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2007: Became one of the top pitchers in the Mid-Continent Conference in her first season at Oakland ... first team All-Mid-Con selection ... 19 wins led the league and is the second-highest total in OU history ... led the team in every pitching category ... threw nearly two-thirds of OU's innings ... led the Mid-Con in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, games started, complete games and shutouts ... set new school records for innings, games started and complete games ... gave up only one earned run over her first two starts of the season, both complete game wins over Austin Peay (2/23-24) ... second game was a four-hit shutout ... fired a complete-game shutout at Chattanooga (3/4), striking out six without a walk ... earned Mid-Con Pitcher of the Week honors after pitching all three games at Southern Utah (3/23-24) ... struck out 12 in each of the first two games and picked up wins in two of the three totaling 27 strikeouts vs. seven walks ... surrendered just two earned runs in the three-game series against Centenary (4/20-21), winning all three contests ... that started a streak of nine of 13 games in which she did not give up and earned run ... she went 8-4 in that stretch with a 1.22 ERA ... did not allow an eraned run in back-to-back games against UMKC (4/27-28) ... matched the feat again at IPFW (4/29) and Butler (4/30), striking out a total of 16 ... blanked IUPUI (5/5) on two hits to clinch a Mid-Con playoff berth for OU ... struck out 10 in a nine-inning 2-1 win over Valparaiso (5/6) ... shutout Centenary (5/11) on three hits at the Mid-Con Tournament to eliminate the Ladies ... the next day she put OU in the championship game with an 10-inning, two-run performance against No. 1 seeded Western Illinois (5/12). Prior to Oakland: Played one season at Wright State before transferring to Oakland ... was the Raiders top pitcher as a freshman ... compiled a 5-26 record with a 5.19 ERA ... struck out 113 while tossing a pair of shutouts ... led the squad in every pitching category. High School: A 2005 graduate of Troy High School ... four-year letterwinner in softball for head coach Tom Calnen ... All-American selection as a senior ... two-time regional All-American ... twice named the Gatorade Player of the Year ... three-time all-state and all-region selection ... all-district all four years ... team captain ... helped the squad to a No. 1 state ranking in 2005 ... played summer ball for Compuware. Personal: Born Jessica Granger in Royal Oak, Michigan on March 20, 1987 ... nickname is Jess ... daughter of Charles and Barbara Granger ... sister Jenny played softball at Oakland ... mother played tennis at Hillsdale College. |
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Granger's Career Pitching Stats |
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| Year | W-L | ERA | App | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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2006 (WSU) |
5-26 | 5.19 | 42 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 193.0 | 277 | 176 | 143 | 77 | 113 |
| 2007 | 19-16 | 2.34 | 38 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 251.0 | 252 | 109 | 84 | 54 | 166 |
| Totals | 24-42 | 3.58 | 80 | 68 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 444.0 | 529 | 285 | 227 | 131 | 279 |
| Granger's Career Hitting Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | G-GS | Avg | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | Slg % | BB | HP | SO | OB% | SF | SH | SB-SBA | PO | A | E | Fld% |
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2006 (WSU) |
45-40 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 | 35 | 4 | .911 |
| 2007 | 39-37 | .200 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 | 32 | 6 | .885 |
| Totals | 84-77 | .167 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .583 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 20 | 67 | 10 | .897 |