography

2012: Named to the Big South All-ConferenceSecond-Team ... Also named to the Big South All-Tournament Team ...Was twice named the Big South Pitcher of the Week ... Named tothe College Sports Madness Big SouthAll-Conference Second-Team ... Was named to the Winthrop/adidasAll-Tournament Team ... Threw her first career perfect game in a6-0 win over UNC Wilmington on March 9th ... Made 36 appearances inthe circle for GWU, making eight starts ... Led the team and wastied for first in the Big South with four saves on the season ...Also led the team and was fifth in the Big South with 13 wins onthe year ... Recorded a team-low 2.10 ERA on the season, whichranked third overall in the Big South ... Was first in the Leaguein games finished with 26 and games in relief with 28 ... Led theteam with 123.1 innings pitched and two shutouts on the year ...Recorded two complete games ... Was second on the team with 83strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .257 for the season... Earned her first win of the season, going 4.0 innings in a 8-0shutout over Morgan State ... Posted a win over UNC Wilmington atthe Seahawk Classic, allowing one unearned run on four hits over3.2 innings of work in the 6-5 win ... Struck out two and allowedonly three hits over 3.0 innings of work to earn the win in GWU's8-6 win over Tennessee State at the UF Lipton Invitational ...Posted a 9-0 shutout win over 6.0 innings of work against SouthCarolina State ... Pitched 4.2 innings of relief work, striking outfive and holding Campbell scoreless in GWU's 3-2 win over theFighting Camels ... Recorded a win in a relief effort at Winthrop,spreading out four hits and striking out two over 5.2 innings ofwork in the Runnin' Bulldogs' 5-2 win ... Also earned the win inGWU's 3-2 win over Winthrop, going 3.2 innings without allowing arun ... Earned the win against Charleston Southern, giving up oneunearned run on four hits, while striking out three in the 3-1victory ... Posted a win going 2.2 innings of relief in GWU's 10-5home win over Presbyterian ... Posted a save in GWU's 2-1win overAlbany at the Winthrop/adidas Invitational ... Also recorded a savein the Runnin' Bulldogs' 5-4 road win at Coastal ... Picked up asave in GWU's 2-0 win at home over Charlotte and in the 5-3 homewin over Charleston Southern ... Recorded three wins and made fourappearances in the 2012 Big South Softball Championship Tournamentfor Gardner-Webb ... Named the Pitcher of the Year by her teammates... Finished her career at GWU first in GWU's Division I careerrecord books in walks per 7 IP (1.73), tied for first in saves (7),second in wins (36), second in innings pitched (547.2), second inERA (2.56), tied for third in complete games (33) and tied forthird in shutouts (8) ... Also finished her career ranked fourth instrikeouts (372) and sixth in strikeouts per 7 IP (4.72) ... Tabbeda 2012 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Earned a spot onthe 2011-12 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2011: Named to the Big SouthAll-Tournament Team ... Made 26 appearances in the circle for GWU,starting 25 games ... Won eight games on the year, while recordinga team-low 2.76 ERA ... Recorded eight complete games ... Alsorecorded one shutout ... Threw a team-high 134.1 innings on theseason ... Struck out 75 batters ... Earned her first win of theseason, going 5.2 innings and allowing only one earned run in GWU's6-5 home opening win over Furman ... Went five innings and gave upone earned run, while striking out four in the 3-2 win over Towsonat the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational ... Struck out three over fourinnings in GWU's 3-1 win over Providence ... Picked up the 11-1 winover North Carolina A&T, going four innings ... Earned the winin GWU's 1-0 win at Charleston Southern, holding the Buccaneersscoreless over six innings of work ... Struck out a season-high 11batters in a 5-3 complete game win at home over South CarolinaState ... Picked up back-to-back complete game wins over No.3Presbyterian and No. 7 Winthrop at the 2011 Big South SoftballChampionship Tournament, allowing three total runs, while strikingout 10 in the two wins ... Named GWU's Pitcher of the Year by herteammates ... Earned a spot on the 2010-11 Big SouthPresidential Honor Roll.

