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Freshman
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| Hometown:
Moore, Okla.
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| High School:
Moore
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| Height:
5-9
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| Position:
P/UTL
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| Birthdate:
01/19/1984
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Adds depth to Sooner pitching staff ... A left-handed pitcher ... Developed
skills and built confidence in fall.
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Moore High School ... Three-time All-State pick ...
Three-time all-conference selection ... Compiled a .456 career batting average
with 101 runs, 206 hits, 106 RBI, 38 doubles, 19 triples and 13 home runs ...
Pitched 81 career games with a 60-17 record, .74 ERA, 32 shutouts, six no-hitters
and one perfect game ... Senior season pitched 18 games with 16-2 record, .37
ERA, 10 shutouts and two no-hitters ... Also had 22 runs, 47 hits, 20 RBI, seven
doubles, four triples and three home runs as a senior ... Daily Oklahoman first
team Big All-City selection in 1999 and honorable mention in 1998 ... Offensive
Player of the Year as a sophomore ... Coached in high school by Robert Wakefield
... Played for head coach Bob Johnston on the Oklahoma Twisters, her travel team
... Compiled a 32-5 record and a 0.69 ERA as a pitcher and a .421 batting average
while playing at first base for the Twisters ... Team won the American Fastpitch
Association (A.F.A.) and Amateur Athletic Association (A.A.U.) National Championship
in summer of 2001 ... Won two A.F.A. State Championships, an Amateur Softball
Association (A.S.A.) State Championship and a U.S.S.S.A. State Championship during
her travel league career ... Played on teams that advanced to A.F.A. Nationals
four times and A.S.A. Nationals three times.
Personal
Full name is Dana Lachelle Askins ... Born January 19, 1984, in Oklahoma City,
Okla. ... Daughter of Mitch and Nancy Askins ... One brother, Jon ... Will major
in nursing.
