Junior season (2009)
Went 10-13 with a 4.13 ERA ... made 31 appearances with 22 starts ... worked 145.2 innings and struck out a staff-high 136 batters ... allowed 114 runs, 86 of them earned, on 150 hits ... tossed one shutout and combined on another ... had 16 complete games ... her 10 wins tied for sixth-most in the Southern Conference ... finished fifth in league in complete games and 10th in opponent batting average (.265) ... was also fifth in appearances, seventh in innings pitched and eighth in starts ... took a pair of SoCon Pitcher of the Week awards on the season ... took her first award of the season on Feb. 16 after going 2-0 with a 0.54 ERA in two games at Charlotte's Green and White Classic ... picked up her second award on May 4 after going 3-0 with a 1.14 ERA in five appearances ... she picked up wins over Liberty, Virginia Tech and Elon on the week, striking out 33 batters and walking just nine ... struck out nine against Liberty on April 29 to surpass 400 for her career ... struck out eight batters the following day against the Hokies ... matched her career high with 12 strikeouts against Elon on May 2 ... shut out Rider on Feb. 27, allowing just one hit and striking out eight ... took a no-hitter into the fourth before Rider snuck a double just inches inside the left field line ... opened the season 5-12 but closed the campaign with a 5-1 record in her last six decisions, winning five straight before taking the loss against Georgia Southern in the SoCon tournament on May 8 ... posted a 0.99 ERA with 45 strikeouts and just 13 walks during her five-game winning streak ... struck out 11 batters in a win over second-seeded College of Charleston at the SoCon tournament on May 7 ... made three appearances at the tournament, going 2-1 with a 2.21 ERA ... her 136 strikeouts were the ninth-most in school history for a single season, giving her spots in the top 10 in each of her three years at UNCG ... enters her senior season with 443 career strikeouts, just 122 shy of Vanessa Oakes' school record of 565 ... earned a spot on the Dean's List for the spring semester.
Sophomore season (2008)
Posted an 11-18 record with a 2.60 ERA in 33 appearances, including 20 starts ... posted a staff-best 22 complete games ... also had a team-high six shutouts and combined on another ... pitched 186.0 innings, allowing 69 earned runs (93 total) on 156 hits ... struck out a career-best 172 batters, the third-best single-season mark in school history ... moved into the UNCG career top 10 in several categories ... had at least one strikeout in each appearance ... was named the SoCon Pitcher of the Month for February after notching five wins, including four shutouts ... threw three one-hitters on the season, including a one-hit shutout in her first start of the season, a 2-0 win over Jacksonville on Feb. 8, with that one hit being an infield single from the second batter of the game ... also threw one-hit, 1-0 shutouts over UNC Wilmington (Feb. 24) and Delaware (March 2) ... the hit by UNCW was also an infield single from the second batter of the game ... against Delaware, she had a no-hitter through four innings ... had three straight games with double digits in strikeouts, fanning a career-best 10 against UMBC on Feb. 17, then matching that feat six days later against Delaware State ... bettered that mark with 12 against UNC Wilmington on Feb. 24 ... earned a win over top-seeded Chattanooga on May 8 and worked four innings of hitless relief against the Mocs on May 10 at the SoCon tournament ... got the starting nod in the Spartans' exhibition against Team USA ... earned a spot on the Dean's List fall semester.
Freshman season (2007)
Saw action in 35 games and made 24 starts ... had a 10-14 record and a 3.52 ERA on the season ... pitched 12 complete games and had four shutouts ... in 167.0 innings pitched, allowed 100 runs (84 earned) on 177 hits ... tallied 135 strikeouts, which was good for seventh on UNCG's single-season list at the time ... also named to the Winthrop/adidas Invitational all-tournament team ... struck out a season-high nine against Campbell on Feb. 2 ... allowed just one earned run in eight innings of a 2-1 win over Ohio on Feb. 18 ... also allowed just one earned run in a 3-2, extra-inning loss to Charlotte on Feb. 23 ... earned a spot on the Dean's List for the fall semester.
High school
Was a starting pitcher at Henry County High School for coach Chuck Campbell ... earned two consecutive All-Southern Crescent Softball first-team selections ... a four-time recipient of the Henry County High School Most Valuable Pitcher Award and Henry County Athlete of the Year ... finished her senior year with an 18-7 record, 0.48 ERA and 198 strikeouts ... holds Henry County's school record for most strikeouts ... also played for the East Cobb Bullets.
Personal
Amber Nichole Harrell ... born July 18, 1988, in Atlanta, Ga. ... daughter of Donny and Karen Harrell ... majoring in interior architecture.