2010: Named to the Big SouthAll-Conference Second-Team ... Had 33 appearances, starting 20games ... Pitched in relief in 13 games ... Recorded a team-high 12complete games ... Totaled eight wins on the season ... Posted twosaves ... Held opponents to a team-low .257 batting average on theyear ...Had a team best 2.53 ERA ... Pitched a team-high 152.1innings ... Struck out 136 batters ... Went eight innings, allowingonly one run in a 1-0 loss to Coastal Carolina ... Picked up twocomplete game wins over UNC Wilmington at the UNC WilmingtonTournament ... Posted a 10-0 shutout win over Alabama State at theWar Eagle Classic, striking out a season-high nine batters ...Defeated Coastal Carolina twice in a conference three-game series,shutting out the Chanticleers over eight innings, striking out 12batters over 14 innings ... Struck out nine in a 7-5 loss toPresbyterian College ... Picked up a complete game win overWinthrop, striking out seven over nine innings in the 7-5 win ...Also had a complete game win at East Tennessee State, striking outeight ... Named the Pitcher of the Year by her teammates... Earned a spot on the 2009-10 Big South Presidential HonorRoll.

2009: Appeared in and started six gamesbefore suffering a season-ending injury ... Threw 38.0 innings,picking up 32 strikeouts and issuing only seven walks ... Heldopponents to a team low .224 batting average on the season ...Recorded two shutouts on the season ... Had four wins on the yearand five complete games ... Threw 8.0 innings, allowing only onerun while striking out eight, in the extra inning win overManhattan for her first win on the year ... Defeated Manhattanagain the next day, throwing 5.0 innings of shutout ball ... Went5.0 innings holding Winston-Salem State scoreless, while strikingout five to pick up her third win on the season ... Picked up the3-2 win over Georgetown, going the distance in the seven inningaffair ... Earned a spot on the 2008-09 Big South PresidentialHonor Roll.

2008: Recorded a 0.91 walks per seveninnings, which is the best in school history ... Won three games onthe year while recording a 3.16 ERA ... Pitched 99.2 innings ofwork ... Picked up her first career save by pitching 2.1 innings ofshutout relief in the win over Winston-Salem State ... Struck outfour in 6.2 innings of work in the victory over Presbyterian ...Recorded a complete game shutout for her first win in the 3-0 winover Mercer ... Struck out five while giving up just six hits inthe contest ... Picked up the win at Coastal Carolina, tossing sixinnings of work without allowing an earned run ... Gave up just oneearned run in seven innings against Stetson ... Went six inningswhile striking out three to get the win over Appalachian State ...Tossed three frames of shutout ball in the win at Belmont ... Namedto the A-Sun All-Academic Team. 

 
High School: Five-time First-Team All-Regionselection at Walhalla H.S. ... Three-time First-Team Golden CornerPitcher ... A South Carolina Senior All-Star selection ... Had anERA of under 1.00 during two seasons ... Allowed just nine walksversus 140 strikeouts over her final two high school seasons ...Selected as an Adidas Top-100 prospect in 2006 ... Led her SCBandits club team to two ASA state championships ... Helped herCarolina Mudcats club team win two state championships ... Athree-time All-Region selection in volleyball ... GarneredSecond-Team Golden Corner honors on three occasions in volleyball... Member of the Beta club.
 
Personal: Cynthia Marie Boomhower was bornJanuary 22, 1989 in Anderson, S.C. ... Daughter of Matt and BethBoomhower ... Has an older brother, Chris ... Graduated with adegree in Elementary Education in December 2011 ... Working towardsher Master's degree.





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    2008Freshman

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    2009Sophomore

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    2010Junior

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    2011Redshirt Junior

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    2012Redshirt Senior

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