Player Bio: Jamie Graves - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Softball
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Wilson on Graves: "When people say the name 'Jamie Graves,' they don't think 'power pitcher' or dominance. Yet, Jamie, as a left-handed finesse pitcher, has had the lowest ERA in the Pac-10 during the regular season for the past two years. That's dominance. She is the model of consistency. She goes out, every day, and does her job. She's not flashy; she's not the poster girl for anybody. She just goes out and gets the job done. For four years I know I can hand her the ball any day of the week and she's going to keep us in the game."
Washington: Holds two UW career records and stands poised to break even more...Has the top mark in saves (10) and fewest walks per seven innings (0.92)...Ranks second in appearances (121) and third in earned run average (1.32)...Is fourth in games started (83), wins (64), complete games (69), shutouts (21), innings pitched (568.0) and strikeouts...Picked in the fifth round, No. 19 overall, by the Akron Racers in the 2000 Women's Pro Softball League senior draft.
Junior (1999): Solidified her place as one of the top pitchers in the nation with her 0.76 ERA, which led the Pac-10 and ranked fifth in the country and set a UW record...Earned second-team All-America honors for the second-straight season and was a first-teamer in both the Pac-10 and Pacific Region...She and Jennifer Spediacci combined to set 12 team records, most of which they'd established a year ago: lowest ERA (0.88), opposing batting average (.179) and slugging percentage (.215); fewest runs (99), hits per seven innings (4.47), and walks (71); and most shutouts (32) and strikeouts (408)...Her 25 wins tied her with Spediacci for the third-best total in a UW season, fifth in the conference and 20th in the country last season...Led the team in appearances (43) and fewest walks (18)...That 0.59 walk percentage also set a new school standard...Struck out 7.8 batters per walk...Held opposing batters to a .206 batting average...Posted two of UW's regional wins...Pitched a complete game and tripled to set up the winning run in a nine-inning, three-hit, 1-0 showdown with Cal State Fullerton in the regional semifinal to help her earn the tournament's most outstanding player award...Maintained a 0.00 ERA throughout the postseason in 22.0 innings of work...Picked up a save against Cal in the semifinals...Came up with more clutch hits in the postseason, batting .385...Went 1-for-1 in the CWS championship game against No. 1 UCLA, scoring a run...Collect two hits in three at-bats against No. 16 Arizona State in the CWS opener...Handed No. 1 UCLA its first loss of the season, halting the Bruin's 35-game winning streak, in a complete-game, six-hit, 4-1 victory...Pitched 35.1 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run (2/20-3/7)...Threw a no-hitter through seven innings in a scoreless game against No. 12 Oregon State before allowing two in the final two innings for a 1-0 loss...Combined with Spediacci to hold No. 9 Louisiana State hitless (2/26)...Held three teams to just one hit in complete-game shutouts: No. 20 Florida (2/20), Santa Clara (3/6) and Western Washington (4/20)...Shut out six other opponents, including ranked foes No. 7 Stanford (3/27), No. 7 Arizona State (4/10) and No. 18 Oregon (5/2)...Earned NFCA Leadoff Classic all-tournament honors...Named first-team academic all-Pac-10.
