Devin Porter Season 2004

Honors and Awards
2006
All-Big 12 Second Team
Tulsa All-Tournament Team

2005
Nebraska Most Improved Player Award

Season Outlook [2007]

Tabbed as the Huskers’ Most Improved Player in each of the last two seasons, Devin Porter has developed into one of the top shortstops in the Big 12 Conference.

Her numbers show solid improvement through each of her first three seasons and with another year of experience and offseason training, Porter has the potential to produce an outstanding senior season in 2007.

Offensively, Porter is a candidate to fill the leadoff role in the Husker order. A solid contact hitter, Porter has the ability to hit for power as she ranked second on the team last year with eight home runs. Porter also struck out the fewest times of the regular starters in 2006 and finished with 16 strikeouts and 16 walks, another ideal statistic for a leadoff hitter.

Defensively, Porter has decreased her errors and increased her fielding percentage each season at Nebraska. A strong-armed shortstop, Porter has also worked hard to increase her range to allow her to cover more ground.

Porter’s contributions will not be limited to at bats, put outs or assists. As the most experienced returning player, Porter is a battle-tested veteran who will be expected to provide leadership and support to a talented, but inexperienced, group of underclassmen.

Junior Season [2006]
Porter enjoyed a breakout junior season in 2006 ... set career highs in nearly every category, including average, runs, hits, homers, RBIs, walks, stolen bases, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and fielding percentage en route to earning second team all-conference honors ... hit .277 on the season to rank fourth on the team ... her season average was .105 points higher than her career average entering the season ... also belted eight home runs to rank second on the team ... had hit just one home run in her first two seasons ... one of the toughest strikeouts in the league, drew 16 walks while striking out just 16 times in 165 plate appearances ... was also hit by eight pitches, which would have been a new single-season school record had teammate Trisha Tannahill not been hit by 10 pitches ... started every game but one at shortstop ... led the team with a .360 average in Big 12 games only and added four home runs ... also posted a whopping .640 slugging percentage in league games, highlighted by four home runs ... hit three home runs in a five-game span at the Best Western Airport Festival March 15-17 ... before that outburst, had homered just two times in her previous 125 career games ... was named to the Best Western Airport Festival All-Tournament team after a career weekend in Tulsa, Okla. ... posted a 1.154 slugging percentage at the tournament with a double and three home runs ... also produced eight RBIs in the Huskers’ five games ... went 2-for-3 against Northern Iowa in the final game of the tournament on March 5 ... hit her first career grand slam against the Panthers and added a two-run double to finish with a career-high six RBIs, one shy of the school record ... opened the season on a high note as she went 2-for-3 against No. 7 Stanford in the season opener Feb. 10 ... in the second game of the day, went 2-for-4 against No. 15 Oregon State ... hit her second career home run and added a then-career-high five RBIs against the Beavers ... NU won six games the week of March 1 and Porter was credited with the game-winning RBI in three of those victories ... hit her fifth home run of the season in the Huskers’ 9-1 win over 17th-ranked Oklahoma in the first game of an April 1 doubleheader ... had another career-game at Oklahoma State on April 8 ... went 2-for-3 with a pair of solo home runs against the Cowgirls for the first multi-homer game of her career ... followed that with another 2-for-3 performance with a double and a walk against OSU on April 9 ... recorded multi-hit games in four of the final six league games ... went a season-high 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs at Texas Tech on April 23 ... her homer came in the 10th inning and broke open the game ... went 2-for-4 in the first game of the Texas Tech series ... went 2-for-2 against Kansas on April 26, making her 8-for-11 in a three-game Big 12 stretch ... went 2-for-2 with a double and a walk against Missouri in the opening round of the Big 12 Championship ... hit safely in three of the Huskers’ four NCAA Tournament games and led the squad with two RBIs ... defensively, committed only eight errors in 147 chances while making several outstanding plays at short ... committed just two errors during Big 12 play ... played error-free ball the entire postseason.

Sophomore Season [2005]
Porter began 2005 at third base before returning to her natural position of shortstop for the majority of the year ... started 54 games in 2005, including nine games at third and 45 at short ... hit .209 but proved to be one of the Huskers’ top clutch hitters ... led the team with 16 two-out RBIs ... tied for the team lead with six game-winning RBIs and was fourth with 23 RBIs ... in 2004, Porter recorded only two game-winning RBIs and 10 RBIs ... hit the first home run of her career against Iowa State, a three-run shot on April 27 ... finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs against the Cyclones ... went 3-for-6 with a double in a two-game series against Missouri, accounting for three of Nebraska's seven hits on the weekend ... over her last five regular-season games went 6-for-16 (.375) with four RBIs ... ranked second on the team with a .286 average and three doubles in Big 12 games only ... had the game-winning RBI in four of Nebraska’s five victories at the Shocker Invitational March 11-13 ... third on the team with nine doubles ... recorded the first triple by a Husker on the season ... that triple scored the winning run in NU’s 2-1 victory over Wichita State on March 13 ... enjoyed a career day against Texas-San Antonio on Feb. 19, going 4-for-4 with three runs scored and two doubles ... that game marked the first multi-hit game of her career, as well as career highs in runs and doubles ... tied her then-career high with three RBIs against Missouri-Kansas City on March 12 ... ranked fourth on the team with six multi-RBI games ... had a career-high three-game hitting streak Feb. 19-20 ... recorded her 100th career start and 200th career at bat in the second game of a doubleheader against Northern Colorado on April 21 ... set career bests in nearly every category, includings hits, hitting streak, home runs, runs, RBIs, doubles and stolen bases ... recorded the first stolen base of her career against New Mexico State on Feb. 20.

Freshman Season [2004]
Porter started 60 games at shortstop in 2004 ... after struggling early defensively, made only four errors during the Huskers' Big 12 schedule ... saw limited action at the plate and batted .133 (4-for-30) in league games and .111 (10-for-90) overall ... went 2-for-6 with four RBIs at the Big 12 Tournament ... had the game-winning two-run double that clinched the tournament title for NU ... recorded her first career hit against Notre Dame on Feb. 14 ... drove in the game-winning run with a squeeze bunt in the bottom of the eighth in the Huskers' 5-4 win over Indiana on Feb. 22 ... drove in a career-high two runs with a two-run double against Florida A&M on March 13 ... recorded first career triple with the bases loaded in the Huskers' 10-1 win over No. 19 Baylor on May 15.

High School
Porter led Lakewood High School to the Moore League championship four times under the direction of Coach Liz Sanchez ... earned numerous team honors and awards, including Best Defensive Player in 2000 and 2001 ... earned first-team all-league honors in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... tabbed Most Valuable Player in 2003 ... Century Club Honoree in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... named first-team all-conference in 2003, second-team all-conference in 2002 and third-team all-conference in 2000 ... graduated from Lakewood with honors ... played club ball for one of the must successful programs in the country, the CASE Batbusters ... was named to the 16-and-under ASA Southern California All-State squad in 2001 and led her team to the ASA national championship that year ... also competed on three other CASE Batbusters teams that finished in the top five at ASA nationals.

Coach Revelle on Porter
"Devin has dramatically improved each year in this program and look for her senior year to be more of the same. This senior is confident and self-assured and willing to put the team on her back and lead the way on the field. Look for Devin to be an offensive and defensive weapon for this team."