Sophomore (1998): Named second-team All-American, first-team all-Pac-10 and second-team all-Pacific Region...Also honored as the 1998 Arizona Softball Player of the Year by Softball West Magazine...One of three pitchers who helped set or tie 14 team pitching records, including lowest ERA (1.24), opposing batting average (.182) and slugging percentage (.238); fewest hits (286), runs (103) and walks (81); and most strikeouts (365)...Led the staff for the second year in saves with three, with that total standing second on the UW season chart...Was second in ERA (1.24), wins (18), winning percentage (.692, 18-8), appearances (35), games started (27), complete games (12) and innings pitched (158.2)...Ended the regular season with the staff's best ERA (1.05) and the lowest against Pac-10 foes (1.60)...Though her season-ending 1.24 was her highest of the year, it ranks fourth on the all-time season-best list at UW...Her cumulative ERA did not rise above 0.75 in 15 straight games (3/19-4/19), a stretch in which she faced 10 ranked teams...Averaged just one walked batter per game, only 22 in 617 faced...Earned Pac-10's weekly pitching honor for the second time of the year the last week of the regular season for the perfect game she threw against No. 16 Arizona State (5/9), when she hurled 75 pitches and struck out five...Had two other complete-game no-hitters, versus Utah (2/20) and Marshall (3/24), both of which were spoiled perfect games when she hit a batter...Shared a no-hitter with Jennifer Spediacci and Eve Gaw against Pacific Lutheran (4/15)...Earned NFCA and Pac-10 Player of the Week honors after pitching a shutout win at No. 1 Arizona (4/4), giving up five hits and missing a complete game by one batter...That same weekend, pitched a complete game against No. 7 Arizona State in a 5-2 win...Also had shutout wins over No. 14 Stanford (3/28), No. 18 Oregon State (4/18) and No. 21 Cal (4/26)...Pitched 29.2 straight scoreless innings between 3/19-29...At the plate, came up with clutch hits early in the season, going 2-3 with one RBI in the opener against Texas and Olympian Christa Williams, and 2-4 versus No. 8 Colorado State (2/22)...A six-game hitting streak included outings against No. 19 Cal (3/29), No. 7 Arizona State (4/3) and UCLA (4/11)...Had three multi-hit and multi-RBI games...Played first base twice early in the season.
Freshman (1997): Had a successful rookie season, earning all-Pac-10 honorable mention accolades...Also was named to the CWS and regional all-tournament team...Had the lowest ERA for any pitcher in the CWS with a 0.36...Allowed opposing hitters to a tournament-low .169 batting average, with 12 hits in 19.1 innings...Gave up her first runs of the tournament against UCLA in the first of two losses after pitching a perfect game through 5.1 innings...Pitched 16 consecutive scoreless innings prior to that game...Picked up the regional championship victory when she entered the game in the sixth inning and retired the final six Oklahoma State batters...Finished the season with four straight wins before losing to UCLA in the CWS semifinals...Won seven straight games (2/22-3/26)...Led the pitching staff for the season in wins (21), winning percentage (.778), and innings pitched (197.1)...Her six saves set a Pac-10 record and tied her for third in the nation...Had six complete games and five shutouts...Struck out 105 batters and posted a 1.99 ERA...Gave coach Wilson her 400th career victory with win over Cal Poly-SLO (2/23)...Started the first game of the season and threw a complete game shutout against Illinois-Chicago...Pitched a one-hitter vs. UCSB (2/14)...Combined with Eve Gaw for a one-hitter vs. California (4/19).
High School: A four-time letterwinner under coach Tom James...Helped team win two state championships and finish as runners-up once...Holds the Arizona high school record for most wins by a pitcher with 100...Was team MVP two years...A four-time all-region and all-state honoree...Named Arizona's player of the year three times...Was a U.S. Junior National IFA team member on the club which won the gold medal in 1995.
Personal: Major is sociology... Mother, Carol, is a teacher's assistant, and father, Tom, is a Southwest Gas supervisor...Has a younger brother, Matt (17)...One former teammate, Lora Pinkerton, competes for the University of Florida...Has been a John Elway fan since second grade...Lived across the street from former Husky pitcher Nancy Wagner as a child...Jamie Jolynn Graves was born Feb. 14, 1978, in Phoenix, Ariz.
TOP GAMES--PITCHING
IP: 10.1 (5/7/97 vs. Oregon State)
SO: 7 (3/18/99 vs. Florida)
Consec. IP w/o ER: 35.1 (2/20/99-3/7/99)
TOP GAMES--HITTING
Hits: 2 (6 times)
RBI: 2 (3 times)
SB: 2 (2 times)
Hitting streak: 6 (3/29/98-4/11/98)
JAMIE GRAVES HONORS AND AWARDS
NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-America
1998 (2nd), 1999 (2nd)
College World Series All-Tournament
1997
Regional All-Tournament
1997, 1998, 1999 (MVP)
National Player of the Week
4/8/98
All-Pacific Region
1998 (2nd), 1999 (1st
All-Pac-10
1997 (hm), 1998 (1st), 1999 (1st)
Academic All-Pac-10
1999 (1st)
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week
4/6/98, 5/12/98
